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Article from Government Website (no Author)

“Employment was essentially unchanged in September (+10,000 or +0.1%). The unemployment

rate remained at 6.2%, matching the low of October 2008” (“The Daily”).

“The Daily – Labour Survey September 2j017.” Statistics Canada. Government of Canada, 6 Oct.

2017, www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/171006/dq171006a-eng.htm?HPA=1&indid=3587-

2&indgeo=0. Accessed 30 Oct. 2017.

Article from Non-Government Website (no Author)

According to the Canadian Cancer Society, cancer accounts for approximately 30 per cent of all

deaths in Canada. Just under 197,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed each year with

approximately 78,000 cancer deaths expected in 2015, not including the over 78,000 new non-

melanoma skin cancer cases (“Cancer Statistics”).

“Cancer Statistics at a Glance.” Canadian Cancer Society, n.d., www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-

information/cancer-101/cancer-statistics-at-a-glance/?region=bc.. Accessed 8 Aug. 2016

Article from Website with an Author

“All of these rewards and accolades are not only the result of cheating, some are also gotten at the

expense of other students – perhaps ones who did not cheat. Academic dishonesty gives cheaters

an unfair advantage over honest students, and it misleads proud parents and dedicated teachers”

(Hudgens).

Hudgens, Laura Hanby. “Why Cheating Hurts Students Now and in Their Future.” Grown and

Flown, n.d., www.grownandflown.com/cheating-hurts-students-now-and-future/. Accessed

12 Dec. 2017.

Article from Online Magazine/Newspaper

The ice that covers Greenland holds approximately 10 percent of Earth’s frozen freshwater. “Using

the latest technology to map what’s hidden beneath — and within — Greenland’s ice, researchers

have found huge ancient river systems, unexpected ice flow, and troubling melting patterns”

(Mason).

Mason, Betsy. “Mapping the Hidden Worlds Beneath Greenland’s Ice.” National Geographic, 4

Aug. 2016, news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/hidden-world-greenland-ice- map/. Accessed 7

Aug. 2016.

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Database Article

While Canada has joined a growing list of nations “bound by international law to refrain from

engaging in capital punishment, the process by which the abolitionist norm was advanced in

Canada was not an easy one” (Thompson 173) . Indeed, moving from the concept of human rights

to ultimately having that idea adopted by the society as the new norm is often long and difficult.

Thompson, Andrew S. “Uneasy Abolitionists: Canada, the Death Penalty, and the Importance of

International Norms, 1962-2005.” Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 42, no. 3, 2008, pp.

172-192. Academic Search Premier,

184.71.180.254/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rch&AN

=40127235&site=eds-live&scope=site. Accessed 6 May 2015.

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The name, Ichabod Crane, was well chosen. The author describes his physical appearance as

like that of a big, gangly sort of bird. ”He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders,

long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for

shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together” (Irving 21).

Irving, Washington. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” American Gothic Tales, edited by Joyce

Carol Oates, Plume, 1996, pp. 19-44.

Online Video Evolutionary biologist and ichthyologist Prosanta Chakrabarty explores hidden parts of the world

studying cavefish whose adaptations to their environment provide important clues about biology

and geology. By observing them, Chakrabarty claims their blindness tells us a lot about how

sight evolved and how and where they live tells us a great deal about “how the landmasses

around them have changed and moved” over time (00:00:57-00:01:09).

Chakrabarty, Prosanta. “Clues to Prehistoric Times Found in Blind Cavefish.” Ted, Feb. 2016,

www.ted.com/talks/prosanta_chakrabarty_clues_to_prehistoric_times_found_in_blind_cave

fish#t-58054. Accessed 10 Aug. 2016

Citing Photos

Figure 1: Greenland’s Heimdal Glacier. Source: John Sonntag, 13 Oct. 2015. National Geographic, 4 Aug. 2016, news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/hidden-world-greenland-ice-map/. Accessed 7 Aug. 2016.

