Reference:CITING ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
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CITING ELECTRONIC ARTICLES
Shown below are formats and examples for citing Proquest articles using MLA and APA. For further information see [RRF-CitationStyles.html Citation Styles].
Also see http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/form/academic/citation.html for citing Lexis-Nexis.
MLA Format
Magazine Format:
Author's Last Name, First Name and Initial. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Day Month Year: Page Range (if known). Name of Database (if known). ProQuest. Library Name, Name of City. Day Month Year of Access . [http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb]
Magazine Example:
Schaefer, Bradley E. "Meteors That Changed the World." Sky and Telescope Dec. 1998. Research Library Periodicals. ProQuest. Southwest Community Coll. Lib., Warren. 29 Oct. 1999. [http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb]
Newspaper Format:
Author's Last Name, First Name and Initial. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper Day Month Year, Edition: Page Number(s) or First Page Number and Plus Sign. Name of Database (if known). ProQuest. Library Name, Name of City. Day Month Year of Access. [http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb]
Newspaper Example:
Henneberger, Melinda. "Author Reveals Much about Others and Little of Herself." New York Times 6 Dec. 1999, East Coast late ed.: A16. PA Research II Newspapers. ProQuest. New York Public Lib. 6 Dec. 1999. [http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb]
Scholarly Journal Format:
Author's Last Name, First Name and Initial. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume Number and/or Issue Number (Year): Page Range. Name of Database (if known). ProQuest. Library Name, Name of City. Day Month Year of Access. [http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb]
Scholarly Journal Example:
Onwuemene, Michael C. "Limits of Transliteration: Nigerian Writers' Endeavors toward a National Literary Language." PMLA 114 (1999): 1055-66. PA Research II Periodicals. ProQuest. New York Public Lib. 3 Dec. 1999. [http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb]
APA Format
Author's Last Name, First Name and Initial. (Year, Month, Day). Article title. Publication Title, [Page Range or Number of Pages]. Retrieved [month day, year] from [source] database ([name of database], [item no.--if applicable]) on the World Wide Web: [URL] Example Schaefer, Bradley E. (1998, December). Meteors that changed the world. Sky and Telescope, [8 pages]. Retrieved October 29, 1998 from ProQuest (Research Library Periodicals) on the World Wide Web: [http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb]
Also see http://infodome.sdsu.edu/faculty/resourcelinking.shtml (Electronic Resource Linking)
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