MiraCosta College Library

MLA CITATIONS FOR ONLINE RESOURCES

GENERIC JOURNAL

Author's Last Name, First Name.  "Article Title."   Journal Title Volume.Number (publication date):  page numbers.  Database name.  Database Vendor.   Name of subscriber library, City, State.  Date  Accessed.  <Electronic Address, or URL, of  the database vendor's main page if known>.

GENERIC MAGAZINE

Author's Last Name, First Name.  "Article Title ." Magazine Title  publication date: page numbers.  Database name.  Database Vendor.  Name of subscriber library,  City, State.  Date Accessed.  <Electronic Address, or  URL, of the database vendor's main page if known>.

GENERIC NEWSPAPER

Author' Last Name, First Name (if available).  "Article Title."  Newspaper Title Date, edition, section (if available):  page (or number of paragraphs if unavailable).   Database Name.  Database Vendor.   Name of  subscriber library name, City, State.  Date Accessed.  Electronic Address, or URL, of the  database vendor's main page if known>.

GENERIC WEB SOURCE

Author' Last Name, First Name (if available).  Name of Website.  Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sometimes found in copyright statements). Date you accessed the site. <electronic address or URL of website >.  

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MLA CITATION EXAMPLES FOR LIBRARY ONLINE DATABASES

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ANNALS OF AMERICAN HISTORY

Washington. George . On Disbanding the Army. 1783. Annals of American History. MiraCosta College Lib., Oceanside, CA. 3 Feb. 2006 < http://america.eb.com >.

ARTSTOR

Gurney, J. & Son.  “Portrait (Front) of Bird Chief in Native Dress with Ornaments.” 1871. National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. ARTstor. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 10 Mar. 2007 <http://www.artstor.org>.

BRITANNICA ONLINE

"Black Death." Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. 2007. Encyclopaedia Britannica. MiraCosta College Lib., Oceanside, CA. 8 Mar. 2007 <http://search.eb.com> .

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COLLEGESOURCE ONLINE

 “University of San Diego: Profile.” College Source Online. 2008. College Source, Inc.  MiraCosta College Lib., Oceanside, CA.  3 April 2008 <http://www.collegesource.org>.

COUNTRYWATCH

MAP   

“ Antigua and Barbuda Country Map.” 2007. CountryWatch. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 8 Mar. 2007 <http://www.countrywatch.com>.

COUNTRY REVIEW

“Antigua.” 2007. CountryWatch. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 8 Mar. 2007 <http://www.countrywatch.com>. 

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CQ RESEARCHER

Clark, C.S."Feminism’s Future." CQ Researcher 28 Feb. 1997: 169-199. CQ Electronic Library. 2 Jun. 2003 <http://library.cqpress.com >.

ENCICLOPEDIA UNIVERSAL EN ESPANOL

“Espanola, Guerra Civil.” Enciclopedia Universal en Espanol. 2006. Encyclopaedia Britannica. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 6 Feb. 2006 <http://www.spanish.eb.com>.

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FACTS.COM

WORLD NEWS DIGEST

“Global Environment: News in Brief.” Facts on File World News Digest  19 Oct. 2006. FACTS.com. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 10 Mar. 2007 <http://www.2facts.com/>.

REUTERS NEWS

Assadi, Mohammed. “Gunmen Storm Palestinian Parliament.” Reuters. 28 Jan. 2006. Facts.com . MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 28 Jan. 2006 <http://www.2facts.com>.

ISSUES & CONTROVERSIES

"Update: Home Schooling." Issues and Controversies. 13 Jan. 2006. FACTS.com. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 28 Jan. 2006 <http://www.2facts.com>.

ISSUES & CONTROVERSIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY

"Eight-Hour Workday." Issues & Controversies in American History. 11 Dec. 2007. Facts.com. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 17 Apr. 2008 <http://www.2facts.com>.

TODAY’S SCIENCE

Larson, Chris. "Stardust comes to Earth." Today’s Science. Jan. 2006. FACTS.com. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 28 Jan. 2006 <http://2facts.com>.

WORLD ALMANAC REFERENCE DATABASE

"Iran-U.S. Hostage Crisis Revisited." World Almanac Reference Database. Jan.2006. FACTS.com. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 15 Jan. 2006 <http://2facts.com>.

WORLD ALMANAC ENCYCLOPEDIA

"Secret Surveillance of U. S. Citizens Revealed." World Almanac Encyclopedia. Dec.2005. FACTS.com. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 15 May 2006 <http://2facts.com>.

