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How to Cite Sources from Electronic
Databases (MLA)
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Type
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Format
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Example
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Magazine article
with no volume or issue numbers
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Author. "Article
Title."
Magazine/JournalTitle Day Month
Year: Page(s). Name of
Database.
Web. Date Retrieved.
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Winegart, Peter. "Education:
Legislating Legacies."
Newsweek
14 Oct.
2005: 10. Academic OneFile.
Web. 23 Oct. 2005 .
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Magazine/Journal
article with volume & issue numbers
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Author.
"Article Title."
Magazine/Journal
Title. Vol.Issue
(Year): Page(s). Name of Database.
Web.
Date Retrieved.
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Hoar, William P.
"Benign
Discrimination?" New American
19.9
(2004):42-44.
Academic
OneFile. Web.
23 Oct. 2005.
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Newspaper
article
For newspaper
articles:
Do not include The, A,
or An at the beginning of the newspaper's name.
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Author.
"Article Title." Name of
Newspaper Day Month Year, Edition
(if specified): Page(s). Name of
Database. Web.
Date Retrieved.
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Henriques, Donald B. "Still
Testing Wall St.'s Ceiling.”
New
York Times 29 June
2005: B2. Proquest
National
Newspapers. Web. 23 Oct.
2005.
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Article with no
author
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"Article
Title." Name of Newspaper
Day
Month
Year: Page(s).
Name of Database. Web. Date
Retrieved.
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"Staying True
to the Resistance."
Horizons
17.1 (2005): 48.
Academic OneFile. Web. 23
Oct. 2005 .
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Works Cited
Henriques,
Donald B. “Still Testing Wall St.’s
Ceiling.” New York Times
29 June 2005: B2. Proquest National Newspapers. Web.
23 Oct. 2005.
William P. “Benign Discrimination.” New American 19.9 (2004):
42-44. Academic OneFile.
Web. 23 Oct. 2005
“Staying True to the
Resistance.” Horizons 17.1 (2005): 48.
Academic OneFile. Web. 23 Oct. 2005
Winegart, Peter.
“Education: Legislating Legacies.” Newsweek 14 Oct.
2005: 10. Academic OneFile.
Web. 23 Oct. 2005
General
Information:
- Alphabetize your reference
list by the first word of the citation (usually the author's last
name).
- Double space all of the
citations on your reference page.
- Indent the second &
following lines of the citation 5-7 spaces.
- For 2-6 authors: Wingert,
P., Smith, J., & Brown, P.
- For 6 or more authors: Provide only the first
author followed by a comma and et al. For example: Wingert,
P., et al.
- Only capitalize the first
word of the article title. If there is a colon in the title,
capitalize the first word after the colon.
- Italicize the title of the
magazine or journal. Also italicize the volume number – but do not
italicize the issue number.
For more information on MLA citation style, see www.mla.org.
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