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MLA Style: Citations on a Works Cited Page

A WORK FROM A LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE

Please note that the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th edition) states that:

"If possible, conclude with the URL of the specific document or, if the URL is impractically long and complicated, the URL of the site's search page. Often, however, these services supply material without a URL or with a URL that is unique to the subscribing institution or valid only during the current session. For such services, conclude the entry as described below."

Example from Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)

 Byrd-Bredbenner, C., and D. Grasso.   "Health, medicine, and food messages
       in television commercials during 1992 and 1998.”  Journal of School Health
       70 (1997): 61-65. Academic Search Premier (Ebsco).Julia Rogers Library,
       Goucher College.13 April 2000 <http://www.ebsco.com>.

Example from America: History and Life

Houck, Davis W. and Mihaela Nocasian.  "FDR's first inaugural address: text, context,
        and reception."  Rhetoric & Public Affairs 5.4 (2002): 649-678. America History
        Life. Julia Rogers Library, Goucher College. 19 August 2003 <http://serials.
        abc-clio.com>.

Example from Art Full Text (WilsonWeb):

DeVonyar, Jill and Richard Kendall. “The Class of 1881: Degas, drawing and the
        Little Dancer Aged Fourteen.” Master Drawings 41.2 (2003): 151-162.
        Art Full Text (WilsonWeb). Julia Rogers Library, Goucher College.
        23 Septermber 2003  <http://hwwilsonweb.com>.

 

Example from ERIC (Ebsco) Journal Article

Gang, Marjorie and Linda S. Siegel. "Sound-symbol learning in children with
       dyslexia." Journal of Learning Disabilities 35.2 (2002): 137-157.
        ERIC (Ebsco). Julia Rogers Library, Goucher College.
        17 July 2003  <http://www.ebsco.com>.

 

Example from ERIC (Ebsco) Document

Slowinski, Joseph.  "Becoming a Technologically Savvy Administrator."
       ERIC Digest Number 135.  (ED 438593). January 1, 2000
       ERIC (Ebsco)  Julia Rogers Library, Goucher College. 31 January, 2001
       <http://www.ebsco.com>.

Example from JSTOR

Knight, Frank H. "Bertrand Russell on power." Ethics 49.3 (1939): 253-285.
        JSTOR. Julia Rogers Library, Goucher College. 22 September 2003
        <http://www.jstor.org>.

Example from Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe

Wedner, Diane. "Personal best: A Close-up Look at People Who Matter; Student Rallies
        Volunteers to Help Kids Read."Los Angeles Times 18 June 1998: B3 603 words.
        Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: Path: News: General News: Major Newspapers.
       Julia Rogers Library, Goucher College. 4 October 1998 <http://web.lexis-
       nexis.com/universe>.

Example from LION (Literature Online)

Austin, Linda M. "Emily Bronte's homesickness." Victorian Studies: an International
        Journal of Social, Political, and Cultural Studies 44.4 (2002): 573-596. LION
        (Literature Online). Julia Rogers Library, Goucher College.  4 May 2003
        <http://lion.chadwyck.com>.

Example from MLA International Bibliography

Atchley, Clinton P.E. "Reconsidering the ghost in Hamlet: cohesion or coercion?"
        Philological Review 28.2 (2002): 5-20. MLA International Bibliography. Julia
        Rogers Library, Goucher College. 28 January 2003 http://www.ebsco.com.

Example from Science Direct

Fatta, D., D. Naoum, and M. Loizidou. “Integrated environmental monitoring and
       simulation system for use as a management decision support tool in urban areas.” 
       Journal of Environmental Management 64.4 (2002): 333-343. Science Direct.
       Julia Rogers Library, Goucher College. 5 April 2003
       <http://www.sciencedirect.com>.

Example from Sociological Abstracts

Krassa, Michael A. “Social groups, selective perception, and behavioral contagion in
        public opinion." Social Networks 10.2 (1988):109-136. Sociological Abstracts.
        Julia Rogers Library, Goucher College. 21 September 2002
        <http://md1.csa.com>.

INTERNET SITES
  1. Title of site (underline)
  2. Name of editor of site (if available)
  3. Electronic publication information (include date of electronic publication or latest update and name of any sponsoring organization)
  4. Date of access and URL

Bartleby.com: Great Books Online. Ed. Steven Van Leeuwen. 2002. 5 May
        2002 <http://www.bartleby.com/>.

History Channel.com. 2002. History Channel. 14 May 2002 <http://
       historychannel.com/>.

Specific Document from an Internet Site
  1. Author’s name
  2. Title document
  3.  Information about print publication (if information is given about a previous or  simultaneous print publication: see guidelines for print publications)
  4. Information about electronic publication  (includes name of site, date of  electronic publication or date of current update,  and name of sponsoring  organization)
  5. Date of Access
  6. URL

Zeki, Semir. "Artistic Creativity and the Brain." Science 6 July 2001: 51-52.
        Science Magazine. 2002. Amer. Assn for the Advancement of Science.
        24 Sept. 2002 <http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/293/5527/51>.

  "City Profile: San Francisco." CNN.com. 2002. Cable News Network. 14
        May 2002<http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/atevo/city/SanFrancisco/
        intro.html>.

An Online Book
  1. Author’s name, or editor (ed.), compiler (comp.) or translator (trans.)
  2. Title of work (underlined)
  3. Name of editor, compiler, or translator of book (if relevant)
  4. Print publication information (if given):  city of publication, name of publisher and year of publication 
  5. Electronic publishing information:  title of Internet site (underlined); editor of site; version number; date of electronic publication; name of sponsoring     organization
  6. Date of access
  7. URL

 Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Ed. Henry Churchyard. 1996. Jane Austen
        Information Page. 6 Sept. 2002 <http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/
        pridprej.html>.

Robinson, Mary. Sappho and Phaonn London, 1796. Electronic Text Center.
        Ed. David Seaman. 2002. Alderman Lib., U of Virginia. 19 June 2002
        <http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/britpo/sappho/sappho.html>.

  An Article in an Online Periodical
  1. Author’s name (if given)
  2. Title (in quotation marks)
  3. Name of periodical (underlined)
  4. Volume number and issue number
  5. Date of publication
  6. Number range or total number of pages
  7. Date of access
  8. URL
  An article in a scholarly journal

Sengers, Phoebe. “Cultural Informatics: Artificial Intelligence and the
        Humanities.” Surfaces 8.107 (1999): 58 pp. 3 Aug. 2002
        <http://Pum12.pum.umontreal.ca/revues/surfaces/sgml/vol8/sengers/sgm>.

An article in a newspaper

Biersdorfer, J.D. “Religion Finds Technology.” New York Times on the Web
        16 May 2002. 20 May 2002 <http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/16/
        technology/circuits/16CHUR.html>.

An article in a magazine

  Levy, Steven. “Great Minds, Great Ideas.” Newsweek 27 May 2002. 20 May
        2002 <http://www.msnbc.com/news/754336.asp>.