If you're citing an article or a publication that was originally issued in print form but that you retrieved from an online database that your library subscribes to, you should provide enough information so that the reader can locate the article either in its original print form or retrieve it from the online database (if they have access).
When citing material accessed via an electronic subscription service (e.g., a database or online collection your library subscribes to), cite the relevant publication information as you would for a periodical (author, article title, periodical title, and volume, date, and page number information) followed by the name of the database or subscription collection, the name of the library through which you accessed the content, including the library's city and state, plus date of access. If a URL is available for the home page of the service, include it. Do not include a URL to the article itself, because it is not openly accessible.
Provide the following information in your citation:
- Author's name (if not available, use the article title as the first part of the citation)
- Article Title
- Periodical/Publication Name
- Publication Date
- Page Number/Range
- Database Name
- Service Name
- Name of the library where or through which the service was accessed
- Name of the town/city where service was accessed
- Date of Access
- URL of the service (but not the whole URL for the article, since those are usually very long and won't be easily re-used by someone trying to retrieve the information)
The generic citation form would look like this:
Author’ s Last Name, First Name (if available). “Title of Topic in Quotes.” Title of the Resource that First Published
Your Information. Date it was created: pages (if no pages, mark n.p.). Database Used to Find Information.
Name of subscription service. Library Researched From, City, Abbreviated State. Date you accessed the
article (day abbreviated month year) <http://URL of Service’s Home Page>.
Hint: Remember, you can use your Writer’s INC. for examples of how to cite the relevant publication information as you would for a periodical!
Article from On-Line Computer Service (Volume Number Included)
“Senate Approves New Alternative Fuel.” National Petroleum News 90.9 (Sept. 1998): 36
(1/6p.). MasterFILE Premier. EBSCOhost. Genoa Area High School Library, Genoa, OH.
12 Nov. 1999 <http://search.ebscohost.com>.
Note: 90 is the volume, 9 is the issue, 36 is the page number
Article from On-Line Computer Service (Also in Print)
Williams, Vanessa. “D.C. Votes to Limit Teenage Drivers: Council Sets 18 as Minimum Age for
Full License.” Washington Post 3 Nov. 1999, final ed.: A1. National Newspapers.
ProQuest. Genoa Area High School Library, Genoa, OH. 12 Nov. 1999
<http://proquest.umi.com/pdqweb>.
Other Examples:
"All About... Dinosaurs." The World Almanac for Kids 2002. 2001: n.p. SIRS Discoverer. SIRS Discoverer on the
Web. Genoa Area High School Library, Genoa, OH. 10 Nov. 2001 <http://discoverer.sirs.com>.
Barrera, Rebeca María. "A Case for Bilingual Education." Scholastic Parent and Child Nov.-Dec. 2004: 72-73.
Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost. Genoa Area High School Library, Genoa, OH. 1 Feb. 2005
<http://search.ebscohost.com>.
Koretz, Gene. "Economic Trends: Uh-Oh, Warm Water." Business Week. 21 July 1997: 22. eLibrary.
Proquest CSA. Genoa Area High School Library, Genoa, OH. 15 Oct. 2003 <http://elibrary.bigchalk.com>.
Maddren, Gerry. "Against All Odds." Cricket Feb. 1998: 21-23. SIRS Discoverer. SIRS Discoverer on the Web.
Genoa Area High School Library, Genoa, OH. 10 Nov. 2001 <http://discoverer.sirs.com>.
Reis, Janet, and William L. Riley. “Predictors of College Students’ Alcohol Consumption: Implications for Student
Education.” Journal of Genetic Psychology 161.3 (2000): 282-91. Academic Search Elite.
EBSCOhost. Genoa Area High School Library, Genoa, OH. 3 Nov. 2000 <http://search.ebscohost.com>.
Hint: If the URL for an online encyclopedia is really long, you need to use only the home page URL. If it's short you should use the entire thing. If you must include a line break in a URL, do so only after a slash, and do not add a hyphen.
Home Page Addresses of Services available at Genoa Area High School Library
Electric Library http://elibrary.bigchalk.com
SIRS Discoverer http://discoverer.sirs.com
EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com
Guidelines for typing "Works Cited" Page
1. Begin each entry flush with the left margin; indent additional lines five spaces.
2. Double-space between all lines on the Works Cited page.
3. Single-space after each period in a Works Cited entry.
4. Entries should be placed in alphabetical order.