CITATION EXAMPLES

This citation form has been created by the McNicholas High School faculty for online databases found on our Library Media Center web page.. Since citation formats for electronic and online services vary, we have devised our own form to be used by McNicholas High School students for their research projects. Examples provided here are not necessarily standard and may not be accepted beyond McNicholas High School.

Students may also refer to A Quick Reference to the Research Paper by Sharon Sorenson for other citations.

Revised May 3, 2005

Please note: Anything shown in italics below may be underlined instead of italicized.

AMERICAN NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Example:
"King, Martin Luther, Jr."  American National Biography.  Online.
    Oxford University Press.  12 October 2002.
Format:
"Title of article."  American National Biography.  Online.
    Oxford University Press.  Date of access.

CAREER GUIDANCE CENTER 
Example:
"Commercial Artist."  Career Guidance Center..
     Online.  Facts on File.  23 April 2002.
Format:
"Title of career."  Title of database.  Online.
     Facts on File..  Date of access.

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER OR  THE CINCINNATI POST Online
Examples:

With Author:
Klepal, Dan.  "1st Case of SARS Hits Tristate."  1 May 03.
        The Cincinnati Enquirer.  Online.  3 May 2003.

Without Author:
"Northern Ireland's Elections Postponed."  1 May 03.
        The Cincinnati Post.  Online.  1 May 03.

Format:
Author (if available).  "Title of article."  Date of article.
        Name of newspaper.  Online.  Date of access.

EBSCOhost
Example:
Lake, Eli J.  "Persian Gulf."  New Republic.  7 October 2002.  EBSCOhost.
    Online.  EBSCO Publishing.  22 October 2002.
Format:
Author.  "Title of article."  Title of Source.  Date published.  EBSCOhost.
    Online.  EBSCO Publishing.  Date of access.

eLibrary
Example:
Lewis, John. "Using Computers Today."  U.S. News & World Report. 16 March 1998.
    eLibrary. Online.  ProQuest Company.  25 Sept. 1999.
Format:
Author's name.  "Title of article."  Title of source. Date published.
     eLibrary.  Online.  ProQuest Company.  Date of access.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS Online
Examples:

With author:
Smith, Jane. "George Washington." Encyclopedia Americana Online.
     Online. Grolier Interactive Inc. 4 January 1998.

Without author:
"China." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online. Online.
     Grolier Interactive Inc. 18 September 1998.

"Eastern Africa." Britannica Online. Online. Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
     5 March 1998.
Format:
Author (if available). "Title of article." Title of electronic work.
     Medium. Publisher/Information supplier. Date of access.

FACTS.com
Example:
Johnson, Jim.  "The Effects of Watergate."  New York Times.  17 June 98.
     FACTS.com.  Online.  Facts on File News Service.  5 Jan. 00.
Format:
Author's name.  "Title of article."  Title of source.  Date published.
     FACTS.com.  Online.  Facts on File News Service.  Date accessed.

LITERATURE IN CONTEXT ONLINE
Example:
Courm, Richard.  "Hamlet."  Literature in Context Online.
     Online.  Greenwood Publishing.  28 September 2001.
Format:
Author.  "Title of work."  Literature in Context Online.
     Online.  Greenwood  Publishing.  Date of access.

LitFINDER
Example:
Angleou, Maya.  "Still I Rise."  LitFINDER.
      Online.  Thomson Gale.  8 September 2001.
Format:
Author. "Title of article or poem."  LitFINDER.
     Online. Thomson Gale.  Date of access.

A MATTER OF FACT
Example:
Muton, Don.  "Dispelling Myths of the Acid Rain Story."  Environment.
     Online.  A Matter of Fact.  Pierian Press.  25 October 2001.
Format:
Author.  "Title of article."  Original publication.  Online.  A Matter of Fact.
     Pierian Press.  Date of access.

NewsBank
Newsfile Collection or Science Source
Example:
Pendleton, Scott.  "Texas Parties Vie for Family-Values Title."   Christian Science
     Monitor.  15 June 1995.  NewsBank NewsFile Collection.  Online.  NewsBank.
     2 Oct. 1996.
Format: 
Author.  "Title of article."  Title of source.  Date of publication.
     Title of database (NewsFile Collection or Science Source).  Online.
     NewsBank.  Date of access.

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS RESOURCE CENTER
Example:
Fox, Camilla.  "Trapping is Cruel and Inhumane."  Current Controversies:
     The Rights of Animals.  1999.  Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.
     Online.  Gale Group. 4 April 2002.
Format:
Author.  "Title of article."  Source Database.  Date published.  Opposing Viewpoints
     Resource Center.  Online.  Gale Group. Date accessed.

SIRS KNOWLEDGE SOURCE
Example:
Lanken, Dane.  "When the Earth Moves."  Canadian Geographic.
     March-April  1996:  66-73.  SIRS Knowledge Source.. Online. 
     SIRS Inc. 15 January 2000. 
Format:
Author.  "Article title."  Original source of article.
     Date of original source:  page numbers.  Product name. 
     Medium. Publisher/Information supplier.  Date of access. 

STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER
Example:
Kluger, Jeffrey. "Dr. Sigmund Doolittle."  Discover.  Feb. 1996.
    Student Resource Center. Online. Gale Group. 5 April 1999.
Format:
Author (If given). "Title of article."  Title of source.  Date published.
  Student Resource Center.  Online.  Gale Group. Date accessed.

WILSON BIOGRAPHIES
Example:
"Arnaz, Desi." Wilson Biographies. Online. H. W. Wilson.
     30 April 1998.
Format:
"Title of article."  Wilson Biographies.  Online.  H. W. Wilson.
    Date of access.

WORLD WIDE WEB
Example:
McKenzie, Jamieson.  "Libraries of the Future."  From Now On.  April 1996.
     28 Sept. 1996. <http://www.pacificrim.net/~mckenzie>.  
Format:
Author's name. "Title of work." Title of complete work.  
     Date of work posted or revised if available.  Date of visit.
     <Web address>. 

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