Sample Format for Citing Subscription Databases

 

Subscription Databases

The IMC has many subscription databases that you will use in your research.  These databases usually provide a citation at the end of the article.  Use this as a guide, but always modify it so it follows the MLA format.  

 

 It is important for you to know how to identify the original source of your information:   book, magazine, newspaper, scholarly journal.  It is equally important to identify where it was found:  Database or Web.

 

Since many subscription databases were previously published in a print format include the following:

The citation for the print source

·         For an article in an online scholarly journal in a database, give the page numbers, if there are no page number, use the abbreviation, n. pag.

 

Title of the database in italics

Medium of publication consulted, Web

Date of access (day month, and year)

 

Follow the Pattern for Each Example

Please note that the first section is the citation while the second section explains the parts of the citation.

A sample parenthetical citation is found in the second column

 Art Databases                                                                                           Parenthetical Citation

 

Rosenthal, Michael.  “Gainsborough.”  Grove Art Online.  Oxford

     UP, 2009. Oxford Art Online.  Web.  20 Sept. 2009.

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of the Article.”  Name of

        the Book or Original Source. Publisher, year.  Name of the

       Database. Medium.  Date of access.

 

 

(Rosenthal).

Morris, Christine.  “Minoan Art.”  The Oxford Companion to     

     Western Art.  Ed. Hugh Brigstocke. Oxford UP, 2009.

     Oxford Art Online.  Web. 21 Sept. 2009.

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of the Article.”  Name of the

      Book.  Editor’s first and last name.  Publisher, year. 

      Name of the  Database.  Medium.  Date of access.

 

(Morris).

Image

Monet, Claude.  Waterlilies.  1914-1918. Museum de l’Orangerie,

     Paris.  Oxford Art Online.  Web.  30 Sept. 2009.

Artist’s last name, first name.  Title of Work.  Date of Work. 

     Museum Name, City.  Name of Database.   Medium. 

     Date of access.

 

 

 

(Monet).

 

 Biography Databases                                                                              Parenthetical Citation

 

McGill, Sara Ann.  “Joan of Arc.”  Joan of Arc. September 2005:1.  

     Biography Collection Complete. Web. 7 May 2009.

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of the Article.”  Name of the

       Magazine. Date: page  Name of the Database.  Medium.  Date of

 

      Access.

 

 

(McGill).

 

Stengel, Richard.  “Treasures from Mount Vernon.” Time  28 Dec.

       2001:  186.  Biography Resource Center. Web.  9 Oct. 2008.

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of the Article.”  Name

         of the Magazine  Date:  Pages.  Name of the Database. 

         Medium.  Date of access.

 

 

 

(Stengel).

“Julius Caesar.”  UXL Biographies. Online ed.  Detroit: UXL,

      2003.  DiscoveringCollection. Web.  1 Oct. 2008.

 “Title of the Article.”  Name of the Book.   Edition. (if given)

     City of Publication: Publisher, Year.  Name of Database. 

     Medium.  Date of access.

 

 

(“Julius Caesar”).

 

 Career and College Databases                                                                 Parenthetical Citation

 

Ebert, Jerry.  “Dairy Inspector.”  Career Bridges.  Bridges, 2002.

         Career Bridges. Web. 6 May 2009.

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of the Article.” Name of   

     The Book.  Publisher, Year. Name of the Database. Web. 

     Date of access.

 

 

(Ebert).


Current Event and Controversial Issue Databases                                Parenthetical Citation

 

Clemmitt, Marcia. "Intelligent Design." The CQ Researcher

 

     29 July 2005:  637-44.  CQ Researcher Online.  Web. 12 Sept.

 

     2009.

 

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of the Article.”  Source

 

      Date. Pages.  Name of the Database. Medium. Date of access.

 

 

 

(Clemmitt).

 

Carlson, Peggy.  “Animal Experimentation is Unjustified.”  Current

          Controversies: The Rights of Animals. Ed.  Tamara Roelff. 

