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          Note: The following sample entries are designed to show the sequence of information, capitalization, and punctuation.  In your bibliography, you will doublespace the entries and indent second and subsequent lines of each entry in accordance with formatting conventions explained elsewhere. 

Information:
Author:  Anne Hull
Article Title: In the Bible Belt, Acceptance Is Hard-Won 
Newspaper Title: The Washington Post
Page Numbers: A1, A16, A17 
Publication Date: September 26, 2004  

 MLA Format:
 Hull, Anne.  "In the Bible Belt, Acceptance Is Hard-Won."  The Washington Post 26 Sept. 2004: A1+
or:
 Hull, Anne.  "In the Bible Belt, Acceptance Is Hard-Won."  The Washington Post 26 Sept. 2004: A1+.

APA Format:
Hull, A.  (2004, Sept. 26).  In the Bible belt, acceptance is hard-won.  The Washington Post, pp. A1, A16-A17.
or:
Hull, A.  (2004, Sept. 26).  In the Bible belt, acceptance is hard-won.  The Washington Post, pp. A1, A16-A17.

CBE Format:
Hull A.  In the Bible belt, acceptance is hard-won. Washington Post 2004 Sep 26; Sec A: 1, 16-17.

AMA Format:
Hull A.  In the Bible belt, acceptance is hard-won.  Washington Post.  September 26, 2004:A1, A16-A17..
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Practice creating bibliographic entries with the following information:

Author(s) Title/Subtitle of Article Page Numbers Title of Newspaper Date of  Publication

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Posted by A. L. Trupe Oct. 4, 2004