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Choose the citing method that is best for your research needs below.

Examples:

APA style

Encyclopedia: Lincoln, Abraham. (2004). The History Channel website. Retrieved 19:13, May 9, 2006, from http://www.historychannel.com/thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=214843.

Harvard style

Encyclopedia: Lincoln, Abraham [Internet]. 2004. The History Channel website. Available from : http://www.historychannel.com/thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=214843 [Accessed 09 May 2006].

MLA style

"Encyclopedia: Lincoln, Abraham." 2004. The History Channel website. 09 May 2006, 19:13 http://www.historychannel.com/thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=214843.

MHRA style

"Encyclopedia: Lincoln, Abraham," The History Channel website, 2004, http://www.historychannel.com/thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=214843 [accessed May 9, 2006]

Chicago style

"Encyclopedia: Lincoln, Abraham," The History Channel website, http://www.historychannel.com/thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=214843 (accessed May 9, 2006).

CBE/CSE style

Encyclopedia: Lincoln, Abraham [Internet]. The History Channel website; 2004 [cited 2006 May 9]. Available from: http://www.historychannel.com/thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=214843.

Bluebook style

Encyclopedia: Lincoln, Abraham, http://www.historychannel.com/thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=214843 (last visited May 9, 2006).

AMA style

Encyclopedia: Lincoln, Abraham. The History Channel website. 2004. Available at: http://www.historychannel.com/thcsearch/thc_resourcedetail.do?encyc_id=214843. Accessed May 9, 2006.