Modern Language Association 8th edition

Humanities, Literature

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Website
Earth Science Communications Team, NASA. “Climate Change: Evidence and Causes”. NASA Global Climate Change, https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.
In-text (Earth Science Communications Team)
Book
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1960.
In-text (Lee)
Journal Article
Watson, James D., and Francis H. C. Crick. “The Structure of DNA”. Nature, vol. 171, no. 4356, 1953, pp. 737-8, doi:10.1038/171737a0.
In-text (Watson and Crick)
Newspaper Article
Wilford, John Noble. “Man Walks on Moon”. The New York Times, 21 July 1969, p. A1.
In-text (Wilford)

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