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Online forum posting

Entry in Reference List

Author. (Date). "Title". Message posted to web address, archived at web address

For example - Reference List

Rodin, P.Author (2008, November 17).Date How cats hunt (Msg 4).Message number Message posted to news://cathealth.healthy pets, Forum URL archived at http://groups.google.com/pets/catsArchive URL

For example - In text citation

Rodin (2008) has found that…..

Style Notes

Begin with the author’s name and the title of the document (in quotation marks) as given in the subject line; a description of the message that includes the recipient and the date of the message

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