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Technical Report Documentation Page1. Report No. 2. 3. Recipients Accession No.

MN/RC 2017-XX4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date

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Minnesota Department of TransportationResearch Services & Library395 John Ireland Boulevard, MS 330St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-1899

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Minnesota Department of TransportationResearch Services & Library395 John Ireland Boulevard, MS 330St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-1899

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The authors, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, and [author’s organization] do not endorse products or manufacturers. Trade or manufacturers’ names appear herein solely because they are considered essential to this report because they are considered essential to this report.

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Resources: Chicago Manual of Style

The following website provides assistance on formatting common sources such as books, journal articles, and websites. Be sure to follow the “author/date” instructions.

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

Here are sample citations for less common types of sources:

Technical report:

Swenson, Tanner W., and Catherine E. French. Effect of Temperature on Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girder Strand Stress During Fabrication. Minnesota Department of Transportation, December 2015. http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/ResearchReports/reportdetail.html?id=2476.

Standard:

ASTM International. ASTM C990-09(2014) Standard Specification for Joints for Concrete Pipe, Manholes, and Precast Box Sections Using Preformed Flexible Joint Sealants. West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International, 2014. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1520/C0990.

Presentation:

Hanstedt, Paul. “This is Your Brain on Writing: The Implications of James Zull’s The Art of Changing the Brain for the Writing Classroom.” Presentation at the Annual Convention of the

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Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA, March 11-14, 2009.

Resources: American Psychological Association (APA)

The following website provides assistance on formatting common sources such as books, journal articles, and websites:

http://writing.umn.edu/sws/assets/pdf/quicktips/apa_References.pdf

Here are sample citations for less common types of sources:

Technical report:

Swenson, T. W., & French, C. E. (2015, December). Effect of Temperature on Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girder Strand Stress During Fabrication. Retrieved from http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/ResearchReports/reportdetail.html?id=2476

Standard:

ASTM International. (2014). ASTM C990-09(2014) Standard Specification for Joints for Concrete Pipe, Manholes, and Precast Box Sections Using Preformed Flexible Joint Sealants. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1520/C0990

Presentation:

Adams-Labonte, S. K. (2012, August). Daytime impairment due to college students’ technology use during sleep: Similarities to sleep apnea. Poster session presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

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