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How to Cite Print and Electronic Sources

Below are example citations in MLA and APA style, followed by a list of style manuals that can be found in the Berklee library and links to helpful websites.

Please contact a reference librarian for further assistance in creating a works cited.

MLA Style

Book
Kahn, Ashley. Kind of Blue. New York: Da Capo, 2000.

Anthology/Book Collection
Burkholder, J Peter, and Claude V Palisca, eds. Norton Anthology of Western Music. 5th ed. Vol. 1. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006.

Journal Article
Takahashi, Takiko. "Long-Term Effects of Music Therapy on Elderly with Moderate/Severe Dementia." Journal of Music Therapy 43.4 (Winter 2006): 317-333. International Index to Music Periodicals. ProQuest. 16 Aug. 2007
<http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.882004&res_dat=xri:iimp:&rft_dat=xri:iimp:article:fulltext:iimp00507167>.

APA Style

Book
Kahn, A. (2000). Kind of Blue. New York: Da Capo

Anthology/Book Collection
Burkholder, J. P., & Palisca, C. V. (2006). Norton Anthology of Western Music (5th ed., Vol. 1). New York: W. W. Norton & Company.

Journal Article
Takahashi, T. (2006, Winter). Long-Term Effects of Music Therapy on Elderly with Dimentia. Journal of Music Therapy, 43(4), 317-333. Retrieved August 16 2007, from International Index to Music Periodicals database:
http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.882004&res_dat=xri:iimp:&rft_dat=xri:iimp:article:fulltext:iimp00507167

Reference Books

The Chicago manual of style.
Z253 .U69 1993

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
BF76.7 .P83 2001

MLA handbook for writers of research papers
LB2369 .G53 2003

Recommended Websites

Chicago manual of style quick guide online
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

APA Style website
http://www.apastyle.org

Diana Hacker (all styles)
This is an online edition of Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/

How to Cite from the Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/cite/index.html

The Columbia Guide to Online Style
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos2006/basic.html

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docelectric.html

University of Wisconsin-Madison citation guide
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Memorial/citing.htm

Citation styles for Internet sources from “Online! Reference Guide to Internet Sources”
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html

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