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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.

MLA format for full-text magazine or journals articles

Author's name.  "Title of the Article."  Original Source of Article Date of original source: page numbers.  Name of the Database
            Used.  Name of the Service.  Name of Library or Library System, City, State Abbreviation.  Date of access <URL of

         service's homepage>.
Thomson Gale (GaleGroup/InfoTrac) example:
Thomas, Vanessa.  "Listening to Solar Activity."  Astronomy 32 (February 2004): 28.  InfoTrac Onefile.  Thomson Gale. 
            Southwest Virginia Community College Library, Richlands, VA.  1 Aug. 2007 <http://find.galegroup.com>.
CQ Researcher report example: [includes volume number. issue number (year)]
Hatch, David.  "Drug Company Ethics."  CQ Researcher  13.22 (2003): 521-544. CQ Researcher Online.  CQ Press.  Southwest
            Virginia Community College Library, Richlands, VA.  1 Aug. 2007 <http://library.cqpress.com>.
For more detail on citing articles and reports from Thomson Gale (InfoTrac and other Gale-Group databases), SIRS, and CQ Researcher, look at the "How to Cite" links or the "Help" files within the database.

MLA format for electronic books

Author.  Title in italics or underlined.  Publication place (print):  Publisher (print), Publication date (print). Title of site in italics or
            underlined.  Editor or site or project.  Publication date (electronic).  Name of the institution or organizations sponsoring

         the site.  Date accessed (unique for each user).   <URL of service's homepage>.
NetLibrary eBook example:
Zeinert, Karen.  Those Courageous Women of the Civil War  BrookField, CT: Millbrook Press, 1998.  NetLibrary.  2000. 1 Aug.
            2007.  <http://www.NetLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=action=summary&v=1&bookid=28948>.
For more information on how to cite netLibrary eBooks, go to netLibrary's Customer Support Center website: http://legacy.netlibrary.com/help/index.asp and select Citing eBooks using APA and MLA Guidelines.  This link is located under the Table of Contents (TOC) tab.
Note:
Some of the databases provide ready-made citations for you within the articles.

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