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Electronic Books

Electronically-retrieved books:

Author, A. A. (date). Title of work. Retrieved from url

Electronic Book (available online)

De Huff, E. W. Taytay’s tales: Traditional Pueblo Indian tales. Retrieved from url

Electronic Book (purchased)

Davis, J. Familiar birdsongs of the Northwest. Available from url

Entry in an Online Encyclopedia or Dictionary

Feminism. (n.d.) In Encyclopædia Britannica online. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com

Books

Book with an Author: 

Last name, A. A. (date). Title of work. Location: Publisher.

Book with an Editor:  

Last name, A. A. (Ed.). (date). Title of work. Location: Publisher.

Book chapter, print version:

Haybron, D. M. (2008). Philosophy and the science of subjective well-being. In M. Eid & R. J. Larsen (Eds.),              The science of subjective well-being (pp. 17–43). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Entry in an Encyclopedia:

Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The new encyclopedia Britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501–508). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica.

Government Document:

National Institute of Mental Health. (1990). Clinical training in serious mental illness (DHHS Publication No. ADM 90-1679). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.  

Report from a Private Organization:

American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Practice guidelines for the treatment of patients with eating disorders (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Author. 

Conference Proceedings:

Schnase, J. L., & Cunnius, E. L. (Eds.). (1995). Proceedings from CSCL '95: The First International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Dissertation:

Hale, J. N. (2009). A history of the Mississippi Freedom Schools, 1954-1965. (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database, 3363131.