Library I class - 1 unit - CSU Transferable
Citing articles from Library Databases
MLA Handbook 2009 (7th edition)
Section 5.4.2 - An Article in a Scholarly Journal
Section 5.4.5 - An Article in a Newspaper
Section 5.4.6 - An Article in a Magazine
Section 5.6.2 A Nonperiodical Publication
Section 5.6.4. - A Periodical Publication in an Online Database
Color Coding
- Authors or Editors
- Database Name - italics
- Dates
- Other information
- Page Numbers
- Publishers
- "Titles of Articles" - in quotations
- Titles of Books, Periodicals, Websites - italics
Magazine Articles
MasterFile Premier
Carmichael, Mary. "Sounds of Sleep." Newsweek 15 July 2002: 34-36. MasterFile Premier. Web. 26 Apr. 2013.
Journal Articles
Academic Search Premier
Snodgrass, Susan. “The Rubbish Heap of History.” Art in America 88.5 (2000): 156-57. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 Apr. 2013.
JSTOR
Gladstein, Mimi R. “Ayn Rand and Feminism: An Unlikely Alliance.” College English 39.6 (1978): 680-685. JSTOR. Web. 26 Apr. 2013.
No Author (Anonymous)
“Cooling Trend in Antarctica.” Futurist May-June 2002: 15. MasterFile Premier. Web. 11 Feb. 2013.
Two Authors
Olsen, Richard and Julie Morgan. “Desperate for Redemption? Desperate Housewives as Redemptive Media.” Journal of Popular Culture 43.2 (2010): 330-347. Academic Search Premier. Web. 26 Apr. 2013.
Newspaper Articles
National Newspapers (Proquest)
Revkin, Andrew C. "Study Finds Hurricanes Frequent in Some Cooler Periods." New York Times 24 May 2007, east coast late ed.: A.18. National Newspapers. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
Reference Databases
CLC (Contemporary Literary Criticism) GaleNet
Corrigan, M.A. “Memory, Dream, and Myth in the Plays of Tennessee Williams.” Renascence (1976): 155-167. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Gale Literary Databases. Web. 26 Apr. 2013.
CountryWatch
"Bulgaria." CountryWatch. 2013. Web. 26 Apr. 2013.
Current Biography
"Rand, Ayn." Current Biography. 1982. Web. 26 Apr. 2013.
Oxford Reference Online
"Tocqueville, Alexis, Comte de." A Dictionary of World History. Oxford UP, 2000. Oxford Reference Online. Web. 26 Apr. 2013.
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