MLA Style for Citing from Online Databases
Articles located in full-text databases must be cited as coming from that
database, since you did not use the original article.
The following are suggested citations for articles from the full-text databases
at Kimbel Library using MLA style.
An Electronic Book or Book
Chapter:
Russsell, Sharon A. "The Life of Stephen King." Stephen King.
Critical Companions to Popular
Contemporary Writers Online. Greenwood
Press, 2002. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U,
Conway, SC. 10 Oct. 2005 <www.gem.greenwood.com>.
Brown, Carl L. Religion and State: The Muslim Approach to Politics.
New York: Columbia
UP, 2000. Columbia International Affairs Online.
Columbia UP. Kimbel Lib.,
Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC. 23 Mar. 2006 <http://www.ciaonet.org>.
Smith, Abigail Adams. Journal and Correspondence of Miss Adams, Daughter
of John Adams, Second
President of the United States. Ed. Her
Daughter. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1841.
History Resource Center. Gale Group. Kimbel
Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC.
24 Jan. 2007 <http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.library.coastal.edu>.
Skaggs, Peggy. "Bayou Folk." Kate Chopin. Boston: Twayne
Publishers, 1985. N. pag. Literature
Resource Center. Gale Group. Kimbel Lib.,
Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC.
23 Mar. 2006 <http://www.galenet.galegroup.com>.
Hoyes, Kevin J. Poe and the Printed Word. New York: Cambridge
UP, 2000.
NetLibrary. Kimbel Lib., Coastal
Carolina U, Conway, SC.
11 Nov. 2003 <www.netlibrary.com>.
Article from a Reference Book:
Clayborne, Carson. "King, Martin Luther, Jr." American National
Biography Online. Oxford
UP. 2002. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina
U, Conway, SC. 27 Oct. 2005
<http://www.anb.org>.
"Flannery O'Connor." Encyclopedia of World Biography.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. Biography
Resource Center. Gale Group. Kimbel
Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC.
22 Aug. 2003 <http://www.galenet.galegroup.com/>.
“Random House Inc.” International Directory of Company
Histories. Vol. 31. Detroit:
St. James Press, 2000. Business and Company
Resource Center. Gale Group. Kimbel Lib.,
Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC. 25 Jan.
2007
<http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.library.coastal.edu>.
Consalvo, Mia. "Reality Television." St. James Encyclopedia
of Popular Culture. Eds. Sara Pendergast
and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 4. Detroit: St. James Press,
2000. 181-83. Gale Virtual Reference
Center. Gale Group. Kimbel Lib., Coastal
Carolina U, Conway, SC.
23 Mar. 2006 <http://find.galegroup.com>.
Bailey, Kathryn. "Webern, Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm von)." Grove
Music Online. Oxford UP
2005. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway,
SC. 23 Mar. 2006
<http://www.grovemusic.com>.
Cherath, Lata. "Lung Cancer." Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1999.
Health Reference Center. InfoTrac.
Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway,
SC. 22 Mar. 2006 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>.
“Separation of Church and State.” American Journey Online:
Civil Rights in America.
Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 1999.
History Resource Center. Gale Group.
Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway,
SC. 24 Jan. 2007
<http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.library.coastal.edu>.
Simal, Begona. "Gish Jen." Asian American Writers.
Ed. Deborah L. Madsen. Vol. 312 of
Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit:
Gale, 2005. 142-54. Literature Resource Center.
Gale Group. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway,
SC. 22 Mar. 2006
<www.galenet.galegroup.com>.
Berger, Peter Miles and M. Allen Cooperstein. Rev. of “Coping Scale
for Adults,” by Erica Frydenberg
and Ramon Lewis. Mental Measurements
Yearbook. EBSCOhost. Kimbel Lib., Coastal
Carolina U, Conway, SC. 25 Jan. 2007 <http://0-web.ebscohost.com.library.coastal.edu>.
Spicer, Andrew. "Herbert, William (fl. c.1606-1662)." Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography Online.
