DVD
Votes
for Women. Screenplay by Kay Weaver. Dir. Kay Weaver and Martha
Wheelock. Ishtar, 1996. DVD.
Gone
with the Wind.
Dir. Victor Fleming. Perf. Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable,
Leslie Howard, and
Olivia De Haviland. 1939. MGM Home Entertainment,
1998. DVD.
Video Clip From the Web
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From the Web
With an Author
Rhode, Deborah L. “Nineteenth Amendment.” Encyclopedia of the American Constitution.
2nd ed. Vol. 4. Detroit: Macmillan Ref. USA, 2000. Gale Virtual Reference
Library. Web. 3 Nov. 2008.
Without an Author
“Nineteenth Amendment.” West’s Encylopdedia of American Law. 2nd ed. Vol. 7.
Detroit: Gale, 2005. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 3 Nov. 2008.
Well-Known
Encyclopedia With a Specific Edition
“Catt, Carrie Chapman.” Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Academic Edition.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009. Web. 14 July 2009.
Government Document in Print
United
States. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Office on Women’s Health.
The Healthy Woman: A Complete Guide for All
Ages.
Washington: GPO, 2008. Print.
Government Document from the Web
United States. Dept. of Health and
Human Services. CDC. Natl. Center
for Health Statistics. Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce,
and Remarriage in the United States. Hyattsville: Dept. of Health
and Human Services, 2002. Web. 14 July 2009.
From Television
Lerner, Gerda. Interview by Jane Doe. American Women Through History.
Pub. Broadcasting Service. WGBH, Boston. 3 Apr. 2004. Television.
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Palin, Bristol, and Sarah Palin. “Exclusive: A Visit with
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FoxNews.com, 18 Feb. 2009. Web. 16 July 2009.
E-Mail Message
Sayler, Lucy. “Re: Divorce in the West.” Message to the author. 1 July 2009. E-mail.
Letter
Richards, Marjorie. Letter to the author. 4 Dec. 2008. MS.
Please note: Use MS for handwritten letters and TS for typewritten letters.
Photograph from a Database
Chapman, C.T. Carrie Chapman Catt. 1917. Gelatin Silver Print. Schlesinger History
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Beach, H.H.A. Sonata in A Minor for Violin and Piano, Opus 24. 1889. New York:
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