Citing Electronic Resources: MLA Style

Citations for full-text articles from computer databases are similar to those for articles from print sources.

First, give the name for the printed source:

• Author's name, if given [surname, first name]
• Title of the article in quotations
• Publication information for the printed source [name of publication underlined, the date, and pagination]

Second, give information about the electronic source:

• Name of the computer database [ex. Periodical Abstracts]
• Name of the online service through which you accessed the database [e.g.GALILEO]

Third, for Online material, give the date you accessed this information.

EXAMPLES: The following were taken from databases available through GALILEO at Gwinnett Center Library

 Magazine Article in Periodical Abstracts:

Simon, John. "History, Right and Wrong--
	
	Immortal Beloved Directed by Bernard Rose." 

	National Review 23 Jan. 1995: 68-69. 

	Periodical Abstracts. GALILEO. 23 Apr. 1999.

 Scholarly Journal in Periodical Abstracts:

Kucer, Stephen B. "Guiding Bilingual Students 

	'Through' the Literary Process." 

	Language Arts 72 (1995): 20-29. 

	Periodical Abstracts. GALILEO. 6 May 1999.

 Newspaper Article from LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe:

Massing, Michael. "Movie Violence, Still Playing; 

	The Liberals Just Don't Get It." 
 
	Washington Post 4 July 1999: B1. 

	Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. GALILEO. 

	7 July 1999.

 Encyclopedia Article in Britannica Online:

"European Union."  Britannica Online. 1996.  

	GALILEO. 7 Feb. 1999.

Cite the full-text Internet reference in the following order:

• Author's name, if given [surname, first name]
• Title of the article in quotations, or title of the book underlined
• Publication information [varies depending on the type of material]
• The name of the scholarly project, or site underlined (or use the designation Home page)
• Date of electronic publication or latest update
• Name of the institution or organization sponsoring the site
• Date of access
• URL in angle brackets

Examples:

 Article in a Scholarly Journal

McKenzie, Jamie. "Teaching Media Literacy in an 

	Age of Edutainment." From Now On: The Educational

	Technology Journal 8.9 (1999). 28 June 1999

	<http://www.fno.org/jun99/media.html>.

 Online book within a Scholarly Project

Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life

	of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. 

	Boston, 1845. Project Gutenberg Jan. 1992. 

	Illinois Benedictine Coll. 23 Apr. 1999 

	<http://gutenberg.etext.org/etext92/duglas11.txt>.

 Government site

United States. Centers for Disease Control 

	and Prevention. "Facts About Access to Tobacco by

	Minors." 23 May 1997. Fact Sheets. 21 June 1999 

	<http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/iegfs.html>.

 Professional or Personal site

Linder, Douglas. "An Account of Events in Salem." 1998. 

	School of Law, U of Missouri, Kansas City. 28 Feb. 1999 

	<http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials
	
	/salem/salem.htm>.