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17.238Reference works
Well-known reference books, such as major dictionaries and encyclopedias, are normally cited in notes rather than in bibliographies. The facts of publication are often omitted, but the edition (if not the first) must be specified. References to an alphabetically arranged work cite the item (not the volume or page number) preceded by s.v. (sub verbo, “under the word”; pl. s.vv.)
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed., s.v. “Salvation.”2. Dictionary of American Biography, s.v. “Wadsworth, Jeremiah.”
Certain reference works, however, may appropriately be listed with their publication details.
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3. The Times Guide to English Style and Usage, rev. ed., comp. Tim Austin (London: Times Books, 1999), s.vv. “police ranks,” “postal addresses.”4. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 2nd ed., ed. Joseph Gibaldi (New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1998), 6.9.4.
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Filippelli, R. L., ed. 1990. Labor conflict in the United States: An encyclopedia. Garland Reference Library of Social Science 697. New York: Garland.Garner, Bryan A. 2003. Garner’s modern American usage. New York: Oxford University Press.