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MLA Format - Electronic Databases
Entry for an Information Database Article from a Periodical
This entry includes six main divisions:
• Author’s name
• “Title of Article” in quotation marks
• Name of periodical in italics and day, month, year, and page numbers
• Name of Database in italics
• Medium of publication
• Access date
For example:
Williams, Jeffrey J. “Why Today’s Publishing World Is Reprising the Past.”
Chronicle of Higher Education 13 Oct. 2008: B8-B10. MasterFILE
Premier. Web. 14 Jan 2011.
Author’s Name
• Type the author’s last name first (comma) and then the rest of the name (middle initial is placed
after first name) and end with a period.
Williams, Jeffrey J.
Title of article
• Type the title of the article in quotations using title case and end with a period inside the quotations.
“Why Today's Publishing World Is Reprising the Past.”
Title of periodical and day, month, year, and pages
• Type the title of the journal italicized using title case followed by the day, the month abbrievated
followed by a period, and the year followed by a colon then page numbers and end with a period.
Chronicle of Higher Education 13 Oct. 2008: B8-B10.
Name of database
• Type the name of the database italicized (period)
MasterFILE Premier.
Medium of publication
• Type medium, such as Web or Print, then (period)
Web.
Access date
Type the date you found the article day month abbreviated (period) year (period)
14 Jan. 2011.
Quiz 1
Look at this example from a database available through
the LAMC Library.
Gather the information you will need to create a Works
Cited entry for a magazine from this online database
source.
Quiz 1a
You should have collected the following information. Now put the information in
the correct order for a Works Cited entry. Be sure to check all punctuation and
formatting (italics, indentation, title case).
Title: Big Ben or Big Brother?
Source: Newsweek (Atlantic Edition) 1996 v52 n1 p111 (11)
Author(s): William Underhill
Database: MasterFILE Premier
Access date: 3/13/2001
Underhill, William. “Big Ben or Big Brother?” Newsweek
(Atlantic Edition). 28 Feb. 2000: 111-21
MasterFILE Premier. Web. 13 Mar. 2001.
Quiz 2
Place the following information in the correct order for a Works Cited entry for a
newspaper from an online database source. Be sure to check all punctuation and
formatting (underlines, indentation, title case).
Title: Scientists debating future of hormone replacement
Source: from the New York Times newpaper, on October 23, 2002 page A20
Author(s): Gina Kolata
Database: National Newspapers (5)
Access date: 3/13/2011
Kolata, Gina. “Scientists Debating Future of Hormone
Replacement.” New York Times 23 Aug. 2007: A20.
National Newspapers (5). Web. 13 Mar. 2011.
Quiz 3
Place the following information in the correct order for a Works Cited entry for a
journal from an online database source. Be sure to check all punctuation and
formatting (underlines, indentation, title case).
Title: Boys’ emotional needs: Is growing up tougher for boys than for girls?
Source: from the CQ Researcher database, on June 18, 1999
Author(s): Sarah Glazer
Database: CQ Researcher Online, CQ Press section
Access date: 3/2/2004
Glazer, Sarah. “Is Growing Up Tougher for Boys Than for
Girls?” CQ Researcher 18 June 1999. CQ Researcher
Online. Web. 2 Mar. 2004.