MLA Format Databases The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, Web. 7 Feb

Online Database  Sample bibliographic citation  Separate elements explained: MLA: Databases

Sample listing of journal articles on a database (JSTOR)

MLA: Databases  Tolson, Nancy. “Making Books Available: The Role of ____ Early Libraries, Librarians, and Booksellers in the ____ Promotion of African American Children’s ____ Literature.” African American Review 32.1 ____ (1998): JSTOR. Web. 5 June 2008.

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Title of the article

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Subtitle of the article

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Date of Publication

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Page numbers The article is on pages 9-16 of the journal

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Name of the Database

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Date of access

“View Citation”  Information to be used in creating a bibliographic citation all in one place.  NOT an actual citation MLA: Databases

Rules to keep in mind:  Abbreviations MLA: Databases

Abbreviations  For online journals that appear only online (no print version) or on databases that do not provide pagination: write n. pag. for no pagination. MLA: Databases

Online-only Publication  Kessl, Fabian, and Nadia Kutsche. _____”Rationalities, Practices, and _____Resistance in Post-Welfarism. A _____Comment on Kevin Stenson.” Social _____Work & Society 6.1 (2008): n. pag. _____Web. 10 Oct Notice only the name of the first author is reversed; the second author’s name is in normal order.

Practice!!!  Here is an article on a database about violent video games.  Write a bibliographic citation in MLA format for this article. MLA: Databases

Check Yourself:  Rockwell, Geoffrey. “Gore Galore: Literary Theory _____and Computer Games.” Computers and the _____ Humanities 36.3 (2002): JSTOR. Web. _____ 6 Feb MLA: Databases

Using EBSCO  EBSCO “powers” databases, but it is not actually a database itself.  Add its name AFTER the name of the database in an MLA citation: MLA: Databases

Using EBSCO  Everett, Wendy. “Lost in Translation? The _____ _____ European Road Move or A Genre ‘Adrift in _____ the Cosmos.’” Literature Film Quarterly 37.3 _____ (2009): Literary Reference Center. _____ EBSCO. Web. 6 Feb  Literary Reference Center is the database that EBSCO used to extract the article. MLA: Databases

Database Access for PCHS  JSTOR  Username: pine123  Password: eagles  EBSCO Publishing  Username: pine  Password: creek  Student Resource Library (Gale)  At PCHS: click Proceed  At home: password is pinecreek  Facts on File Issues & Controversies  User Name: libertyhs  Password: high  Gale (Infotrac)  Password: pinecreek