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Build a Citation: Articles from Databases

Use the format templates below to build a correct citation.

Intro

The editors at MLA consider an article taken from ProQuest--as well as other article databases we provide--as a "work from a subscription service." A subscription service is a company that provides information to its subscribers, or customers. Article databases are produced and operated by companies who usually provide access only to their subscribers. Marquette is an official subscriber to ProQuest and other article databases, so you will need to refer to the Marquette Libraries in your works cited page when including items from these databases.

MLA Works Cited Format

(See additional examples at the MLA site under Frequently Asked Questions.)

Formula:

1. author's name
2. article title
3. title of journal or magazine
4. volume number (for a scholarly journal)
5. issue number (if needed)
6. date of publication
7. page number(s)
8. name of database
9. name of company (when not redundant to name of database)
10. name of subscribing library
11. university where library is located
12. date when you accessed the information
13. URL, or web address, for the database company's main page

It would look like this:

    Lastname, Firstname. "Article Title." Title of Journal or Magazine 
          Volume.issue Date of publication: page number(s).  Name of 
          Database.  Name of Database Company.*  Library, University.
          Date accessed<http://address/main.page.of.database.service>.

 * It is not necessary to include the name of the company if it duplicates 
      the name of the database. *

Examples:

In the examples that follow, notice that when a web address (URL) does not fit on a line, the appropriate place to break the address is at a slash mark (/).

    Basinger, Julianne. "Boston U. Sues Companies for Selling Term Papers  
            Over the Internet."  Chronicle of Higher Education  31 Oct. 1997:   
            A34-35.  ProQuest Research Library.  Raynor Memorial Lib.,  
            Marquette Univ.  10 Apr. 2001  <http://proquest.umi.com/>.

    Caruso, Doug. "Term-Paper Cheats Score on Web, But Some Professors 
            Aren't Worried."  Columbus Dispatch 11 Nov. 1996: 5C. 
            Academic Search Elite. EBSCO Publishing. Raynor Memorial Lib., 
            Marquette Univ. 10 Apr. 2001 <http://www.epnet.com/>.

    Koretz, Gene. "Economic Trends: Warm Water." Business Week 
            21 July 1997: 22.  Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. Reed Elsevier. 
            Raynor Memorial Lib., Marquette Univ.  20 Apr. 2001 
            <http://web.lexis-nexis.com/>.

    Lawson, Caroline. "Work, Friendship, and Media Use for Information 
            Exchange in a Networked Organization." Journal of the 
            American Society for Information Science 49 (1998):
            1101-14. ProQuest Research Library. Raynor Memorial Lib.,
            Marquette Univ. 10 Apr. 2001 <http://proquest.umi.com/>.

    "Scholastic, NBC to Cover 2000 Olympics for Kids."* Publishers Weekly 
            24 Jan. 2000: 178. ProQuest Research Library. Raynor Memorial Lib., 
            Marquette Univ. 10 Apr. 2001 <http://proquest.umi.com/>.

APA References Format

APA Style Guide to Electronic References

Formula:

1. author's name
2. year of publication (or year and date, as appropriate)
3. title of article
4. title of magazine, journal, or newspaper
5. volume number (for a scholarly journal)
6. page number(s)
7. date when you accessed the information
8. name of aggregated database

It would look like this:

    Lastname, Firstinitial. (year, month date).  Article title. Title of Journal or
          Magazine, Volume, Page Number(s). Retrieved month date, year,
          from the DatabaseName database.

Examples:

In the examples that follow, notice that when a web address (URL) does not fit on a line, the appropriate place to break the address is at a slash mark (/).

    Basinger, J. (1997, October 31). Boston U. sues companies for selling
            term papers over the Internet. The Chronicle of Higher Education,
            A34-35. Retrieved April 10, 2001, from the ProQuest Research 
            Library database.
     
    Caruso, D. (1996, November 11). Term-paper cheats score on Web, but 
            some professors aren't worried. Columbus Dispatch, 5C. 
            Retrieved April 10, 2001, from the Academic Search Elite database.

    Koretz, G. (1997, July 21). Economic trends: warm water. Business Week, 
            22. Retrieved April 10, 2001, from the Lexis-Nexis Academic 
            Universe database.

    Lawson, C. (1998). Work, friendship, and media use for information exchange 
            in a networked organization. Journal of the American Society for 
            Information Science 49, 1101-14.  Retrieved April 10, 2001, from 
            the ProQuest Research Library database.

    Scholastic, NBC to cover 2000 Olympics for kids. (2000, January 24). 
            Publishers Weekly, 178. Retrieved April 10, 2001, from the 
            ProQuest Research Library database.

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