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Correct Documentation for the Most Common Sources

Book by one author:


Author’s Last Name, First Name. Book’s Title. Publisher, Year of Publication.

Dance, Stanley. The World of Count Basie. Da Capo, 1985.

Book by two or more authors:


Author’s Last Name, First Name and Second Author’s First and Last Name. Book’s
Title. Publisher, Year of Publication.

Basie, Count and Albert Murray. Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count
Basie. Da Capo, 2002.

An article from a scholarly journal:


Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Publication, volume, number, date,
pages.url.

Kincaid, Jamaica. “In History.” Callaloo, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring 2001, pp. 620-26, https:/
/muse.jhu.edu/article/6474/pdf.

A newspaper or magazine article originally published in print but found on the internet:
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Original Publication, Date
Accessed, url.
Davis, Francis. “The Loss of Count Basie.” The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2016, theatlantic.com/
past/docs/unbound/jazz/dbasie.htm.

A work found only on the Internet:


Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Page.” Title of Container, Date Posted,
url.
Smith, Joe. “The Count Basie Orchestra.” The Hollywood Bowl, 26 Jan. 2013, theholly
woodbowl.com/2013/orchestra/foishh=feih.
Video:
“Title.” Website on which you viewed it, uploaded by Name, Date Posted, url.
“George Gee Interviews Count Basie/1979.” Youtube, uploaded by Emily Post, 18 Jan.
2012, youtube.com/watch?wwss+hfehj./siebigh.

*Note: If you cannot find an aspect of the entry, just move on to the next aspect.
Works Cited

Basie, Count and Albert Murray. Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie

Da Capo, 2002.

Dance, Stanley. The World of Count Basie. Da Capo, 1985.

Davis, Francis. “The Loss of Count Basie.” The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2016, theatlantic.com/past/

docs/unbound/jazz/dbasie.htm.

“George Gee Interviews Count Basie/1979.” Youtube, uploaded by Emily Post, 18 Jan. 2012,

youtube.com/watch?wwss+hfehj./siebigh.

Kincaid, Jamaica. “In History.” Callaloo, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring 2001, pp. 620-26, https://mus

e.jhu.edu/article/6474/pdf.

Smith, Joe. “The Count Basie Orchestra.” The Hollywood Bowl, 26 Jan. 2013, thehollywood

bowl.com/2013/orchestra/foishh=feih.

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