Library subscriptions—such as EBSCOhost and Academic Search Premier—provide access to huge databases of articles.
Author. List the last name first. End with a period. For variations, see models 2–5.
Article title. Enclose the title and any subtitle in quotation marks.
Periodical title. Italicize it. Exclude any initial A, An, or The.
Print publication information. List the volume and issue number, if any; the date of publication, including the day (if given), month, and year, in that order; and the inclusive page numbers. If an article has no page numbers, write n. pag.
Database name. Italicize the name of the database.
Medium. For an online database, use Web.
Date of access. Give the day, month, and year, then a period.
A citation for the article on p. 487 would look like this:
Arnett, Robert P. “Casino Royale and Franchise Remix: James Bond as Superhero.” Film Criticism 33.3 (2009): 1-16. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 May 2011.