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Format: Author year: page number

Ex.: Graham 2015: 45

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Format: Author. (Year). Title of entry. In (Ed.), Name of encyclopedia in italics. URL

Ex.: Graham, G. (2005). Behaviorism. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy (Fall 2007 ed.).http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/behaviorism/

Ex.: Heuristic. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary (11.th ed.). http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/heuristic

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Last modified on: May 24th, 2022