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APA Style:

(Article from a book in CQ Press Library)

Article title. (date published). In Book title. City: Publisher. Retrieved from CQ Press Library, CQ Database Name, full URL. Document ID: document id number.

For example: The political year, 1982 chronology. (1985). In Congress and the nation, 1981-1984 (Vol. 6). Washington, DC: CQ Press. Retrieved from CQ Press Library, CQ Public Affairs Collection, http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/catn81-0011175445. Document ID: catn81-0011175445.

(Article from a journal in CQ Press Library)

Author Last Name, Author's First Initial (Year, Month Day published). Article title. Journal Title, Volume Number (Issue number), [page number-page number]. Retrieved from full URL. Document ID: document id number.

For example: Glazer, S. (1997, January 10). Combating scientific misconduct. The CQ Researcher, 7. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/cqresrre1997011000. Document ID: cqresrre1997011000

(CQ Press Library Document)

Author Last Name, Author’s First Initial, & Author Last Name, Author’s First Initial. Article Title. (Year, Month day published). In CQ Press Library. Retrieved from CQ Press Library, CQ Database Name, full URL. Document ID: document id number.

U.S. Census report on the decrease in health insurance coverage. (2003). In CQ Press Library. Retrieved from CQ Press Library, CQ Public Affairs Collection, http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/hsdc03-157-9172-559456. Document ID: hsdc03-157-9172-559456.

Bluebook:

(Article from a book in CQ Press Library)

AUTHOR FIRST NAME AUTHOR LAST NAME & AUTHOR FIRST NAME AUTHOR LAST NAME, Article Title, in BOOK TITLE (VOL. #, year published), available in CQ Press Library, CQ Database Name, full URL (last visited Mon Day, Year). Document ID: document id number.

For example: The Political Year, 1982 Chronology, in CONGRESS AND THE NATION, 1981-1984 (VOL. 6, 1985), available in CQ Press Library, CQ Public Affairs Collection, http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/catn81-0011175445 (last visited Jun 9, 2004). Document ID: catn81-0011175445.

(Article from a journal in CQ Press Library)

Author First Name Author Last Name, Article Title, [Volume Number] JOURNAL TITLE (Mon Day, Year published), available at full URL (last visited Mon Day, Year). Document ID: document id number.

For example: Sarah Glazer, Combating Scientific Misconduct, 7 CQ RESEARCHER (Jan 10, 1997), available at http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/cqresrre1997011000 (last visited Jun 9, 2004). Document ID: cqresrre1997011000.

(CQ Press Library Document)

Article Title, in CQ PRESS LIBRARY, available in CQ PRESS LIBRARY, CQ DATABASE NAME, full URL (last visited Mon Day, Year). Document ID: document id number.

For example: U.S. Census Report on the Decrease in Health Insurance Coverage, in CQ PRESS LIBRARY (2003), available in CQ PRESS LIBRARY, CQ PUBLIC AFFAIRS COLLECTION, http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/hsdc03-157-9172-559456 (last visited Jun 11, 2004). Document ID: hsdc03-157-9172-559456.

Chicago:

(Article from a book in CQ Press Library)

Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Article Title." In Book Title. City: Publisher, Year. Accessed electronically from CQ Database Name in CQ Press Library, document id. Accessed Month Day, Year, full URL.

For example: "The Political Year, 1982 Chronology." In Congress and the Nation, 1981-1984, Vol. 6. Washington: CQ Press, 1985. Accessed electronically from CQ Public Affairs Collection in CQ Press Library, catn81-0011175445. Accessed June 4, 2005, http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/catn81-0011175445.

(Article from a journal in CQ Press Library)

Author Last Name, Author First Name, and Author First Name Author Last Name. "Article Title." Journal Title [volume number], no. [issue number] (Month Day, Year). Accessed Month Day, Year, full URL.

For example: Glazer, Sarah. "Combating Scientific Misconduct." CQ Researcher 7, no. 1 (January 10, 1997). Accessed June 4, 2005, http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/cqresrre1997011000.

(CQ Press Library Document)

Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Article Title." CQ Database Name. In CQ Press Library, document id number. Accessed Month Day, Year, full URL.

For example: "U.S. Census Report on the Decrease in Health Insurance Coverage." CQ Public Affairs Collection. In CQ Press Library, hsdc03-157-9172-559456. Accessed June 4, 2005, http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/hsdc03-157-9172-559456.

MLA:

(Article from a book in CQ Press Library)

"Article Title." Book Title. Vol. [number]. Publisher, Year. From CQ Press Library, CQ Database. Document ID: document id number. Full URL. Accessed Day Mon. Year.

For example: "The Political Year, 1982 Chronology." Congress and the Nation, 1981-1984. Vol. 6. CQ Press, 1985. From CQ Press Library, CQ Public Affairs Collection. Document ID: catn81-0011175445. http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/catn81-0011175445. Accessed 9 Jun. 2004.

(Article from a journal in CQ Press Library)

Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Article Title." Journal Title, vol. [number], no. [issue], [Year], pp. page number-page number, [URL]. Document ID: [document id number]. Accessed Day Mon. Year.

For example: Glazer, Sarah. "Combating Scientific Misconduct." CQ Researcher, vol. 7, no. 1, 1997, https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre1997011000. Document ID: cqresrre1997011000. Accessed 9 Jun. 2004.

(CQ Press Library Document)

Author Last Name, Author First Name, and Author First Name Author Last Name. "Article Title." CQ Database Name, Day Mon. Year. CQ Press Library, full URL. Document ID: document id number. Accessed Day, Mon. Year.

For example: "U.S. Census Report on the Decrease in Health Insurance Coverage." CQ Public Affairs Collection, 30 Sep. 2003. CQ Press Library, http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/document.php?id=hsdcp03-229-9887-637875&type=hitlist&num=2. Document ID: hsdc03-157-9172-559456. Accessed 11 Jun. 2004.

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