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GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE WITH AUTHOR AND EDITION

Reis, Raul.  “Brazil.”  World Press Encyclopedia.  2^nd ed.  Detroit: Gale, 2003.  Gale Virtual Reference Library.  MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA.  12 March 2007 <http://findgalegroup.com/gvrl>.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE WITH EDITOR, NO AUTHOR

“Achebe, Chinua 1930-.”  Concise Major 21^st Century Writers.  Ed. Tracey Matthews. Detroit: Gale, 2006.  Gale Virtual Reference Library.  MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA.  12 March 2007 <http://findgalegroup.com/gvrl>.

MULTIVOLUME WORK

“California: Alliant International University.”  College Blue Book.  Vol.1: Narrative Descriptions.  34^th ed.  6 vols.  Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.  Gale Virtual Reference Library.  MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA.  12 March 2007 <http://findgalegroup.com/gvrl>.

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GROVE ART ONLINE

Rosenthal, Michael. "Gainsborough, Thomas." Grove Art Online. 2007. Oxford. 7 Mar. 2007 <http://www.groveart.com/>.

GROVE  MUSIC ONLINE

“Downbeat.”  Ed. Julian Rushton.  Grove Music Online.  2007.  MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA.  17 Mar. 2007 <http://www.grovemusic.com>.

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HEALTH & WELLNESS RESOURCE CENTER

MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA

Gulli, Laith Farid, Bilal Nasser, and Teresa G. Odle. "Abuse." The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. 3rd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Health & Wellness Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Miracosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 13 Mar. 2007 <http://galegroup.galenet.com/servlet/HWRC>.

MEDICAL DICTIONARY

“Neurobiology.” Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary . 5th ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby-Year Book, 1998. Health & Wellness Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Miracosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 13 Mar. 2007 <http://galegroup.galenet.com/servlet/HWRC>.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Santos , Francisco C., Jorge M. Pacheco, and Tom Lenaerts. “Cooperation Prevails When Individuals Adjust Their Social Ties.” Pl o S Computational Biology 2 (2006): 1284-1291. Health & Wellness Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Miracosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 9 Mar. 2007 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/HWRC>.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

“Older Moms: Births for U.S. Women 40-44 Years Old Rise 70 Percent Between 1991-2000 (Your Health).” The Buffalo News ( Buffalo, NY) . (6 March , 2007). Health & Wellness Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Miracosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 13 Mar. 2007 <http://galegroup.galenet.com/servlet/HWRC>.

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IN THE FIRST PERSON

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JSTOR

JOURNAL ARTICLE - ONE AUTHOR

Rossner, Sarah. "Twenty-five Years of NWSA: Have We Built the Two-way Streets Between Women’s Studies and Women in Science?" NWSA Journal 14.1 (2002): 103-123. JSTOR. MiraCosta College Lib., Oceanside, CA. 15 May 2006 <http://www.jstor.org>.

JOURNAL ARTICLE - TWO AUTHORS,

Flowers, Lillian, and Jan Zwelsen. "The Changing Role of 'Using' Dreams in Addiction Recovery." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 15.3 (1998): 93-100. JSTOR. MiraCosta College Lib., Oceanside, CA. 15 May 2006 <http://www.jstor.org>.

JOURNAL ARTICLE - THREE AUTHORS

Allen, Patrick, Stephan Frente, Joseph Magritte, and David Vining. "How Early Adolescents Describe Their Dreams: A Quantitative Analysis." Adolescence 33.2 (1998): 229-244. JSTOR. MiraCosta College Lib., Oceanside, CA. 15 Apr. 2006 <http://www.jstor.org>.

JOURNAL ARTICLE - MORE THAN THREE AUTHORS

Allen, Patrick, et al. ."How Early Adolescents Describe Their Dreams: A Quantitative Analysis." Adolescence 33.2 (1998):  229-244.  JSTOR. MiraCosta College Lib., Oceanside, CA. 15 Apr. 2006 <http://www.jstor.org>.     

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LETTERS & DIARIES: NORTH AMERICAN WOMEN

LETTERS, DIARIES, & ORAL HISTORIES: NORTH AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS

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LEXIS-NEXIS ACADEMIC UNIVERSE

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Adler, Jerry. “How to Design a Healthier Planet.” Newsweek 5 Mar. 2007: 66. LexisNexis Academic. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 16 Apr. 2008 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic>.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Stone, Christopher D. “Is Environmentalism Dead?” Environmental Law 38.19 (2008). Lexis Nexis Academic. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 15 May 2008 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic>.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

De Lollis, Barbara, Roger Yu, and Larry Copeland. “Fliers Worry About High Fares: On the Upside, Many Hope Flight Capacity Will Rise.”  USA Today 16 Apr. 2008: 3B. LexisNexis Academic. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 17 Apr. 2008 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic> .

