Citations for Electronic Sources
Online Database |
Database URLs |
WWW |
CD-ROM |
EMAIL
Citations are used to allow others to locate and verify the sources or your work. Accuracy is important!
This page provides guidelines for electronic sources only. Guidelines for traditional sources can be
found in Writers, Inc., A Pocket Style Manual, "McDonogh Middle School Study Guide" or
a similar writing handbook.
Please verify with your teachers before finalizing your Works Cited or Bibliography section of your paper.
Citations in a Works Cited section or a Bibliography should be arranged alphabetically by
author (or title, if there is no author) and be double spaced between entries.
Also, the first line of an entry should be left justified; subsequent lines should be indented.
Electronic Resources
Article from an Online Database |
(e.g. Proquest, SIRS, etc. ) NOTE: Often, an online
database will have a section about citations or bibliographies at the end of an article.
Format:
| Author Last Name, Author First Name (if available). "Title of Document or Article." Periodical or |
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Book Title. Date of print publication (if available). Edition (if available): pages.
Database Name. Internet Address. Date of Access.
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Examples:
| "Jane Austin." Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Vol. 7-26. Gale Research, 1992-99. |
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Biography Resource Center. http://galenet.gale.com.September 20, 2000. |
| Leeds, Jeff. "Campaign 2000." The Los Angeles Times. Sept. 17, 2000. Proquest. |
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http://www.umi.com. September 20, 2000. |
| "E.A. Poe's New Work." The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. VI, No. 1, January, 1840, p. 126. |
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Reprinted in Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism, vol. 16.
Literature Resource Center. http://galenet.gale.com.
September 18, 2000.
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| Greenfeld, Karl Taro. "Searching for the Asian-American Dream." Japan Times. May 11-17, |
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1992, pp. 12-13. SIRS Knowledge Source. http://sks.sirs.com. September 20, 2002.
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| Access Science |
http://www.accessscience.com |
| America the Beautiful |
http://go.grolier.com |
| Big Chalk Elementary |
http://llibrary.bigchalk.com/k6 |
| Biography Resource Center |
http://galenet.gale.com |
| Government Reporter |
http://sks.sirs.com |
| Groliers Multimedia Encyclopedia |
http://go.grolier.com |
| Groves Dictionary of Art |
www.groveart.com |
| Lands and People |
http://go.grolier.com |
| Literature Resource Center |
http://galenet.gale.com |
| Modern World History Resource Center |
http://galenet.gale.com |
| Opposing Viewpoints |
http://galenet.gale.com |
| New Book of Knowledge |
http://go.grolier.com |
| Popular Science |
http://go.grolier.com |
| Proquest Platinum |
http://www.umi.com/pqdauto |
| Renaissance |
http://sks.sirs.com |
| SIRS Researcher |
http://sks.sirs.com |
| SIRS Discoverer |
http://discoverer.sirs.com |
| Student Resource Center, Jr. |
http://galenet.gale.com |
| US History Resource Center |
http://galenet.gale.com |
| Worldbook Encyclopedia |
http://www.worldbookonline.com |
World Wide Web (WWW)
Please check these sources carefully - see EVALUATING SOURCES if you need help.
(Articles retrieved using NetTrekker should use this format)
Format:
| Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Title of Page or Document." Title of Site or Larger |
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Work (if applicable). Date of document. Internet Address. Date of access. |
Example:
| Dixon, W. Boulton. "Headmaster's Message." McDonogh School. |
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http://www.mcdonogh.com/about/html/headmas_frameset.htm. June 2, 1998.
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CD-ROM
Format:
| Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Article Name." Name of CD-ROM. CD-ROM. City, |
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State:Publishing Company. Date. |
Example:
| "Trees." Encarta 2000. CD-ROM. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation. 2000. |
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Electronic Mail (Email)
Format:
| Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Subject line of the message." Email from sender |
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(if different than author) to recipient's name. Date of message. |
Example:
| Gates, William. "Latest Technology Trends." Email from Ruth Edder to Jersey Frederick. June 2, 2002. |
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Other resources
Upper School Students - Check
Writers, Inc. or
A Pocket Style Manual
Middle School students - Check your "McDonogh Middle School Study Guide"