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    Citing Full Text Found on WilsonWeb Databases    
 

There are two kinds of Full Text in Wilson databases:

  1. Full text of a periodical article

  2. Full Text of an entry or biographical profile from a reference publication


1. Citing a Full Text Periodical Article Found on WilsonWeb Databases

Applies to Full Text of articles found in the following databases:

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts FT; Art Abstracts FT; Wilson Business Abstracts FT; Education Abstracts FT; General Science Abstracts FT; Humanities Abstracts FT; Library Literature FT; OmniFile FT databases; Readers’ Guide Abstracts FT; Readers’ Guide Abstracts FT Mini; Readers’ Guide for Young People; Short Story Index; Social Sciences Abstracts FT. Also periodical FT from Wilson Biographies Plus.

The following example is from Readers’ Guide Abstracts FT:

TITLE

Get off my turf

PERSONAL AUTHOR

Willwerth,-James

SOURCE

Time. v. 152 no8 Aug. 24 '98 p. 68-9.

 

MLA style for periodical full text on WilsonWeb

(Please note this is a simplified adaptation of the MLA style)

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Article Title.” Journal/Magazine Title Date of

[Indent 5 spaces]Publication: pages(s). Database Name. Online. H.W. Wilson. 

[Indent 5 spaces]Available: <electronic address> access date.

Example:

Willwerth, James. “Get off my turf.” Time 24 Aug. 1998: 68-69. Readers’ Guide 

[Indent 5 spaces]Abstracts Full Text. Online. H.W. Wilson. Available: 

[Indent 5 spaces]<http://hwwilsonweb.com> 30 Sept. 1998.

(Note: If you are required to provide more specific information for electronic identification of the specific article, you can use the accession number of the specific article.)

Example:

Willwerth, James. “Get off my turf.” Time 24 Aug. 1998: 68-69. Readers’ Guide

[Indent 5 spaces]Abstracts Full Text. Online. H.W. Wilson. Available: Accession

[Indent 5 spaces]Number 98057284 30 Sept. 1998

 

APA style for periodical full text on WilsonWeb

(Please note this is a simplified adaptation of the APA style)

Author’s last name, initial(s). (date of publication). Article title. Original Journal/ Magazine Title, volume number, page(s). Retrieved [month day, year of retrieval] from H.W. Wilson database (name of database) on the World Wide Web: http://hwwilsonweb.com

Example:

Willwerth, J. (1998, August 24). Get off my turf. Time [Online], 152, 68-69. Retrieved 30 September, 1998 from H.W. Wilson database (Readers’ Guide Abstracts Full Text) on the World Wide Web: http://hwwilsonweb.com

 


2. Citing Full Text of an Entry or Biographical Profile from WilsonWeb Databases

Applies to full text from Wilson Biographies databases; Current Biography; World Authors; Famous First Facts.

The following example is from Wilson Biographies Plus

Article Heading

Masters, Edgar Lee

Aug. 23, 1868-Mar. 5, 1950

Publication Statement

1996 Profile from World Authors 1900-1950

Descriptor

     Novelists; Poets; Biographers; Nonfiction Writers; Writers; Fiction

     Writers; Masters Edgar Lee.

 

MLA style for full text profile on WilsonWeb

(Please note this is a simplified adaptation of the MLA style)

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Article Title.” Journal/Magazine Title Date of

[Indent 5 spaces]publication (when there is one). Database Name. Online. H.W.

[Indent 5 spaces]Wilson. Available: <electronic address> date of access.

Example:

“Masters, Edgar Lee.” World Authors 1900-1950, 1996. Wilson Biographies Plus.

[Indent 5 spaces]Online. H.W. Wilson. Available: <http://hwwilsonweb.hwwilson.com>

[Indent 5 spaces]30 Aug. 2000.

APA style for full text profile on WilsonWeb

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://hwwilsonweb.com

Example:

Edgar Lee Masters. (1996). In World authors 1900-1950. Retrieved from H.W.Wilson database (Wilson Biographies Plus) on the World Wide Web: http//hwwilsonweb.com [30 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/>.

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.

 

 

 

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