TRANSCRIPT (RADIO OR TELEVISION)

Montagne, Renee. “Is ‘Bundling’ Info Services a Good Deal?” Morning Edition. National Public Radio. 4 Feb. 2008. Transcript. LexisNexis Academic. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA 16 Apr. 2008 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic>.

SEC FILING

United States. Securities and Exchange Commission. San Diego Gas & Electric: 10-K.  31 Dec. 2006. Washington, D.C.: Edgar Online, 2007. LexisNexis Academic. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA.  24 Apr. 2008 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic>.

COURT CASE

Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.Com, Inc. 487 F.3d 701. U.S. App. Ct. 9^th Cir.  15 Nov.  2006. LexisNexis Academic. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA.  1 May 2008 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic>.

NEWSWIRE ARTICLE

“Sesame Street Coaches Kids through Parent’s Deployments, Returns”. Regulatory Intelligence Data 29 April 2008.  LexisNexis Academic. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 16 Apr. 2008 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic>.

COMPANY RECORDS

“Pixar Animation Studios, Inc.” Hoover's Company Records - Basic Record. 13 May 2008. LexisNexis Academic. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 15 May 2008 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic>.

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LITERATURE  RESOURCE CENTER

JOURNAL ARTICLE

McMillan, Laurie. "Telling a Critical Story: Alice Walker's In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens." Journal of Modern Literature 28 (2004): 107-124. Literature Resource Center. Thomson Gale. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 30 January 2006 <http://www.galenet.galegroup.com>.

JOURNAL ARTICLE PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN A COLLECTION

Selzer, Linda. "Race and Domesticity in The Color Purple." African American Review 29 (1995): 67-82. Contemporary Literary Criticism. Literature Resource Center. Thomson Gale. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 30 January 2006 < http://www.galenet.galegroup.com>.

BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY

"Alice (Malsenior) Walker." Contemporary Authors Online. 2004. Literature Resource Center. Thomson Gale. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 30 January 2006 <http://www.galenet.galegroup.com>.

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MAGILL ON LITERATURE PLUS

MASTERPLOTS ESSAY

Damashek, Richard.  "The Old Man and the Sea." Masterplots.  Rev. 2nd ed.  Salem Pr.,  1996. MagillOnLiterature Plus. EBSCOhost. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 30 January 2006 <http://web.ebscohost.com>.

ENTRY FROM REFERENCE WORK

"The Old Man and the Sea." Cyclopedia of Literary Characters. Rev. 3rd ed.  Salem Pr.,  1998. MagillOnLiterature Plus. EBSCOhost. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 30 January 2006 <http://web.ebscohost.com>.

LITERARY CRITICISM ESSAY

Mazzeno, Laurence W. "Ernest Hemingway." Critical Survey of Short Fiction. 2nd rev. ed.  Salem Pr.,  2001. MagillOnLiterature Plus. EBSCOhost. MiraCosta College Lib., Oceanside, CA. 30 January 2006 <http://web.ebscohost.com>.

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MUSIC ONLINE

GENERIC EXAMPLE

Last name, First name Middle initial. “Title of recording”. Perf. Name of performer. Date of performance. [Audio file]. Name of manufacturer or recording company, year of issue. Title of Online Collection or Album. Editor or compiler of collection or album. Date of posting.  Database.  Sponsoring organization. Day Month Year of access <electronic address>.

CLASSICAL MUSIC LIBRARY

Sibelius, Jean. “Canzonetta for Strings, op. 62a”. Perf. Scottish Baroque Ensemble. Cond. Leonard Friedman. n.d. [Audio file]. Classical Music Library. Alexander Street Press. 17 April 2008 <http://internal.miracosta.classical.com>.

SMITHSONIAN GLOBAL SOUND

“Ain’t Going to Work Tomorrow”. Perf. Kilby Snow. [Audio file]. Folkways Records, 1962. Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries. Alexander Street Press. 18 April 2008 <http://miracosta2.classical.com/>.

AFRICAN AMERICAN SONG

“I’ve got the Joogie Blues (take 2)”. Perf. Maude Mills and Fats Waller. [Audio file]. Document Records, 2000. Jazz & Blues Piano Vol. 2 (1924-1947). African American Song. Alexander Street Press. 18 April 2008 <http://internal.miracosta4.classical.com/permalink/recording/3221349292>.

AMERICAN SONG

“Death of Goody Nurse”. Perf. John Allison. [Audio file]. Folkways Records, 1962. Witches and War-Whoops: Early New England Ballads. American Song. Alexander Street Press. 23 April 2008 <http://amso.alexanderstreet.com>.

