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Examples: Citing Speech Transcripts

First Note

1. John McCain, "Speech at Des Moines Rotary Lunch" (2007), in Representative American Speeches 2006-2007, ed. Jennifer Curry et al. (H.W. Wilson, 2007), 47.

Subsequent Note

2. McCain, "Speech at Des Moines Rotary Lunch," 47.

Bibliography

McCain, John. "Speech at Des Moines Rotary Lunch." 2007. In Representative American Speeches 2006-2007, edited by Jennifer Curry, Paul McCaffrey, and Lynn Messina. H.W. Wilson, 2007.

First Note

3. Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream," Speech, Washington, DC, August 28, 1963, American Rhetoric, http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm.

Subsequent Note

4. King, "I Have a Dream."

Bibliography

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." Speech, Washington, DC, August 28, 1963. American Rhetoric. http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm.


Note: Parentheses (shown in previous editions of this manual) no longer enclose information about the speech or presentation.

First Note

5. John F. Kennedy, "Statement on the Creation of the Peace Corps," Speech, Washington DC, March 1, 1961, EBSCO History Reference Center.

Subsequent Note

6. Kennedy, "Statement on the Creation of the Peace Corps."

Bibliography

Kennedy, John F. "Statement on the Creation of the Peace Corps." Speech, Washington DC, March 1, 1961. EBSCO History Reference Center.


Note: Parentheses (shown in previous editions of this manual) no longer enclose information about the speech or presentation.

Examples: Citing an In-Person Lecture or Speech

First Note

7. Patrick Dossett, "My Experience as a Navy SEAL," Speech, Atherton, CA, September 20, 2011.

Subsequent Note

8. Dossett, "My Experience as a Navy SEAL."

Bibliography

Dossett, Patrick. "My Experience as a Navy SEAL." Speech, Atherton, CA, September 20, 2011.


Note: Parentheses (shown in previous editions of this manual) no longer enclose information about the speech or presentation.

First Note

9. Stephanie Portman, "Global Trade in the 18th Century," Classroom discussion, Modern World History, Atherton, CA, September 22, 2011.

Subsequent Note

10. Portman, "Global Trade in the 18th Century."

Bibliography

Portman, Stephanie. "Global Trade in the 18th Century." Classroom discussion, Modern World History, Atherton, CA, September 22, 2011.


Note: Parentheses (shown in previous editions of this manual) no longer enclose information about the speech or presentation.

Subjects: Citation