Temple University Libraries' Citation Help Guide
Modern Language Association of America. MLA handbook. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2016.
Strunk, William. The Elements of Style. New York : Longman, c2000.
Turabian, Kate L., Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams. A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Eight Edition. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
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