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• Reproduce the article without modification; and
• Give credit to the author, FFCI, North Carolina Cooperative Extension and, North Carolina State University.

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Author’s Last Name, First Name. Year of publication. Title of article. Journal NameVolume(Number). On-line: http://web address. For example, an article in The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues (FFCI) would be cited as follows.

Bearon, Lucille. 1997. Quality of life in long-term care settings: a look at some trends in humanizing nursing homes. The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues (FFCI) 2(4). On-line: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/pub/ltc.html.