Citing a newspaper article on a database - MLA

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Database definition: A structured, electronic collection that may contain

full-text articles, abstracts, data, and citations – typically requires
subscription access

Structure: Citation of original source. Database. Web. Date accessed. <URL>.

*Note: First cite the source found in the database, and then add database information. Also, the URL is
optional. Consult your teacher

Database: ProQuest Newspapers

Newspaper

Article title

Publication date &

page

Edition

Author

Data accessed:
Depends on the day

Newspaper structure: Last, First M. “Article Name.” Newspaper Day Month Year,
Edition, Section: Page(s). Print.

Citation: Anand, Geeta. “Fire and Fumes Can’t Drive Indians from Hellish Village.”
Wall Street Journal 2 Apr. 2010, Eastern ed.: A1. ProQuest
Newspapers. Web. 5 Apr. 2010.

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 Citing content published by a database - MLA
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*Note: This is for a database article published directly online by the database with no in print original

Structure: Last, First M. “Article.” Database / Source. Database publisher, Date

created or updated. Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
*Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher

Database name:
Contemporary Authors

Article name

Author: NA

Date electronically updated

Use the date when the content was
most recently updated

Article Footer – Often contains database and publisher information

Database name:
Contemporary Authors
Database publisher: Gale
The footer shows that the source was published
originally by the database. You can look for the
citation of the article to give you an idea if the source
was originally published elsewhere and then hosted
by the database, or published by the database itself

Data accessed: Depends on the day

Citation: “J.D Salinger.” Contemporary Authors. Gale, Feb. 25 2010. Web. 26 Apr.
2010.

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 Citing an encyclopedia article on a database - MLA
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Structure: Citation of original source. Database. Web. Date accessed. <URL>.

*Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher

Database name

Author: NA

Article name

Article Footer - Shows original publication information of article

Edition

Encyclopedia Year Published Publisher

City published: Boston

Found in citation at the bottom of the page

Data accessed: Depends on the day

Encyclopedia structure: Last, First M. “Article.” Encyclopedia. Edition.

City published: Publisher, Year published. Print.
*Note: Well known encyclopedias only require year and edition as publication information

Citation: “The Holy Roman Empire.” The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient,
Medieval, and Modern. 6th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
Credo Reference. Web. Apr. 28. 2010.

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