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NETLIBRARY

WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY OR EDITED BOOK

Harper, Judith E. “Spies and Espionage.” Women During the Civil War. New York: Routledge, 2004. 348-350. netLibrary. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 1 Feb. 2006 <http://www.netlibrary.com>.

BOOK

Schultz, Jane E. Women at the Front: Hospital Workers in Civil War America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004. netLibrary. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 29 Jan. 2006 <http://www.netlibrary.com>.

REFERENCE WORK

Holmes, David Sheridan. “Defense Mechanisms.” The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science. Ed. W. Edward Craighead and Charles B. Nemeroff. 3^rd ed. New York: Wiley, 2001. netLibrary. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 29 Jan. 2006 <http://www.netlibrary.com>.

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OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS RESOURE CENTER

VIEWPOINT ESSAY (viewpoint essays usually does not include page numbers or place of publication)

Bethell, Tom. "The Quality of Education Has Declined." Education: Opposing Viewpoints. Ed. Mary E. Williams. Detriot: Greenhaven Press, 2005. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Thomson Gale. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 28 Jan. 2006 <http://galegroup.galenet.com/OVRC>.

REFERENCE SOURCE

Connors, Paul.  "Education." Profile of the Nation: An American Portrait. Detriot: Gale, 2004. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Thomson Gale. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 28 Jan. 2006 <http://galegroup.galenet.com/OVRC>.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

Wood, Anthony. "Majestic, Mysterious, Monstrous." The Philadelphia Inquirer 23 Dec. 2005. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Thomson Gale. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 28 Jan. 2006 <http://galegroup.galenet.com/OVRC>.

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OVID JOURNALS (NURSING)

Lubenau, Joel O., and Daniel J. Strom.  “Safety and Security of Radiation Sources in the Aftermath of 11 Sept. 2001.”  Health Physics:  The Radiation Safety Journal 83.2 (2002):155-164.  Journals@OVID. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 10 Mar. 2007 <http://www.gateway.ut.ovid.com>.

OXFORD DIGITAL REFERENCE SHELF

Viles, Heather. “Coastal Protection and Management.” Encyclopedia of Global Change. Ed. Andrew S. Goudie. 2005. Oxford University Press. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 15 Mar. 2007 <http://www.oxford-globalchange.com/entry?entry=t178.e0074>.

OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY ONLINE

 “marketplace, n.” Def. 1.  OED Online.  Mar. 2001. Oxford English Dictionary.  MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 10 Mar. 2007 <http://dictionary.oed.com>.

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PROQUEST

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

Wood, Anthony. "Majestic, Mysterious, Monstrous." The Philadelphia Inquirer 23 Dec. 2005. ProQuest. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 28 Jan. 2006 <http://www.proquest.com >.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE 

Klotz, Stephen.  "The Wake-up Call." Backpacker Feb. 2002: 93-94.  ProQuest. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 28 Apr. 2006 <http://www.proquest.com >.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Taylor, Steve, and Guy Smith. "Where McCarthyism Really Reigns." National Journal 30.6 (1998): 206-216. ProQuest. MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 12 Apr. 2006 <http://www.proquest.com >.

JOURNAL ARTICLE - THREE TO SIX AUTHORS, CONTINUOUS PAGINATION.

Allen, Patrick, et al. ."How Early Adolescents Describe Their Dreams: A Quantitative Analysis." Adolescence 33.2 (1998):  229-244.  ProQuest. MiraCosta College Lib., Oceanside, CA. 15 Apr. 2006 <http://www.proquest.com>.     

NEW YORK TIMES HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS

Grutzner, Charles. “Creek Into Hudson To Be Cleaned Up.” New York Times.3 July 1952: 27. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851-2003). MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 8 March 2007 <http://www.proquest.com>.

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PSYCARTICLES

Walsh, Roger.  “Positive Psychology: East and West.” American Psychologist  56.1 (2001): 83-84. PsycARTICLES.  MiraCosta College Lib., Oceanside, CA. 3 April 2008 <http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/>.

 

SCIENCE RESOURCE CENTER

REFERENCE ARTICLE, SIGNED

Nasr, Abdel H.B."Human Genome Programs." World of Genetics. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Science Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Miracosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 9 Mar. 2007 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SciRC>.

