Articles from Databases

Note that date placement will vary depending on whether you are using the citation-sequence or citation-name format or the name-year format.

Author. List author(s) last name first, and use only initials for first and middle names.

, Publication date. For name-year format, put publication date after author name(s). In citation-sequence or citation-name format, put it after periodical title. Use year only (for journals) or year month day (for other periodicals).

Article title. Capitalize first word and proper nouns/adjectives.

Periodical title. Capitalize major words. Abbreviate journal titles. Follow with [Internet] and a period.

Date of access. In brackets, write cited and the year, month, and day. End with a semicolon.

Publication information for article. Give volume number, issue number (in parentheses), and a colon.

Page numbers. Give page range. End with a period.

Name of database. End with a period.

Publication information for database. Include the city, the state abbreviation in parentheses, a colon, the publisher’s name, and a period.

Web address and document number. Write Available from and the brief URL, then Document no. and the identifying number.

A citation for the article pictured below would look like this: