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Author: Andrei Sakharov
Name of Source: Memoirs

Quote: At the beginning of October I was in Moscow to discuss the calculations, and those relating to the Big Bomb in particular.

Page number: 219

•   "At the beginning of October I was in Moscow to discuss the calculations, and those relating to the Big Bomb in particular" (Memoirs 219).

•   "At the beginning of October I was in Moscow to discuss the calculations, and those relating to the Big Bomb in particular" (Sakharov 219).

• "At the beginning of October I was in Moscow to discuss the calculations, and those relating to the Big Bomb in particular" (Sakharov p.219).

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Author: Andrei Sakharov
Name of Source: Memoirs

Quote: The next day I visited my parents at their dacha [country home].

Page number: 219

• A.  "The next day I visited my parents at their dacha [country home]" (Sakharov 219).

• A.  "The next day I visited my parents at their dacha [country home]" (A.Sakharov 219).

• "The next day I visited my parents at their dacha [country home]" (Sakharov).

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Author: Andrei Sakharov
Name of Source: Memoirs
Quote: Standing outside one courthouse, Tatyana Velikanova said to me with pride: "They must sense our moral force."


Page number: 361

• A.  Standing outside one courthouse, Tatyana Velikanova said to me with pride: "They must sense our moral force." (Sakharov 361).

• A.  "Standing outside one courthouse, Tatyana Velikanova said to me with pride: 'They must sense our moral force'" (Sakharov 361).

• "Standing outside one courthouse, Tatyana Velikanova said to me with pride: 'They must sense our moral force'" (Velikanova 361).

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Author: Andrei Sakharov
Name of Source: Memoirs
Quote: Toward the end of March, Lusia and I decided to take a belated honeymoon in Central Asia, where it was already spring. Schools were on vacation, and we asked Dmitri and Alexei to come along.

Page number: 363

• Sakharov and his second wife went on a honeymoon to Central Asia and took their sons (363).

• "Sakharov and his second wife went on a honeymoon to Central Asia and took their sons" (Sakharov 363).

• Sakharov and his second wife went on a honeymoon to Central Asia and took their sons (Sakharov).

• "Sakharov and his second wife went on a honeymoon to Central Asia and took their sons" (363).

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When citing a print source, place the ______ and the ______ in parentheses.

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How do you cite if the author is unknown?

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• Place one of their last names and “et al.” with the page number(s), when available, in parentheses.