Oxford University Press. 2004. Kimbel Lib., Coastal
Carolina U, Conway, SC.
27 Oct. 2005 <http://www.oxforddnb.com>.
Baldick, Christopher. "Transcendentalism." The Concise Oxford
Dictionary of Literary Terms.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Oxford Reference Online. Oxford UP.
Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway,
SC. 23 Mar. 2006
<http://www.oxfordreference.com>.
Young, Philip. “Ernest Hemingway.” American Writers.
Vol. 2. 247-70. Detroit: Gale, 2007.
The Scribner Writers Series. Gale
Group. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC.
25 Jan. 2007 <http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.library.coastal.edu>.
“Hemingway, Ernest (Miller) (1898-1961).” The Cambridge
Guide to Literature in English.
New York: Cambridge UP, 2000. Xreferplus.
Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U,
Conway, SC. 24 Jan. 2007 <http://0-xreferplus.com.library.coastal.edu>.
Oxford English Dictionary Online:
"Albatross." The Oxford English Dictionary Online. Oxford
UP. Kimbel Lib., Coastal
Carolina U, Conway, SC. 6 March 2001 <http://dictionary.oed.com/>.
To cite words appearing in a specific edition of the OED, click
here.
CQ Electric Library (CQ Researcher and CQ Weekly):
Sandler, Michael. "A Parting of Ways at the Border." CQ
Weekly 27 Mar. 2006: 828.
CQ Weekly Online. CQ Press. Kimbel
Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC.
27 Mar. 2006 <http://library.cqpress.com>.
Bettelheim, Adriel. "Coastal Development." The CQ Researcher
8.31 (1998): 721-724.
CQ Electric Library. CQ Press. Kimbel
Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway,
SC. 27 Mar. 2006 <http://library.cqpress.com>.
Pamphlet:
Centers for Disease Control. Skin Cancer: Preventing America's Most
Common Cancer.
Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control, 2001.
Health Reference Center. InfoTrac. Kimbel Lib.,
Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC. 22 Aug.
2003 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>.
Magazine articles:
Monthly:
Kunzig, Robert and Shanti Menon. "Not Our Mom: Neanderthal DNA Suggests
No Relation to Humans."
Discover Jan. 1998: 32-34. Expanded
Academic ASAP. Infotrac. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina
U, Conway, SC. 8 Mar. 2000 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>.
Normile, Dwight. “39th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.”
International Gymnast
48.10(2006): 51. SPORTDiscus. EBSCOhost.
Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U,
Conway, SC. 25 Jan. 2007 <http://0-web.ebscohost.com.library.coastal.edu>.
Weekly:
"Women College Students Have More Food-related Issues Than Do Men."
Obesity, Fitness, and
Wellness Week 23 Aug. 2003: 35.
Expanded Academic ASAP. InfoTrac. Kimbel Lib.,
Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC. 25 Aug.
2003 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>.
Journal Articles:
Cheatham, George, and Judy Cheatham. "Bierce's An Occourence at
Owl Creek Bridge."
Studies in Short Fiction 43.1 (1984):
45-48. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost.
Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway,
SC. 4 Mar. 2005 <http://search.epnet.com>.
Young, Robert and Howard E. Winn. "Activity Patterns, Diet, and
Shelter Site Use for Two Species of
Moray Eels, Gymnothorax Moringa and Gymnothorax
Vicinus, in Belize." Copeia 2003.1 (2003):
44-55. BioOne. BioOne. Kimbel Lib.,
Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC.
28 Mar. 2006 <http://www.bioone.org>.
Liao, Shu-Ling. "The Effects of Nonmonetary Sales Promotions on
Consumer Preferences:
The Contingent Role of Product Category".
Journal of American Academy of Business
8.2 (2006): 196-230. Business Source
Premier. EBSCOHost. Kimbel Lib., Coastal
Carolina U, Conway, SC. 28 Mar. 2006 <http://web12.epnet.com>.
