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PERIODICAL ARTICLES: PRINT AND ONLINE

Articles in Print Magazines, Newspapers & Journals

The following examples of works cited citations are arranged with bolded explanatory material first, which you will not put it in your works cited list. The citation examples follow and should be double spaced and have a hanging indentation. However, hanging indentations are not easily displayed on the Internet. If they look odd on your computer, follow the format shown in the box at the end of the examples.

The citations contain the following elements in the order given.

Author
Article Title
Publication Title
Date
Page

Do not add the name of a database at the end of your citation if you read the text from the print magazine. Add the name of the database only if you use a full-text article from a database.

CQ Researcher in Print

Masci, David. "Internet Privacy." CQ Researcher 6 Nov. 1998:

953-976.

Daily newspaper

Collins, Glenn. "Single Father Survey Finds Adjustment a

Problem." New York Times 21 Nov. 1993: B17.

Journal article that numbers pages in each issue separately

Cota, Susan. "The Duties of a Community College President."

Top Dog 20.3 (Mar. 1999): 36-205.

Journal article with continuous paging

Dry, Richard. "How I Came To Write Forty-Five Editions of an

English Text." Community College Journal 46 (2000): 114-26.

Monthly magazine - anonymous (no author)

"The Starry Sky." Odyssey Jan. 1994: 26-27.

Weekly/biweekly magazine

Begley, Sharon. "A Healthy Dose of Laughter." Newsweek 4 Oct.

1992: 74.

Full-Text Articles in Electronic Print Resources

The citations contain the following elements in the order given.

Author
Article Title
Publication Title
Date
Page (see note below)
Database Name
Name of subscribing library, library location
Date of access
URL of the database (URL list below)

Note: When citing references from an electronic print resource or Internet source there is a way to turn off the auto-formatting of the URL (in Microsoft Word) so it is not underlined and highlighted in blue. This will make your works cited page appear more consistent. Go to the Tools menu, select AutoCorrect, select the AutoFormat As You Type tab and midway down under Replace as you type deselect (uncheck) Internet and network paths with hyperlinks.

The information needed for a full-text article is exactly the same as an article in print. You just add the database information. Use the basic "http" address of the Web database, not each article's address (See the list below). If an author is not listed, start with the article title. Do not use Associated Press, Washington Post, or New York Times as an author. If page numbering is not available in the article, use the abbreviation n.pag.

Page Numbering in Citations: Many databases, such as EBSCOhost give the page that an article begins on in a magazine or journal and how many pages are in the article. However, if the article is full text but not an image, you willl not know the exact pages that the article covers. If the article starts on page 67, you may use 67+ to show that the article starts on page 67 and continues. If it is a PDF file (an image), you will see the pages and should use the actual pages in the citation, such as 67-72. If page numbering is not available in the article, use the abbreviation n.pag.

Page Numbering in Parenthetical Documentation: You also use the abbreviation n.pag. in parenthetical documentation if you do not know the exact page number of information quoted in a multi-page article (Author n.pag.).

Basic URLs for Citations - LPC Subscription Databases

EBSCOhost Databases: - <http://search.epnet.com/>

The same URL used for all of the EBSCOhost databases:
Academic Search Premier, Academic Search Elite, Business Source Premier
EBSCO Animals, ERIC
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Health Source (Consumer or Nursing/Academic Edition)
MAS Ultra - School Edition, MasterFILE Premier
MEDLINE, Military & Government Collection, Newspaper Source
Primary Search, Professional Development Collection
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection, Religion & Philosophy Collection
Vocational & Career Collection

CountryWatch - <http://www.countrywatch.com/>
CQ Researcher Online - <www.thecqresearcher.com/>
Ethnic NewsWatch and GenderWatch. ProQuest - <http://search.proquest.com/>
NewsBank - <http://infoweb.newsbank.com/>
Opposing Viewpoints - <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>

Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost

Schofield, Norman, Gary Miller, and Andrew Martin. "Critical Elections and

Political Realignments in the USA: 1860-2000." Political Studies

June 2003: 217-240. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. LPC

Library, Livermore. 2 Aug. 2004 <http://search.epnet.com/>.

History Reference Center. EBSCOhost

Frost, Bob. "The Complex Journey of Malcom X." Biography Feb. 2001: 64.

History Reference Center. EBSCOhost. LPC Library, Livermore.

18 July 2004 <http://search.epnet.com/>.

Image Collection. EBSCOhost

"Young nationalist supporters of Mahatma Gandhi breaking salt laws by using

vessels to take sea water in which they are standing knee deep."

7 May 1930. Image Collection. EBSCOhost. LPC Library, Livermore.

18 Feb. 2003 <http://search.epnet.com/>.

CQ Researcher Online

Masci, David. "Diet and Health." CQ Researcher 23 Feb. 2001:

129-160. CQ Researcher Online. LPC Library, Livermore.

11 May 2001 <www.thecqresearcher.com/>.

or you may simplify:

Masci, David. "Diet and Health." CQ Researcher Online 23 Feb. 2001:

129-160. LPC Library, Livermore. 11 May 2001

<www.thecqresearcher.com/>.

Ethnic NewsWatch. ProQuest

Kawamota, Kevin. "Silent Stones Speak in Portland's Japanese

American Plaza." Northwest Asian Weekly 9 October 1998: 9.

Ethnic NewsWatch. ProQuest. LPC Library, Livermore.

22 July 2002 <http://search.proquest.com/>.

GenderWatch. ProQuest

Harris, Shanette M.. "Racial Differences in Predictors of College

Women's Body Image Attitudes." Women & Health 30 June

1994: 89. GenderWatch. ProQuest. LPC Library, Livermore.

22 July 2002 <http://search.proquest.com/>.

NewsBank (New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury, Valley Times and Other Regional Newspapers)

Wride, Nancy. "Children Learn to Say, 'Buy, Buy': A New Poll Finds

Parents Are Feeling Overwhelmed by Pervasive Marketing

Campaigns Aimed at Their Kids." Los Angeles Times 9 Aug. 1999:

E1. NewsBank. LPC Library, Livermore. 10 Aug. 2002

<http://infoweb.newsbank.com/>.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Viewpoint Essay

Johnson, Deborah. "AIDS Prevention Programs Should Target Women."

The Spread of AIDS. Ed. Daniel A. Leone. Greenhaven

Press, 1997. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. LPC Library,

Livermore. 4 Sept. 2002 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Magazine or Newspaper Article

Rigotti, Nancy. "Staying Safe: How to Quit Smoking."

Newsweek 3 Oct. 2005: 56. Opposing

Viewpoints Resource Center. LPC Library,

Livermore. 22 Feb. 2006 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/>.

Articles In Other Informational Databases

Countrywire: CountryWatch

"Argentine President to Announce Economic Plan on Saturday."

Countrywire 30 Jan. 2002. CountryWatch. LPC Library,

Livermore. 5 Apr. 2002 <http://www.countrywatch.com>.

CountryWatch

"Belize Country Review 1999/2000: Environmental Trends."

CountryWatch. LPC Library, Livermore. 15 May 2000

<http://www.countrywatch.com>.

Use the following links to access the LPC Library short guides to citing specific types of resources in the MLA style.

Citation Examples

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