          San Diego:  Greenhaven, 2007.  Opposing Viewpoints

          Resource Center. Web.  3 Jan. 2008.

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of the Article.”  Name of the

          Book: Series Title. Editor.  First name, last name.  City of

         Publication:  Publisher, Year.  Name of the Database.

         Medium.  Date of access.

 

 

 

(Carlson).

 

“Update: Obesity.”  Issues and Controversies On File 22 June 2007.  

        Issues & Controversies.  Web.  6 July 2009.

“Title of the Article.”  Name of the Source  Issue Date. Name of the

 

        Database. Web. Date of Access.

 

 

 

(“Update: Obesity”).

Baish, Vanessa.  “Cliques.” Teen Health and Wellness: Real Life,

        Real Answers.  Web.  5 July 2008.

Author’s Last Name, First Name.  “Title of Article.”  Name of

 

        Database.  Medium.  Date of access.

 

 

 

(Baish).

Pullano, Don.  “Acid Rain.”  U.S. News and World Report 1 Nov.

       2009:  2-3.  SIRS Researcher.  Web.  5 Nov. 2009.

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of the Article.”  Name of

         the Magazine Date: Pages.  Name of the Database. 

         Medium.  Date of access.

 

(Pullano).

 

 Literature Databases                                                                               Parenthetical Citation

 

Smith, John.  “The Road Not Taken.”  Masterplots II:  Poetry Series.

        Rev. 3rd ed.  Salem, 2007.   Literary Reference Center.   

         Web. 23 Jan. 2008.

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of Essay.”  Name of the Book.

        Edition.  Publisher, Year.  Name of the Database.  Medium.

        Date of access.

 

 

 

(Smith).

 

Hughes, Langston.  “The Weary Blues.”  Granger’s World of

      Poetry.  Columbia Granger’s Poetry. Web. 6 July 2008.

Author’s last ame, first name.  “Title of Poem.”  Name of the

 

        Book. Name of the Database.  Medium. Date of access.

 

 

 

(Hughes).

French, Warren. “J. D. Salinger: Overview.”  Reference Guide    

        Guide to American Literature. 3rd ed.  Ed. Jim Kamp..

        Detroit:  St. James, 1994. Literature Resource Center.

       Web.  20 Sept. 2008.

Author’s last name, first name. “Title of the Article.”  Name

         of the Book or Original Source.  Edition. (if given) Editor.

        First name and last name. (if given) City: Publisher, Year.    

        Name of the Database.  Medium.  Date of  access.

 

 

  (French).

Scholarly Journal

Oates, Joyce Carol.  “The Death Throes of Romanticism.”  The

        Southern Review IX.3 (1978):  501-2.   Literature Resource  

        Center. Web.   12 Dec. 2007.

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of the Journal Article.” 

      Name of  the Journal  Volume. Issue (Date):  Pages.  (if given)  

     Name of the Database.  Medium.   Date of access.

 

 

 

 

(Oates).

“Ernest Hemingway.”  Contemporary Authors Online.  Detroit:

        Gale, 2006.  Literature Resource Center. Web.

        15 Oct. 2009.

“Title of the Article.”  Book or Original Source.  City of

        Publication: Publisher, Year.  Name of Database.

        Medium. Date of access.

 

 

(“Ernest Hemingway”).

Bagby, George F. “Frost and the Book of Nature.”  Robert Frost:   

       Bloom’s Major Poets. Ed. Harold Bloom. Chelsea House, 2007.  

       Bloom’s Literary Reference Online. Web. 6 July 2009.

Author’s Last Name, First Name.  “Title of the Article.”

      Name of the Book: Series. Edito’s first name, last name.  

     Publisher, Year.  Name of the Database. Medium.  Date of  

     access.

 

(Bagby).

Smith, James.  “Explanation of Mother to Son.”  Lit Finder.  Detroit:

       Gale, 2007.  Litfinder for Schools.  Web.  30 Oct. 2007.

Author’s last name, first name (if given).  “Title.”  Name of the

         Book.  City of Publication:  Publisher, year.   Name of

         the Database.  Medium.  Date of access.