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Article from Database Review) The International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC) identifies five major impacts

of climate change on food production: temperature changes, rain and snowfall pattern changes,

increased carbon dioxide, extreme weather incidents and rising sea levels, all of which can

adversely affect food crop production, the availability of farmable land and our ability to transport

food to markets ( ). Author’s Name: Laura Kanji Quote: page 173 Page Range: 170-182

Article Title: Famine or Feast Climate Change and the Future of Food Production

Journal: Harvard International Review Volume: 37 Issue: 3 Publication Date: Spring 2016 Database Name: Business Search Complete Access Date: August 11 2016

URL: 184.71.180.254/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=11701 8307&site=e ds-live&scope=site

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Republished Book

To Kill a Mockingbird paints a vivid picture of the racial tensions in the southern U.S. town of

Maycomb after a black man is accused of raping a white woman. Atticus, the local well-

respected white lawyer has taken on his defence, despite the rising tensions and disapproval of

his white neighbours. Atticus was good at managing conflict. “With his infinite capacity for

calming turbulent seas, he could make a rape case as dry as a sermon” ( ).

Book: To Kill a Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee Original Publication Date: 1960 Quote: page 226 Publication date for this edition: 2010 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Work Cited

To indicate italics,

UNDERLINE the text.

Author’s name, Inverted. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal,

Publication date, Page range. Database name, Stable URL. Access date.

vol. #, [edition or issue] no. #,

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Publication year of reprint.

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Anthology (Review) The protagonist in “The Bully” tries to evade his tormentor by finally giving up on eating lunch in the

boys’ cafeteria, instead taking to the streets, he “ran past the jail, down into the civic gardens, across

the river, under a bridge, and down the other side of the river” into the town

cemetery ( ). Ultimately, the local mausoleum becomes his

daily luncheon site where he “revelled in the morbid quiet of the place” ( ). Story: The Bully Author: James Reaney Quotes from: page 97 Page range: 92-100 Book: The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English Publisher: Oxford University Press Edited by: Margaret Atwood and Robert Weaver Publication Date: 1997

Work Cited

Film from Online Streaming Site After a violent bar brawl, a bloodied young James Kirk is challenged by Captain Pike who sees

potential in Kirk that he doesn’t see in himself. Kirk’s deceased father had captained a starship

for all of 12 minutes as they faced destruction at the hands of a Romulan ship. In those 12

minutes, Pike tells Kirk, his father “saved 800 lives, including our mother’s and yours. I dare you

to do better” ( ).

Film Title: Star Trek Key contributors: director: J.J. Abrams; actors: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban Studio: Paramount Pictures Release Year: 2009 Online Source: Netflix URL: www.netflix.com Access Date: 12 July 2016 Time Stamp: 00:24:25 – 00:24:37

Work Cited

Author’s Name, Inverted. Title of the Anthology, “Title of Article, Short Story, Play, etc.”

edited by [Editor’s names are not inverted], Publisher, Year, pp. [full page range].

Film Title. Directed by [name not inverted],

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performance(s) by, [name(s) not inverted),

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Works Cited “Cancer Statistics at a Glance.” Canadian Cancer Society, n.d., www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-

information/cancer-101/cancer-statistics-at-a-glance/?region=bc. Accessed 8 Aug. 2016.

Chakrabarty, Prosanta. “Clues to Prehistoric Times Found in Blind Cavefish.” Ted, Feb. 2016,

www.ted.com/talks/prosanta_chakrabarty_clues_to_prehistoric_times_found_in_blind_cave

fish#t-58054. Accessed 10 Aug. 2016.

“The Daily – Labour Survey September 2j017.” Statistics Canada. Government of Canada, 6 Oct.

2017, www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/171006/dq171006a-eng.htm?HPA=1&indid=3587-

2&indgeo=0. Accessed 30 Oct. 2017.

Hudgens, Laura Hanby. “Why Cheating Hurts Students Now and in Their Future.” Grown and

Flown, n.d., www.grownandflown.com/cheating-hurts-students-now-and-future/. Accessed

12 Dec. 2017.

Irving, Washington. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” American Gothic Tales, edited by Joyce

Carol Oates, Plume, 1996, pp. 19-44. Mason, Betsy. “Mapping the Hidden Worlds Beneath Greenland’s Ice.” National Geographic, 4

Aug. 2016, www.news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/hidden-world-greenland-ice-map/.

Accessed 7 Aug. 2016.

MLA 8.0 FOR EAP 099 6 Thompson, Andrew S. “Uneasy Abolitionists: Canada, the Death Penalty, and the Importance of

International Norms, 1962-2005.” Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 42, no. 3, 2008, pp.

172-192. Academic Search Premier,

184.71.180.254/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rch&AN

=40127235&site=eds-live&scope=site. Accessed 6 May 2015.