REFERENCE

                  There are numerous rules which alter a bibliographic citation for a reference work.  The following examples cover the most general sources.
             

ENCYCLOPEDIAS
 
INFORMATION NEEDED:
   1. Author of the article
   2. Title of the article (in quotation marks)
   3. Title of the encyclopedia (underlined)
   4. Edition

SIGNED ARTICLE

Salisbury, Frank B.  “Flower.”  Academic American Encyclopedia.  1988 ed.

UNSIGNED ARTICLE

“Wild Cat.”  The Marshall Cavendish  Wildlife Encyclopedia.  Rev. ed.  1990.

ALMANAC

INFORMATION NEEDED:
    1. Title of the article (in quotation marks)
    2. Title of the almanac (underlined)
    3. Edition
    
 “Presidents of the U. S.”  The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1995.  1994 ed.
            

OTHER REFERENCE  BOOKS
 
INFORMATION NEEDED:
    1. Author of the article
    2. Title of the article (in quotation marks)
    3. Title of the book  (underlined)
    4. Editor, compiler, selector of the book
    5. Edition (if there is one)
    6. Volume # (if there is one)
    7. Place of publication
    8. Publisher
    9. Date

                                                                  WITH AN AUTHOR

Balazs, Nandor L.  “Einstein, Albert.”  Dictionary of Scientific Biography.  Ed. Charles Coulston
        Gillespie. Vol. 4.  New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1971.
 
                                                              WITHOUT AN AUTHOR
 
“O’Dell, Scott.”  Something About the Author; Facts and Pictures about Authors and Illustrators
         of Books for Young People.  Ed. Anne Commire.  Vol. 12.  New York: Gale Research,
         Inc., 1990.

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