LIBRARY STUDENT HANDBOOK |
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MLA Style - How to Cite Online Articles & E-books |
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| 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 |
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last name, First name Middle initial. "Title of the Article."
Title of magazine Published day Month abbreviation Year: |
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page number starts-ends Title of
database. Name of subscription service. Web.
Assessed day Month abbreviation Year. |
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Example from EBSCO database:
| Carmichael, Mary. "A
Cure for Health Costs?." Newsweek 28 Dec. 2009: 20.
Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. |
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6 Jan. 2010 |
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Journal Article Pattern
for MLA style |
| Author
last name, First name Middle intial. "Title of Work."
Periodical name Volume number, Issue number (Published
year: |
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Page number starts. Title of database.
Name of subscription service. Web. Assessed day Month
abbreviation Year. |
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Example from CQ Researcher database:
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Hatch, David. "Drug Company Ethics."
CQ Researcher 13.22 (2003): 521-544. CQ Researcher.
Web. 4 Jan. 2010. |
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| 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. |
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Name of subscription service. Web. Accessed day Month
abbreviation year. |
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Example from netLibrary e-book database:
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Zeinert, Karen. Those Courageous
Women of the Civil War. BrookField, CT: Millbrook Press, 1998.
NetLibrary. Web. |
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5 Jan. 2010. |
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| 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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