 

(Smith).

“The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe.” Poetry Criticism. Ed.  Timothy J.   Sisler. Vol. 54. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2004. 253-345.

        Literature Criticism Online. Web.. 10 Sept. 2008.

Author’s last name, first name. (if given) “Title of the Article.” 

      Name of the Book.  Editor’s First name, last name. Volume.

     City of  Publication: Publisher, Year. Pages.  Name of the

     Database. Medium.  Date of access.

 

(“The Raven”).

 

 

Music Databases                                                                                       Parenthetical Citation

 

Neighbour, O. W.  “Schoenberg, Arnold.”  Grove Music Online. 

     Oxford UP, 2009.  Oxford Music Online. Web. 30 Sept. 2009.

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of Article.  Name of Book or  

     or Original Source.  Publisher, date. Name of Database. 

 

     Medium.  Date of  access.

 

(Neighbour).

 

 Periodical Databases

Magazines, Newspapers, Scholarly Journals                                           Parenthetical Citation

 

Magazine

Mahon, Bette.  “Biomes, Biomes.”  Biology Today 12 Feb. 2008:

        20- 21. Masterfile Premier. Web.  30 April 2008.

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of the Article.” 

       Name of the Magazine Date:  pages. Name of the Database.   

      Medium. Date of access.

 

 

(Mahon).

Newspaper - Historical

Jones, Thomas.  “Our Great Loss.” The New York Times

     17 Apr. 1865: 1. Historical Newspapers. Web.  20 Oct. 2008.

Author’s last name, first Name.  “Title of the Article.” Name of

     the Newspaper  Date: Section and Page.  Name of the Database.   

     Medium. Date of access.

 

 

 

(Jones).

Newspaper

Skelton, George.  “The State Capital Journal.”  Los Angeles Times 

       3 Sept. 2007:  A1+.  Newspaper Source.  Web.

       12 Oct. 2008.

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of the Article.”  Name of the

         Newspaper  Date:  Section and Page.  Name of the Database.

         Web.  Date of access.

 

 

 

 

(Skelton).

Scholarly Journal

Finn, Ann.  “Kate O”Brien: the Feminist James Joyce.”  Irish

       Literature Review  42.7 (1995):  5-10.  Discovering Collection. 

       Web.  12 Jan. 2008.

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of the Article.”  Name of the 

        Scholarly Journal  Volume. Issue  (Year):  Pages. 

        Name of Database. Medium.  Date of  access.

 

 

(Finn).

           

Reference Databases                                                                               Parenthetical Citation

  

Rabate, Jean-Michel. “Tradition and T. S. Eliot.” The Cambridge Companion to T. S. Eliot. Ed. A. David Moody. Cambridge U P, 1994. Cambridge Collections Online. Web. 11 Sept. 2009.

Author’s last and first name. “Title of the Article.” Name of the

 

      Book. Editor’s first name, last name.  Publisher, Year. Name of

 

     Database. Medium. Date of access.

 

 

(Rabate).

Keenan, Kevin M. Invasion of Privacy: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2005. History Reference Online. Web. 11 Sept. 2009.

Author’s last and first name. Title of Book. City of Publication:

 

       Publisher, Year. Name of Database. Medium.  Date of access.

 

 

 

(Keenan).

 

“The English Patient.”  Novels for Students.  Ed. Sara Constantakis.

 

         Vol. 23. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 20-51.  Gale Virtual Reference

 

         Library. Web.  15 Nov. 2008.

 

Author’s Last name, First name (if given).  “Title of the Article.” 

 

       Name of the Book.  Editor’s first and last name. Volume. 

 

      City of  Publication:  Publisher, Year.  Page numbers.  Name of

 

      Ebook Database.  Medium.  Date of access.

 

 

 

(“The English Patient”).

Bowker, John, ed. “Buddhism.”  The Concise Oxford Dictionary of

 

        World Religions. 2000. Oxford Reference Online. Web.