Quimby, Karin. “The Story of Jo: Literary Tomboys, Little Women,
and the Sexual-Textual
Politics of Narrative Desire.” GLQ:
A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 10.l (2003): 1-22.
e-Duke Scholarly Collection. Duke
UP. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC.
25 Jan. 2007 <http://0-www.dukejournals.org.library.coastal.edu>.
Kohn, Alfie. “The Goldilocks Paradox.” American School
Board Journal 194.2 (2007): 30-31.
Education Research Complete. EBSCOhost.
Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC.
29 Jan. 2007 <http://0-web.ebscohost.com.library.coastal.edu>.
Gruesser, John. "Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado.'" Explicator
56.3 (1998): 129-30.
Expanded Academic ASAP. InfoTrac.
Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U,
Conway, SC. 8 Mar. 2000 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>.
Steensma, H. Kevin, and Kevin G. Corley. "On the Performance of
Technology-Sourcing Partnerships:
The Interaction between Partner Inter-dependence
and Technology Attributes."
Academy of Management Journal 43.6
(2000): 1045-68. General Business File ASAP. InfoTrac.
Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway,
SC. 6 March 2001
<http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>.
Bach, Peter B., et al. "Screening For Lung Cancer: a Review of the
Current Literature." Chest 123.1
(2003): 72S-82S. Health Reference Center.
InfoTrac. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina
U, Conway, SC. 25 Aug. 2003 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>.
Guzzentti, Linda, and Antje Ziemann. "Women in the Fourteenth-Century
Venetian Scuole."
Renaissance Quarterly 55.4 (2002):
1151-95. Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Iter. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U,
Conway, SC. 26 June 2003 <http://www.itergateway.org>.
Abel, Darrel. "Hawthorne's Dimmesdale: Fugitive From Wrath."
Nineteenth-Century Fiction
11.2 (1956): 81-105. JSTOR. JSTOR.
Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U,
Conway, SC. 25 Aug. 2003 <http://www.jstor.org>.
Negredo, Eugenia, et al. “Reconstructive Treatment for Antiretroviral-Associated
Facial Lipoatrophy: A Prospective Study
Comparing Autologous Fat and Synthetic Substances.” AIDS Patient
Care
and STDs 20.12 (2006): 829-37. Liebert
Online. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Kimbel Lib., Coastal
Carolina U, Conway, SC. 29 Jan. 2007 <http://0-www.liebertonline.com.library.coastal.edu>.
Sherbo, Arthur. “From Shenandoah: Overlooked Reviews of and Poems
by Eliot, Faulkner, Stevens, Hemingway,
Graves, Spender, and Others.” Notes and Queries 43.4 (1996):
445-47.
Oxford Journals. Oxford UP. Kimbel
Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC.
29 Jan. 2007 <http://0-nq.oxfordjournals.org.library.coastal.edu>.
Maguire, Roberta S. "Kate Chopin and Anna Julia Cooper: Critiquing
Kentucky and the South."
The Southern Literary Journal 35.1
(2002): 123-137. Project MUSE. Project MUSE.
Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway,
SC. 25 Aug. 2003 <http://muse.jhu.edu>.
Sgarbossa, Antonella, et al. "Effects of UV-B Irradiation on Motility
and Photoresponsiveness
of the Coloured Ciliate Blepharisma Japonicum."
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B:
Biology 27.3 (1995): 243-49.
ScienceDirect. Elsevier. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U,
Conway, SC. 7 Feb. 2001 <http://www.sciencedirect.com>.
Brager, S., J.A. Harraway, and B.F.J. Manly. "Habitat Selection
in a Coastal Dolphin Species
(Cephalorhynchus Hectori)." Marine
Biology 143.2 (2003): 233-44. SpringerLink.
Springer. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina
U, Conway, SC. 4 Mar. 2005
<http://www.springerlink.com>.
Sassaroli, Sandra and Giovanni Maria Ruggiero. "The Role of Stress
in the Association Between
Low Self-esteem, Perfectionism, and Worry,
and Eating Disorders." International Journal
of Eating Disorders 37.2 (2005):
134-41. Wiley InterScience. Wiley. Kimbel Lib.,
Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC. 4 Mar.
