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Citing Articles
MLA Style Examples: - McGrath, Thomas. "Color and the Exchange of Ideas Between Patron and Artist
- in Renaissance Italy." The Art Bulletin June 2000: 298-308. WilsonSelectPlus. FirstSearch. Babson College Horn Lib., Babson Park, MA. 22 June 2001 <http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org/>.
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| Keyword | kw: | coffee or tea and house+
[keyword searches geographic codes, map data, and the Extended Title, Notes, and Subject indexes] | | Author | au: | leo 'le' bon
[put single quotes around words that are treated as operators] | | Author Phrase | au= | saint-arroman auguste | | Corporate Name | co: | double five | | Descriptor | de: | voice disorders | | Descriptor Phrase | de= | voice disorders in children | | Geographic Coverage Phrase | gc= | capetown | | ISBN | nb: | 3196311821
[omit hyphens] | | ISSN | sn: | 0000-0019
[use hyphens] | | Material Type | mt: | vhs | | Publisher | pb: | mcgraw-hill | | Publisher Location | pl: | china | | Series Title | se: | emb report | | Subject | su: | coffee and tea house+ | | Subject Phrase | su= | coffeehouses in art | | Title | ti: | music w3 british w3 enlightenment | | Title Phrase | ti= | music theory in the british isles during the enlightenment | | Uniform title | ut: | bible |
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