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African American History

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Standard Citation Formats

Historians generally follow Chicago citation style for documentation. Access the latest (2010) edition:

Automatic Citations

Many databases provide citations for the articles they list.  You must click first on the article title in the results list, then on Cite (in right side bar) to see examples you can copy & paste into your bibliography.  In JSTOR, click View Citation.

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