Citing CD-ROMs
Important Notes:
These web-based guidelines have been designed and developed as a service to JCC students, faculty, and staff. Address comments and suggestions regarding this site to Joanna Chrzanowski.
These citations represent only the most frequently used sources. THEY ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE COMPLETE! For complete documentation style, see MLA Handbook, the most recent addition. For more comprehensive examples, the English Department recommends you use The Concise Wadsworth Handbook, or another recent edition of a handbook.
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Updated 2007
Note: Follow all punctuation marks, quotes, spacing, and underlining exactly as shown in the examples throughout the guide!
Students should check with a librarian if they are not clear as to the TYPE of medium (CD-ROM or Internet) they are using because each is cited differently.
Article with Print Counterpart (article--or any material--that also exists in "paper copy")
With Author
Smith, Patricia. {Author} "The Role of the Student in Learning." {Title of article in quotes} Composition Quarterly {Title of periodical underlined} 31 {Volume number} (1998): {Date of article publication in parenthesis} 11-45. {Page number(s)} Academic Abstracts. {Title of CD-ROM underlined} CD-ROM. {Medium identified} Ebsco*. {Producer/publisher of CD-ROM} 2003. {Date of CD-ROM publication}
Without Author
"The Social Behavior of the Panda." National Geographic Aug. 1999: 12-13. General Science Index. CD-ROM. H. W. Wilson. 2003.
Article with no Print Counterpart
With Author
Henry, Frederick G. {Author} "Lost Rubies of the Far East." {Title of article} Jewelers' Almanac. {Source title underlined} 1999 ed. {Edition of CD-ROM} CD-ROM. Silverplatter. {Producer/publisher} 2002. {Date of CD-ROM publication}
Without Author
"Community Colleges Initiating New Approaches to Learning." 1998-1999 New York Educational Database. CD-ROM. UMI. 2003.
*Silverplatter, Ebsco, UMI, W. H. Wilson, etc., are the names of the producers of the CD-ROMs. The librarian can tell you who is the producer of the CD-ROM and the date it was produced or the time period covered.