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When citing full-text articles from
electronic databases, such as those available in WilsonWeb or
WilsonDisc (CD-ROM), it is important that you provide the same
information you would normally provide for a printed source (or as
much as possible) and then follow it with information indicating the
electronic source.
Academic institutions and other
research organizations often have their own style preferences for
citing articles and we recommend that researchers check with their
institutions before citing articles. The samples given below are based
upon information found in some of the most widely used citation styles:
MLA (Modern Language Association of America) and APA (American
Psychological Association) and Chicago/Turabian – Humanities and
Author-Date styles. Plus, there are examples of citing Legal articles
from journals and book reviews, gleaned from The Bluebook, Eighteen
Edition. For further information, please consult
either one of the following:
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MLA Style: often used in the fields of literature,
arts, and humanities
http://www.mla.org
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APA: often used in the fields of psychology,
education, and other social sciences.
http://www.apa.org
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The Bluebook, Eighteenth Edition
Another possible style of interest might
be:
MLA and APA styles will be illustrated
for the following:
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Full text of a WilsonWeb periodical (magazine or
journal) article
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Full text of an entry from a WilsonWeb biographical
profile (biography) from a reference publication
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Full text periodical article from a WilsonDisc
(CD-ROM) database
Chicago/Turabian styles will be
illustrated for the following:
Legal styles from The Bluebook, Eighteen
Edition, will be illustrated for the following:
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Journal – Non-Student Author article
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Journal – Student Author article
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Book Review – Non-Student Author
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Book Review – Student Author
MLA
The primary goal of electronic
citations is to provide readers with the information needed to locate
the citations, and to credit the author and publisher for their
original work. In the case of electronic citations, extra information
may be necessary such as an electronic address or access date to make
this possible.
A frequently asked question when citing
electronic citations is related to how page numbers should be cited.
Some sources or electronic formats such as HTML do not provide exact
page numbers. The MLA Style Manual suggests that a number range or
total number of pages or paragraphs be included, if they are numbered.
In cases where page numbers are unavailable, the MLA Handbook requires
the "n. pag." (no pagination) be included in the "Works cited" entry
(see Handbook, pp. 136-37, 165).
Aggregated Databases – some document
sources, although accessed through the Web, do not lend themselves to
the standard format for citing web documents, including H.W. Wilson
Co. databases.
Citing a Full Text periodical article
in the MLA style, for aggregated databases.
(a simplified adaptation)
Author #1- Last Name, First
Name/initials, Author #2 and more - First Name/Initials, Last Name,
and Final Author - First Name/Initials, and Last Name. "Article
Title." Journal/Magazine Title volume number.issue number (publication
year): page numbers. Database name. H.W. Wilson. Library name or
system, city state. Date accessed
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com /
Example:
Kean, Rita, LuAnn Gaskil, Larry Leistritz. "Effects of community
characteristics, business environment, and competitive strategies on
rural retail business performance." Journal of Small Business
Management 36.2 (1998): 45-57. Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega
Edition. H.W. Wilson. Colgate University Libraries, Hamilton, NY. 10
Jan. 2005 <http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/>.
Citing a biographical profile in the
MLA style
(a simplified adaptation)
Author’s Last Name, First Name (when
available). "Article Title." Journal/Magazine Title. Date of
Publication (when there is one). Pages of source (if available).
Database Name. Online. H.W.
Wilson. Name of Library, Consortium or Library System. Date of access.
<electronic address>.
Example:
"Masters, Edgar Lee." World Authors." 1996. Wilson Biographies Plus.
Online. H.W. Wilson. Riverside Community College Library, Riverside,
CA. 28 Feb. 2005. <http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com>.
Citing a Full Text periodical article
that is from an Open Access/E-Journal, in MLA style.
Author’s Last Name, First Name (when
available). "Article Title." Journal/Magazine Title date of
publication. Date of access. <electronic address for article>.
Note: to obtain electronic addresses
for Open Access/E-Journals, right click your mouse when viewing the
article on WilsonWeb, select "Create Shortcut" and save. Clicking on
the desktop link takes you to the article and displays the direct URL
(used for citing) link to the article in the browser’s address bar.
Example:
Powell, Andy. "Virtual Rooms, Real Meetings [computer file]." Ariadne
(Online) October 2004. 31 Dec. 2004
<http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue41/powell/>
Citing a Full Text periodical article
from a WilsonDisc (CD-ROM) database in MLA style
Author’s Last Name, First Name.
"Article Title." Journal/Magazine Title Date of Publication: page(s).
Database Name. CD-ROM. H.W. Wilson. Electronic publication date.
Example:
Willwerth, James. "Get off my turf." Time 24 Aug. 1998: 68-69.
Readers’ Guide Abstracts Full Text. CD-ROM. H.W. Wilson. Sept. 1998.
Citing a “work of art” from an image database, for a bibliography in MLA
style. (A simplified adaptation)
Artist’s name. Title (usually underlined). Date of work. The institution
or individual who owns the work, city. Database (usually underlined).
Date of access and the URL.
Example:
Hopper, Edward. Hotel Lobby. 1943. The Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis.
Art
Museum Image Gallery.
23 Aug. 2006 <http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/>.
APA
The primary goal of electronic
citations is to provide readers with the information needed to locate
the information, and to credit the author and publisher for their
original work. In the case of electronic citations, extra information
may be necessary such as an electronic address or access date to make
this possible.
Citing a Full Text periodical article
in the APA style, for aggregated databases.
(a simplified adaptation)
Author #1 - Last Name, Initials, Author
#2 and more - Last Name, Initials, and Final Author & Last Name,
Initials. (Publication year). Article title. Journal title, volume
number, page numbers. Retrieved date accessed, from H.W. Wilson
database.
