Source Map: Articles from databases in MLA style

Source Map: Articles from Databases

Articles from Databases

Library subscriptions—such as EBSCOhost and Academic Search Premier—provide access to huge databases of articles.

image Author. List the last name first. End with a period. For variations, see models 2–6.

image Article title. Enclose the title and any subtitle in quotation marks; capitalize all major words. Place a period inside the closing quotation mark.

image Periodical title. Italicize it. Exclude any initial A, An, or The. End with a comma.

image Volume and issue / Date of publication. Give the volume number, abbreviated vol., and the issue number, abbreviated no., if the periodical provides them. List the day (if given), month (abbreviated except for May, June, and July), and year (or season and year) of publication. Put commas after the volume, issue, and date.

image Page numbers. Give the abbreviation p. (for “page”) or pp. (for “pages”) and the inclusive page numbers. If the article skips pages, put the first page number and a plus sign. End with a period.

image Database name. Italicize the name of the database. End with a comma.

image Location. Give the DOI or other permalink, if available. If not, give the URL for the home page of the database.

A citation for the article in the database screen shot below would look like this:

Arnett, Robert P. “Casino Royale and Franchise Remix: James Bond as Superhero.” Film Criticism, vol. 33, no. 3, Spring 2009, pp. 1-16. Academic Search Premier, www.ebscohost.com/academic/academic-search-premier.

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