Citing Databases - MLA

Citing Databases

Spoiler Alert!!!! If you are using a database (other than JSTOR or LexisNexis) look for a link to the complete citation. Copy and paste it into your Works Cited page. Otherwise find as many of the components listed below as you can. If there are components you can't find (no series, volume or issue number) then skip it and move on to the next. Notice punctuation (or lack thereof) and font (italics): these are important! The Medium of Publication for periodicals in databases is "Web". 

Components:

1. Author Last Name, First. 
2. "Article Title." 
3. Periodical Title
4. Volume number. 
5. Issue 
6. Date of publication - if only year is known put it in parentheses:
7. Pages(If no pagination use n. pag.). 
8. Title of database. 
9. Medium of publication. 
10. Date of access. 

Depending on the source you used arrange the components to look like one of the following examples (don't forget to use hanging indentation and double spacing): 
Adler, Amy. "Inverting the First Amendment". University of Pennsylvania Law Review 149.4 Apr 2001:921-1002.JSTOR. Web. 6 Sept. 07. 

Billitteri, Thomas J. "Financial Literacy."CQ Researcher 19.30 (2009): 717-740. CQ Researcher. Web. 23 Sept. 2009. 

Brown, Susan. "Writing the Perfect Paper." High School Weekly 12 Sept. 2004: 22. EBSCOhost. Web. 25 Nov. 2004. 

Morra,Samantha. "Words in a cloud." Learning & Leading with Technology 37.1 August 2009:28+. Student Resource Center.Web. 23 Sept. 2009. 

Richardson, Lynda. "Minority Students Languish in Special Education System." New York Times 6 Apr. 1994, late ed.:A1+. Pt. 1 of a series, A Class Apart:Special Education in New York City. LexisNexis. Web. 15 Aug. 2007. 

Sample, Ian. "Satellite reveals rapid thinning of glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica". The Guardian Home Page. 23 Sept. 2009: 13. LexisNexis. Web. 15 Mar. 2011. 

"They're Watching You". Foreign Policy 124. May 2001: 88-89. JSTOR. Web. 6 Sep 2007.

JSTOR

  • To save citations, click the "SAVE CITATIONS" link. You will need to create a free account.
  • To view your Saved Citations List, click the "VIEW SAVED CITATIONS" link.
  • To export your citations choose either "Email Citations" or "View and Save Citations".
  • Make sure you have chosen the "printer-friendly" option.
  • Plug the information into the components listed above.

LexisNexis

  • To save citations, click the "SAVE CITATIONS" link. You will need to create a free account.
  • To view your Saved Citations List, click the "VIEW SAVED CITATIONS" link.
  • To export your citations choose either "Email Citations" or "View and Save Citations".
  • Make sure you have chosen the "printer-friendly" option.
  • Plug the information into the components listed above.

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