2005 <http://www.wiley.interscience.com>.
Newspaper Articles:
Lynch, Colum. "U.N. Secretary General Calls Global Warming a Priority."
The Washington Post
2 Mar. 2007. Access World News.
Newsbank. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway,
SC. 4 Mar. 2007 <http://infoweb.newsbank.com>.
Dodd, Scott. "Nature Gnaws at Coast, Development." Charlotte
Observer 6 Aug. 2000. Custom
Newspapers. InfoTrac. Kimbel
Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC. 24 Aug. 2000
<http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>.
"Fourth of March Celebrations." Eastern Argus Semi-Weekly
3 Mar. 1829. Early American Newspapers,
Series I, 1690-1876. Readex. Kimbel
Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC.
23 Mar. 2006 <http://infoweb.newsbank.com>.
Rothacker, Rick. “BofA revs ties to NASCAR: Loyal fans getting
more corporations’ attention.”
The Charlotte Observer 10 Oct. 2006.
LexisNexis Academic Universe: News. LexisNexis.
Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway,
SC. 29 Jan. 2007
<http://0-web.lexis-nexis.com.library.coastal.edu>.
Heller, Dick. “Lombardi hiring in ’59 pointed Packers to
glory.” The (DC) Washington Times
29 Jan. 2007. Regional Business
News. EBSCOhost. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC.
31 Jan.
2007 <http://0-web.ebscohost.com.library.coastal.edu>.
ERIC Abstracts and Documents:
The way you cite an abstract from ERIC will depend on which version of
the ERIC database you used to find the abstract. If you used the EBSCOhost
version of ERIC available through Kimbel library, your citation will
look like this:
Raywid, Mary Anne. "Small Schools: A Reform That Works." Educational
Leadership 55.4 (1997-98):
34-39.Abstract.
ERIC. EBSCOhost.. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U,
Conway, SC. 24 Aug. 2000 <http://web7.epnet.com>.
If used a version of ERIC that is freely available on the internet without
a subscription, you will need to include the complete web address for the
abstract in your citation. Your citation will look like this:
Raywid, Mary Anne. "Small Schools: A Reform That Works." Educational
Leadership 55.4 (1997-98):
34-39.
Abstract. 8 Mar. 2000 <http://ericae.net/ericdb/EJ556860.htm>.
If you used the EBSCOhost version of ERIC and it linked you to the full-text
of an ERIC document through the E*Subscribe service, your citation will
look like this:
Boston, Carol. "The Concept of Formative Assessment." ERIC
Digests Oct. 2002: 1-4.
E*Subscribe.
ERIC. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC. 25 Aug. 2003
<http://www.edrs.com>.
An Abstract:
Wilkens, J. L. and A. J. Mercier. "Peptidergic Modulation of Cardiac
Performance in Isolated Hearts From
the
Shore Crab Carcinus Maenas." Physiological Zoology 66.2 (1993):
237-56. Abstract.
Oceanic Abstracts.
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Kimbel Lib., Coastal Carolina U,
Conway, SC. 8 Mar. 2000 <http://www.csa.com>.
To do an
MLA-style citation, start with the format of the original material, whether
it is a book, magazine article, journal, etc. In the second half of the
citation indicate the name of the index, the name of the library where
you used the index (if it is a subscription database), and the date you
used the database. In general, only include a Web address for the article
if the article is freely available and can be accessed by anyone directly
through the Web address. For articles from Web sites that require a subscription
or password, give the Web address of the service's home page instead.
Additional information on MLA style is found in the MLA Handbook for
Writers of Research Papers, 6th edition, Library Reserve: LB 2369 G53
2003. In particular, look at section 5.9.7, or at the official MLA
site. Citing electronic sources in the text of your paper is addressed
at the official MLA site. Also try Kimbel
Library's Citing
Select Business Sources Using MLA Style.
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