Transcript MLA Electronic Citations

MLA Documentation
Preparing a
Works Cited Page
Work from a Library or
Subscription Service
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SOME EXAMPLES
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Academic Search Premiere
Lexis-Nexis
EBSCO
InfoTrac
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What to include:
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Author (if known)
Title of article (in quotations marks)
Source of article (magazine, journal title, underlined
or italics)
Date of publication
Name of database (underlined)
Name of the service
Name of the library or system (with city and state)
Date of access
URL of site’s search page
Electronic Citations
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Article accessed through a library online
database or subscription service
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Menand, Lois. “Is College Too Late to learn
to Write?” New Yorker 11Sept.
2002:92. Academic Universe. LexisNexis. <http://www.lexis-nexis.com/>.
Electronic Citations
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Article accessed through a library online
database or subscription service
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Koretz, Gene. “Economic Trends: Uh-Oh
Warm Water.” Business Week 21 July
1997:22. Electric Lib. Sam Barlow High
School Lib., Gresham, OR. 17 Oct. 1997
<http://www.elibrary.com>.
Electronic Citations
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Article accessed through a library online
database or subscription service
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“Cooling Trend in Antartica.” Futurist MayJune 2002: 15. Academic Search
Premiere. EBSCO. UTA Lib. 22 May
2002 <http://www.epnet.com/>.