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SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Coming of Age in Mississippi.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2006. Web. 17 Nov. 2009.

The Chicago Manual of Style

SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Coming of Age in Mississippi.” SparkNotes LLC. 2006. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/comingofage/ (accessed November 17, 2009).

APA

SparkNotes Editors. (2006). SparkNote on Coming of Age in Mississippi. Retrieved November 17, 2009, from http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/comingofage/

In Text Citation

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“Their conversation is awkward, especially when she mentions Wickham, a subject Darcy clearly wishes to avoid” (SparkNotes Editors).

APA

“Their conversation is awkward, especially when she mentions Wickham, a subject Darcy clearly wishes to avoid” (SparkNotes Editors, 2006).

Footnote

The Chicago Manual of Style

Chicago requires the use of footnotes, rather than parenthetical citations, in conjunction with a list of works cited when dealing with literature.

1 SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Coming of Age in Mississippi.” SparkNotes LLC. 2006. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/comingofage/ (accessed November 17, 2009).

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