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APA 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 APA style:
Author last name, First initial Middle initial (Month, Year).  Title of Article. Title of magazine, Volume number(Issue number),
   Page number.  from Name of Database. 
Example from EBSCO database:
Carmichael, M.  (December, 2009).  A cure for health costs?.  Newsweek154(26), 20.
  from Academic Search Complete database. 

Journal Article Pattern for APA style:

Author last name, First initial Middle initial (Publication Year).  Title of Article. Title of journal, Volume number(Issue number),
  Page number starts-ends. Document Object Identifier.
Example from CQ Researcher database:
Hatch, D.  (2003).  Drug company ethics.  CQ Researcher, 13, 521-544.  http://library.cqpress.com/cqresrre2003060600.
e-Book pattern for APA style:
Author last name, First initial Middle initial.  (Publication year).  Title of work.  Location:  Publisher.
   from Name of database.
NetLibrary eBook example:
Zeinert, K.  (1998).   Those courageous women of the Civil War.  BrookField, CT: Millbrook Press. 
   from netLibrary database.
Note:  Some of the databases provide ready-made citations for you within the articles.
Spacing:  Double-spacing used throughout the citations.
For more information on how to cite netLibrary eBooks, look at the netLibrary help files.  Help>>General>>eContent Citation.
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