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MLA Style - How to Cite Online Articles & E-books
Warning:  Citation style for online sources is continually evolving.  Consult your instructor in choosing the appropriate style and for further guidance.
Magazine Article Pattern for MLA style
Author last name, First name Middle initial.  "Title of the Article."  Title of magazine Published day Month abbreviation Year:
   page number starts-ends Title of database.  Name of subscription service.  Web.  Assessed day Month abbreviation Year.
Example from EBSCO database:
Carmichael, Mary.  "A Cure for Health Costs?."  Newsweek 28 Dec. 2009: 20.  Academic Search Complete.  EBSCO.  Web.
  6 Jan. 2010

Journal Article Pattern for MLA style

Author last name, First name Middle intial.  "Title of Work."  Periodical name  Volume number, Issue number (Published year:
  Page number starts. Title of database.  Name of subscription service.  Web.  Assessed day Month abbreviation Year.
Example from CQ Researcher database:
Hatch, David.  "Drug Company Ethics."  CQ Researcher  13.22 (2003): 521-544. CQ Researcher.  Web. 4 Jan. 2010. 
For more detail on citing articles and reports from Gale, EBSCOhost, and CQ Researcher, look at the "How to Cite" links or the "Help" files within the database.
e-Book Pattern for MLA style
Author last name, First name Middle initial.  Title of Book.  Place of publication:  Publisher.  Publication year. Title of database.
  Name of subscription service.  Web.  Accessed day Month abbreviation year.
Example from netLibrary e-book database:
Zeinert, Karen.  Those Courageous Women of the Civil War.  BrookField, CT: Millbrook Press, 1998.  NetLibrary.  Web.
  5 Jan. 2010.
Note:  Some of the databases provide ready-made citations for you within the articles.
Spacing:  Double-spacing used throughout the citations.
For more detail on citing articles and research reports from EBSCO and CQResearcher, look at hte "How to Cite" links or the "Help" files with the databases.
For more information on how to cite netLibrary eBooks, look at the netLibrary help files:  Help>>General>>eContent Citation.
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