Journal article: print |
AuthorLastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Name of Journal. Volume. Issue (Year): Pages. Medium. Antokoletz, Elliott. "Interval Cycles in Stravinsky's Early Ballets." Journal of the American Musicological Society 39.3 (1986): 578-600. Print. |
Journal article; online | AuthorLastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Name of Journal. Volume. Issue (Year): Pages*. Medium. Date accessed. *If the publication does not include page numbers, use "n. pag." in place of the page numbers. Alpin, John. "Aldous Huxley and Music in the 1920s." Music & Letters, 64.1/2 (1983):25-36. Web. 24 February 2013. |
Newspaper article: print | AuthorLastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Name of Newspaper. Day Mon. Year: Pages. Medium. MaCauley, Alastair. "It's All in the Telling, a Step at a Time." New York Times. 18 January 2010: 9. Print |
Newspaper article: online | AuthorLastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Name of Newspaper. Day Mon. Year: Pages. Medium. Date accessed. Velin, Bob. "Dancers are a Site to Behold." USA Today. 24 February 2010:n. pag. Web. 3 March 2013. |
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