MAGAZINE, JOURNAL OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FROM AN ONLINE

            PERIODICAL DATABASE:

 

Author (if given).  “Title of Article.”  Title of Magazine or Newspaper  Date: paging or

indication of length.  Name of Database.  Online.  Date of access.

 

Erlich, Reese.  “India Battles Illegal Child Labor.”  Christian Science Monitor
      11 Aug. 1995: 9-10.  EBSCOhost.  Online.  8 Jan. 2000.

 

Hepburn, Mary A.  “T.V. Violence:  A Medium’s Effects Under Scrutiny.”  Social
       Education  Sep. 1997: 244-249.  SIRS Researcher.  Online.  4 Dec. 2001.

 

“Art of the Harlem Renaissance.”  American Art Review  Mar./Apr. 1998: 132-137.
        Proquest.  Online.  9 Nov. 2000. 

 

 ARTICLE FROM AN ONLINE REFERENCE DATABASE:

 

Author (if given).  “Title of Article.”  Name of Database.  Online.  Date of access.

 

“Account of the Stock Market Crash of 1929.”  Student Resource Center.  Online. 

17 Apr. 2001.

 

Thomas, Dylan.  “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.”  World of Poetry.
            Online.  2 Oct. 2002.  

 

WORLD WIDE WEB: 

 

Author (if given).  “Title of Web Page.”  Name of Web Site.   Date of access

        <URL>.    

 

“Medical Marijuana: The Jury’s Still Out.”  Mayo Clinic Health Oasis.  23 May 2001

          <http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9605/htm/marijuan.htm>. 

 

“Woman Jailed for Overdue Library Books.”  CNN Interactive.  10 Jun. 2000

          <http://www.cnn.com/books/news/9906/10/overdue.books.ap/>.                                                                              

ONLINE IMAGES:

 

Author or originator.  "Title or description of image."  Online image.  10 Jun. 2000

        <URL>.           

 

USGS.  "Map: Major Volcanoes in Ecuador."  Online image.  10 Oct. 2002

    <http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Ecuador/Maps/map_ecuador_volcanoes.html>.

    

CD-ROM:

 

Author's name (if given).  "Title of article."  Name of Publication.  CD-ROM.

            City of publication:  Publisher, date of publication.

 

"World War II."  Encarta.  CD-ROM.  Seattle:  Microsoft, 2001. 

 

 FILM OR VIDEO RECORDING:

 

Title.  Director.  Performer(s) (optional).  Distributor.  Year of release.

 

It’s a Wonderful Life.  Dir. Frank Capra.  Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel

      Barrymore.   RKO, 1946.

 

 FOR ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES, REFER TO:

 

Gibaldi, Joseph.  MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.  5^th ed.  New York:

        MLA, 1999.  (On reserve in the library.)

 

"Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format."  Purdue University Online

        Writing Lab.  <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html>.

 

 PARENTHETICAL NOTATION:

 

(Author’s last name or “first few words” of title followed by page number if available)

 

            One Author:                            (Erlich 206)

            Multiple Authors:                   (Paoletti and Radki 311)

            No Author:                              (“Medical Marijuana” 45)