REFERENCE ARTICLE, UNSIGNED

"Human Evolution." World of Scientific Discovery. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Science Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Miracosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 29 Mar. 2007 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SciRC>.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Santos , Francisco C., Jorge M. Pacheco, and Tom Lenaerts. “Cooperation Prevails When Individuals Adjust Their Social Ties.” Pl o S Computational Biology 2 (2006): 1284-1291. Science Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Miracosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 9 Mar. 2007 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SciRC>.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Poole, Robert M. “Heartbreak on the Serengeti.” National Geographic Feb. 2006 : 2-31. Science Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Miracosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 28 Feb. 2006 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SciRC> .

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

  Fackler, Martin. “ Japan Offers a Lesson in Using Technology to Reduce Energy Consumption.” New York Times 6 Jan. 2007: C1. Science Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Miracosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 9 Mar. 2007 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SciRC> .

DEFINITION

“Synesthesia.” Thomson Gale Science Glossary. Gale, 2004. Science Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Miracosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 28 Feb. 2006 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SciRC> .

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

ARTICLE

Ashley, Steven. “Bouncy Proteins.” Scientific American 294.2 (2006): 22-23. Scientific American Archive Online. Miracosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 28 Feb. 2006 <http://search.epnet.com>.

STAT!REF

Muncie, Herbert L., Jr. “Thalassemia.” 5-Minute Clinical Consult. 16^thed. Ed. Frank J. Domino. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2007. STAT!Ref. Miracosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA. 17 April 2008. <http://online.statref.com>.

THEATRE IN VIDEO

“Hamlet Sees his Father’s Ghost.”  Theatre in Video.  2007.  Alexander Street Press.  MiraCosta Coll. Lib.,

        Oceanside, CA.  12 Apr. 2008 <http://miracosta.ativ.alexanderstreet.com/video/playlists/>.

VOCATIONAL BIOGRAPHIES

“Nurse Practitioner.”  Vocational Biographies.  2007.  Sauk Centre.   MiraCosta Coll. Lib., Oceanside, CA.               

         12 Apr. 2008 <http://www.vocbiosonline.com>.

WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY ONLINE

"Opportunistic." Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary Unabridged Online. 11 Feb. 2006 <http://mwu.eb.com/mwu> .

WOMEN & SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE US

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CITATION EXAMPLES FOR WEB SOURCES

WEB PAGE—GENERIC

Author' Last Name, First Name (if available).  Name of Website.  Date of Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sometimes found in copyright statements). Date you accessed the site. <electronic address or URL of website >.  

WEB SITE —ENTIRE SITE

American Heart Association. 2007. 10 May 2007 <http://www.americanheart.org>.

SINGLE WEB PAGE (posted on a website)

"Vista Sales Tax Information.” Welcome to the City of Vista. Apr. 2007. 10 May 2007 <http://cityofvista.com/departments/citymanager/salestax.cfm>.

WEB PAGE —NO AUTHOR, NO DATE

"How to Avoid Plagiarism in a Research Paper." eHow.com. 10 May 2006 <http:// www.ehow.com/how_9265_avoid-plagiarism-research.html>.

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED ARTICLE FOUND ON A WEBSITE 

Harpaz, Beth J. “Frommer Brought Europe to Everyone.”  San Jose Mercury News  6 May 2007. From The Scout Report. 11 May 2007 <http://scout.wisc.edu/>.

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ARTICLE FROM A WEB ONLY MAGAZINE

Jayasanker, Leah. “Old Hollywood Glamour: Everything Old is New Again.” Vis.A.Vis May 2007. 11 May 2007 <http://www.visavismag.com/content/view/331/76/>.

ARTICLE FROM A WEB ONLY SCHOLARLY JOURNAL

Mansbridge, Jane, et al. “Norms of Deliberation: An Inductive Study.” Journal of Public Deliberation 2.1 (2006): 1-48. 10 May 2007 <http://services.bepress.com/jpd/vol2/iss1/art7/>.

GOVERNMENT WEB SITE

United States. Dept. of the Treasury. The United States Mint.Coins and Medals. Presidential $1 Coin Program. 7 Feb. 2007. 25 May 20073 <http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/index.cfm?>.

WEBLOG (blog)

Taylor, Steven. "Remarkable Rhetoric on Immigration ." [Weblog entry.] PoliBlog. 16 May 2006. 17 May 2006 <http://www.poliblogger.com/> .

YOUTUBE VIDEO

 GENERIC

Author last name, First name. Title of video. Day month year of publication of video. Title of website. Video file.

Date of access <URL>.

EXAMPLE

AmyMHz. Scottish Highland Dancing: Sword Dance. 29 July 2006. Youtube. Video file. 25 April 2008

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVkh-oJ1j0Q>.

EMAIL

Smith, William. "Consumer Activism." 28 May 2005. E-mail to John Henry. 29 May 2005.

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