 

        5 July 2008.

 

Last name, first name, editor. “Title of the article.”  Name of the

 

        Book. Year.  Name of Database.  Medium.  Date of access.

 

 

 

(Bowker).

 

Ruggles, Steven, ed.  “Households by Race and Sex 1850-1990.”

       Family and Household Compositions.  Series Ae1-513. 

       Historical Statistics of the United States.  Web.

       22 Nov. 2008.

Last name, first name, editor.  “Name of Table.”  Name of Book.

       Series Number.  Name of Database.  Medium.  Date of access.

 

 

 

(Ruggles).

 

Science Databases                                                                                   Parenthetical Citation

 

Ashworth, William, and Charles E. Little.  “Emission Standard.”

     Encyclopedia of Environmental Studies.  New York: Facts on

     File, 2001.  Science Online. Web.  3 Oct. 2009.

Author’s last name, first name, and second author’s first name,

      last name. Title of the Article.”  Name of the Book.  City of  

      Publication: Publisher, year.  Name of Database.  Medium. 

      Date of access.

 

(Ashworth and Little).

 

 

 

Social Studies Databases                                                                         Parenthetical Citation

 

Cushing, Thomas, and Charles E. Sheppard.  History of the Counties

      of Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland. Philadelphia: Everts

      and Peck, 1883. 325-28.   Accessible Archives.  Web. 

      3 Aug. 2009.

Author’s, last name, first name, and second author’s first name,

      last name.  Name of the Book.  City of Publication: Publisher,

      Year.  Pages. Database Name.  Medium. Date of access.

 

 

 

(Cushing and Sheppard 325).

Helmer, Diana Star. "Paul, Alice." Women Suffragists: American

     Profiles. New York: Facts On File,1998. American History

          Online. Web.  Web. 1 Oct. 2009.

Author’s last name, first name.  “Title of the Essay.” Name of

     the Book: Series.  City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Name of

     Database.  Medium. Date of access.

 

 

 

 

(Helmer).

EK”Kennedy-Nixon Debates 1960.”  American Government. Web.

         09 Sept. 2009.

 

“Title of Article.”  Name of Database.  Medium.  Date of access.

 

 

(”Kennedy-Nixon”).

Singman, Jeffrey L.  Daily Life in Elizabethan England.  Daily Life

      Through History Online.  Web. 12 Feb. 2008.

Author’s last name, first name.  Name of the Book.  Name of the    

    Database.  Medium.  Date of access.

 

 

(Singman).

Standish, Peter, and Steven M. Bell.  “Mexico: Dance in the

    Twentieth Century.”  Cultures and Customs of Mexico. 

    Daily Life Online.  Web. 5 July 2008.

Author’s Last Name, First Name and second author’s first name

 

      and last  name.  “Title of Article.”  Name of the Book.  Name

 

      of the Database.  Medium. Date of access.

 

 

(Standish and Bell).

“The First Atomic Bomb Is Successfully Detonated, July 16, 1945."

      Discovering World History. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003.  

     Discovering Collection. Web. 30 Sept. 2009.

“Title of the Article”  Name of the Book/Source.  Edition.  City

      of Publication: Publisher, year.  Database Name.  Medium.

      Date of access.

 

 

(“The First Atomic”).

Schowalter, Dennis, ed. “U.S. Asia Policy Preceding World War II.”  

       History in Dispute.  Vol. 4.  St. James, 2000.  History Resource

      Center. Web. 17 Aug. 2008.   

Author’s  or Editor’s last name, first name.  (if given)  “Title of the

        article.”  Book or Original Source.  Volume.  Publisher,

        Year.  Name of the Database. Medium. Date of access.

 

(Schowalter).

 

 Video Databases                                                                                       Parenthetical Citation

 

“Entertainment.”  History in Focus: 1960-1969. Discovery

 

     Education, 1998. United Streaming.  Web. 5 July 2007.

 

 

“Title of Video Segment.” Title of Video. Production Company,  

 

     Year. Name of Database. Medium. Date of access.

 

     

 

 

(“Entertainment”).

 

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