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WORLD WIDE WEB

Author (if known). "Title of page or document on it." Title of site or larger work (if applicable). Date of document. Online. http://www.address/filename. Date of access.

Example: Clinton, Bill. "The Benefits of Net Day." Speeches of the President. 12 Dec. 1996. Online. http://www.whitehouse.gov.

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Author. "Title of Article." Title of Reference Work. Online. Title of the Database or Online Service. Date of access.

Example: Cook, Sara Biggard. "Berlin, Germany." Compton's Living Encyclopedia. Online. America Online. 27 August 1997.

MATERIAL ACCESSED FROM ONLINE DATABASE

Author. "Article Title." Periodical Title, Date of publication (if available). Edition ( if any): pages. Database name (if any). Online. Name of computer service. Date of access.

Example: Keizer, Gregg. "Write the Perfect Paper." Family PC, Sept. 1996. Online. America Online. 25 Nov. 1996.

CD-ROM (PERIODICAL)

Name of author (if available). "Title of article." Publication information for printed source. Title of database. Publication medium (CD-ROM). Name of Vendor (if relevant). Electronic publication date.

Example: Net, Jane. "E-mail Rules." The New York Times. 15 Nov. 1995, late ed: B3. The New York Times OnDisc. CD-ROM. UMI-Proquest. Jan. 1996.

CD-ROM (NONPERIODICAL)

Name of author (if given). "Title of part of work." Title of Product. Edition or release (if relevant.) Publication medium (CD-ROM). City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Example: Wallechinsky, David. "Olympic Games." World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. 3.20b, CD-ROM. Chicago: World Book, 1996.

E-MAIL

Author of e-mail message. "Subject line of message." E-mail to recipient's name. Date of message.

Example: Gibson, Rob. "Fan Mail." E-mail to Madonna. 27 Jan. 1997.

LISTSERV

Author. "Subject of message." Date of post. Online. Name of listserv@e-mail address of list. Date of access.

Example: Bookwoman, Emily. "Re: New history CD-ROM." 5 Nov. 1996. Online. LM_NET@listserv.syr.edu. 20 Nov. 1997.