Examples:
Miller, N., & Kean, R. (1997).
Reciprocal exchange in rural communities: consumers’ inducements to inshop. Psychology
& Marketing, 14, 637-61. Retrieved 5 June 2006, from Business Full
Text database.
Kean, R., Gaskil, L., & Leistritz, L.
(1998). Effects of community characteristics, business environment,
and competitive strategies on
rural retail business performance. Journal of Small Business
Management, 36(2),
45-57.
Retrieved 5 June 2006, from Business Full Text database
Citing a biographical profile in the
APA style
(a simplified adaptation)
Profile Title. (year of publication).
In Original print publication (when there is one).
Retrieved from H.W. Wilson database (name of database) on the World
Wide Web:
http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.
Example:
Edgar Lee Masters. (1966). In World Authors 1900-1950. Retrieved 28
April 2004 from H.W. Wilson database (Wilson Biographies Plus) on the Word Wide Web:
http://www.hwwilsonweb.com.
Citing a Full Text periodical article
that is from an Open Access/E-Journal, in APA style.
Author’s Last Name, Initials
(Publication year). Article title. Journal title, volume number, pager
numbers. Retrieved date accessed, from electronic address for article.
Example:
Powell, A (2004). In Virtual Rooms, Real Meetings [computer file].
Ariadne (Online), 41, p.1. Retrieved 31 Dec. 2004,
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue41/powell/.
Note: to obtain electronic addresses
for Open Access/E-Journals, right click your mouse when viewing the
article on WilsonWeb, select "Create Shortcut" and save. Clicking on
the desktop link takes you to the article and displays the direct URL
(used for citing) link to the article in the browser’s address bar.
Citing a Full Text periodical article
from a WilsonDisc (CD-ROM) database in APA style
Author’s Last Name, Initial(s). (Date
of publication). Article title. Original
Journal/Magazine Title, volume number, page(s). Retrieved from H.W.
Wilson
[Indent 5 spaces]database ([name of database], CD-ROM, [release date])
Example:
Willwerth, J. (1998, August 24). Get off my turf. Time, 152, 68-69.
Retrieved from H.W. Wilson database (Readers’ Guide
Abstracts Full Text, CD-ROM, Sept. 1998 release)
Citing a “work of art” from an image database, for a bibliography in APA
style. (A simplified adaptation).
Artist (last name, first name), artist’s role (in parentheses i.e. Artist,
Architect). Date of work (in parentheses). Title (italicized), the work
type in brackets [Painting, Cathedral, Chair], country or origin or
city, and state, and repository.
Example:
Hopper, Edward (Artist). (1943). Hotel Lobby [Image of painting].
Indianapolis, Indiana; The Indianapolis Museum of Art. Retrieved August
23, 2006, from http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.
Note: Records may be formatted for
most bibliographic software packages by selecting the Format choice of
"Format for exporting to Bibliographic Software" found on the WilsonWeb
Email and Print pages. For users of RefWorks, a direct link is provided on
the WilsonLink table of contents page. EndNote users will find a Wilson
filter at http://www.endnote.com/.
Chicago/Turabian
Citing a Full Text periodical
article in the Chicago/Turabian: Humanities style, for aggregated
databases.
(a simplified adaptation)
Lawrence, Gloria and Frank D. Adams.
“For Every bully there Is a Victim.” American Secondary
Education 35,
no. 1 (Fall 2006): 66-71. OmniFile Full Text Mega, WilsonWeb (accessed
December 29,
2006)
Citing a Full Text periodical
article in the Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date style, for aggregated
databases.
(a simplified adaptation)
Conza, N. and A. Cogoli. 2005.
"Engineering Issues in Experimental Biomedicine Series, Part 2:
Space
biology." Experimental Techniques 29, no. 1: 43-6. Applied Science
Full Text,
WilsonWeb
(accessed December 29, 2006).
Legal
Taken from The Bluebook, Eighteenth
Edition. Simplified adaptations.
The standard format for articles is:
[author’s full name], [title of article in italics], [journal volume
no.] [abbreviation of journal in large and small caps] [starting page
of article] [date of pub. in parens], [electronic availability note].
Citations to articles by student
authors require a “designation” indicator (note, comment, book note,
etc.) preceding the title.
Book review citations only require
“book review” as a concluding parenthetical, so long as the title of
the book review matches the name of the book, which is the case with
almost all the reviews in Wilson’s database, Index to Legal
Periodicals.
Examples for the citing of Journals
and Book Reviews
Journal – Non-Student Author
Susan N. Herman, The USA PATRIOT Act and the Submajoritarian Fourth
Amendment, 41 HARV. C.R.-C.L. L. REV. 67 (2006), available at
WilsonWeb, Accession Number 200634903057003.
Journal – Student Author
James E. Tysse, Note, The Right to an “Imperfect” Trial—Amnesia,
Malingering, and Competency to Stand Trial, 32 WM. MITCHELL L. REV.
353 (2005), available at WilsonWeb, Accession Number 200500300117011.
Book Review – Non-Student Author
Stuart Hetherington, Places of Refuge for Ships, 37 J. MAR. L. & COM.
453 (2006) (book review), available at WilsonWeb, Accession Number
200618202262008.
Book Review – Student Author
Lara Katz, Book Note, Global City Blues, 45 NAT. RESOURCES J. 1124
(2005) (book review), available at WilsonWeb, Accession Number
200528801537011.
The following web sites were used to
prepare the examples shown above:
http://www.indiana.edu/~libugls/Publications/electronic_mla.html
http://www.indiana.edu/~libugls/Publications/APA.html
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/bibliography.htm
http://www.simmons.edu/libraries/bibliography/
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/
http://www.legalcitation.net/
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