Guide to Library Research

 

Santa Monica College Library

 

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: 34-36MasterFile 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.18National 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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