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.

image Periodical title. Italicize it. Exclude any initial A, An, or The.

image Volume and issue / Date of publication. List the volume and issue number, if any. Then, add the date of publication, including the day (if given), month, and year, in that order. Last, add a colon.

image Page numbers. Give the inclusive page numbers. If an article has no page numbers, write n. pag.

image Database name. Italicize the name of the database.

image Medium. For an online database, use Web.

image Date of access. Give the day, month, and year, then a period.

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 33.3 (2009): 1-16. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 May 2014.

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