MLA Format for Citing Electronic Library Databases
Basic Form (using information from first example below):
Author’s last name, comma, first name, middle, period (If no author
is listed, begin citation with title): Brown, John O.
Article title, period, in quotes: “What to Do When All
of Your Company’s Experts Have BeenDownsized.”
Journal title, underlined: Quality Progress
Volume number, period, issue number: 12.3
Year in parentheses, colon: (2003):
Page numbers, period: 39-41.
Database name, underlined, period: WilsonSelect Plus.
Database publisher – see list on back of this sheet, period: OCLC
First Search.
Where accessed, comma, city, comma, state, period: Jefferson
Community Coll. Lib., Watertown, NY.
Day, month and year accessed: 1 Oct. 2006
Abbreviated web address of database – see list on back of
this sheet, in carats, period:
<http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org>.
Put together the citation should look like the following example,
with first line starting at margin and subsequent lines indented. Typing should
be double-spaced.
Scholarly journal article from an online library database:
Brown, John O. “What to Do When All of Your Company’s Experts Have Been Downsized.” Quality Progress 12.3 (2003): 39-41. WilsonSelect Plus. OCLC First Search. Jefferson Community Coll. Lib., Watertown, NY. 1 Oct 2006 <http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org>.
Popular magazine article from an online library database:
Raymond, Sean. “Are We Alone in the Universe?” People Jan. 2005: 40-50. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Jefferson Community Coll. Lib., Watertown, NY. 6 Sept. 2006 <http://search.ebscohost.com>.
Newspaper article from an online library database, without an author:
“Brother Governors Steal GOP Spotlight: George Bush’s Sons See Lessons in Wins.” Boston Globe 19 Nov. 2001, city ed.: A11. LexisNexis Academic Universe. LexisNexis. Jefferson Community Coll. Lib., Watertown, NY. 5 Sept. 2006 <http://lexisnexis.com/universe>.
Updated 2008
Database Name, Publisher, Database url
For all EBSCO databases listed below the publisher and database
url are the same.
Follow this example for Academic Search Premier:
Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. http://search.ebscohost.com
Academic Search Premier. Business Source Premier. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. EBSCO Animals. General Science Collection. Education Research Complete. Funk and Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia. Health Source – Consumer Edition. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition. MasterFile Premier. Medline. Military and Government Collection. Newspaper Source. Primary Search. Professional Development Collection. PsycArticles. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection. Regional Business News. Religion and Philosophy Collection. The Serials Directory. Science Reference Center. SocINDEX with Full Text. TopicSearch. World History Collection.
For all other JCC databases
America’s
Newspapers. NewsBank, Inc.. http://infoweb.newsbank.com
American National Biography Online. Oxford. http://www.anb.org
Annals of American History Online. Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. http://america.eb.com
ARTstor. ARTstor, Inc. http://www.artstor.org
Business and Company Resource Center. Gale Group. http://galenet.galegroup.com
CQ Researcher. Congressional Quarterly Inc. http://library.cqpress.com/
CredoReference. Credo Reference. http://www.xreferplus.com
Criminal Justice Periodicals. ProQuest. http://proquest.umi.com
Current Biography. H.W. Wilson. http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com
Custom Newspapers. Gale Group. http://web3.infotrac.galegroup.com
Daily Life Online. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. http://dailylife.greenwood.com
EncyclopaediaBritannica Online. Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. http://search.eb.com/
ERIC. OCLC FirstSearch. http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org
Facts on File Reference Suite. Facts on File News Service. http://www.2facts.com
FAITS. Faulkner Information Services. http://www.faulkner.com
Gale Virtural Reference Center. Gale. http://galenet.galegroup.com
Grove Dictionary of Art Online. Grove. http://www.groveart.com
Grove Music Online. Grove. http://www.grovemusic.com
Harpweek. Harpweek, LLC. http://app.harpweek.com
Health Reference Center-Academic. Gale Group. http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw
Humanities E-Book Project. American Council of Learned Societies. Use
specific url of e-book used - for example: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.03457
Informe. Gale Group. http://infotrac.galegroup.com/
JSTOR. JSTOR. http://www.jstor.org/jstor
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. Lexis-Nexis. http://lexisnexis.com/universe
Literature Resource Center. Gale Group. http://infotrac.galegroup.com/
Magill’s Medical Guide. Salem Press. http://health.salempress.com
Naxos Music Library. Naxos Digital Services. http://sunyjefferson.naxosmusiclibrary.com
New England Journal of Medicine. Massachusetts Medical Society. http://content.nejm.org
New York State Newspapers. Gale Group. http://infotrac.galegroup.com/
New York Times. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. http://proquest.umi.com
Northern New York Historical Newspapers. Northern New York Library Network.
http://www.nnyln.org
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale Group. http://infotrac.galegroup.com
Original Sources. Western Standard Publishing Company. http://www.originalsources.com
ScienceDirect. Elsevier. http://www.sciencedirect.com
Standard & Poor's. Standard & Poor's. http://www.netadvantage.standardandpoors.com
SUNY Press E Book Collection. State University of New York. Use specific
url of e-book used - for example: http://hdl.handle.net/1951/523
Today’s Science on File. Facts on File News Service. http://www.2facts.com/TSOF
Wall Street Journal. ProQuest. http://proquest.umi.com
Wilson Omnifile. H.W. Wilson. http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com
WilsonSelect Plus. OCLC FirstSearch. http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org
World Almanac. OCLC FirstSearch. http://newfirstsearch.oclc.org