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Harmer, D.  (1994)   School Choice: Why You Need It, How You Get It. Washington: Cato Institute.   Book
(12) Kinney, R. J.; Jones, W. D.; Bergman, R. G. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1978, 100, 7902-7915.   Article in a scholarly journal (Chemistry)
Elton, Sarah. "Oh Canada!" Ms. Oct. 1999: 29+.   Article in a popular magazine
Jackson, Richard. "Running Down the Up-Escalator: Regional Inequality in Papua New Guinea." Australian Geographer 14 (May 1979): 179-84.   Article in a scholarly journal (Geography)
Caruba, A. (1998, January 1). The plague of boredom. The World and I [Online], 13. http://www.elibrary.com [1999, November 10].   Article in a popular magazine online
"Raymond Carver, Poet and Short Story Writer Who Chronicled Lives of America's Working Poor, Dies at Age 50." New York Times  3 Aug. 1988, late ed., sec. 2:8.   Unsigned article in a print newspaper
Hurst, C. O. and Otis, R. (1999) Featured children's books. In Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site [Online] C. O. Hurst (Ed.) Available: http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/ featuredtitles.html [1999, November 10].   Article within a World Wide Web Site
Coastnet Listserv. 1997a.  On-Line discussion: Defining the coastal zone.  University of Rhode Island, Graduate School for Oceanography, host(Coastnet@uriacc.uri.edu). May 22-24.   Emailed conversations about "defining the coastal zone" from an online mailing list during three days.
Nesset, Kirk Jeffrey.  The Stories of Raymond Carver (Carver, Raymond, Postmodern.) Diss. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1991. Santa Barbara: UC, 1992.   Published dissertation (PhD).
Rushdie, Salman.  "Raymond Carver." Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticisms, 1981-1991.   London: Granta, 1991.  340-342.   Essay in a book
Cook, G.  (1999).  Reactive neuro-muscular training for the anterior cruciate ligament-efficient knee: a case report. Journal of Athletic Training, 34, 94-201.   Article in a scholarly journal (Physical Education)
Malia, S. A., and Basu, A. K.  (1995) Biochemistry 34, 96-104.   Article in a scholarly journal (Biochemistry)
Bailey, D. K., 1987,  Mantle meta-somatism-perspective and prospect, in Fitton, J. G., and Upton, B. G. J., eds.  Alkaline Igneous Rocks, Geological Society of London Special Publication 30: Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications, p. 1-14.   Signed article in an edited scholarly geology publication from a professional society

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