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Citations for Databases
The format of a database citation will vary depending on whether the item is from an information database, online book, article from a magazine, etc. Generally, you need to look for the following information:
Author's Name.
"Title of Article or Document."
Name of the Book, Magazine,
Newspaper.
Volume Number and Issue (if given).
Publication Date:
Pages.
Name of Database.
Name of Service.
Name of Library System.
City and State
of Library.
Date of Access
<URL Address>.
* If you cannot find some of the information, cite what is available.
** For items that originally appeared in print, begin with standard facts about the print publication, omitting data not given by the online service.
The following are examples from the databases that we subscribe to at Saratoga Springs High School:
General Reference
- Groliers Multimedia
Layton, Donald L.
"Ivan IV, Tsar of Russia (Ivan the Terrible)."
2004.
Grolier
Multimedia Encyclopedia.
Grolier Online. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Saratoga
Springs High School Lib.,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
30 August 2004
<http://go.grolier.com>.
Magazines and Newspapers
- Custom Newspapers Database
"Edwards Tells Mesilla Rally, We Can do Better."
Albuquerque Journal.
27 August 2004:
A1.
Custom Newspapers.
Infotrac.
Saratoga Springs
High School Lib.,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
30 Aug. 2004
<http://infotrac.galegroup.com/menu>.
- New York State Newspapers Database
Hack, Damon.
"US Men Yield Long Dominance of Basketball."
The New
York Times
28 August 28, 2004:
D1.
New York State Newspapers.
Infotrac.
Saratoga Springs
High School Lib.,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
30 Aug 2004
<< http://infotrac.galegroup.com/menu>.
- National Newspaper Index
Marshall, Andrew.
"American Elections: Bush Brothers Steal the Show."
The
Independent .[London]
5
Nov 1998:
15.
National Newspaper Index.
Infotrac.
Saratoga Springs
High School Lib.,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
30 Aug 2004
<http://infotrac.galegroup.com/menu>.
- ELibrary
Koretz, Gene.
"Economic Trends: Uh-Oh, Warm Weather."
Business Week.
21 July 1997:
22.
ELibrary.
Bigchalk.
Saratoga Springs
High School
Lib.,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
30 Aug 2004
<http://www.elibrary.com>.
- EBSCO Databases
Gimein, Mark.
"Sam Walton Made Us a Promise."
Fortune.
Vol. 145 Issue 6.
18 March 2002:
120.
Master File Select.
EBSCO Host.
Saratoga Springs
High School Lib.,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
31 Aug. 2004
<http://www.epnet.com>.
English Language Arts Resources
- Discovering Collection
Author's Name.
"Title of Article or Document."
Other Information (if given).
Name of the Book, Magazine, or Newspaper.
Volume Number and Issue
(if given).
Publication Date:
Pages.
Reproduced in Name of Database.
Name of Service.
Name of Library System.
City and State of Library.
Date of Access
<URL Address>.
Example:
Epstein, Joseph.
"One Cheer for E.M. Forster"
Commentary.
Vol. 80 Issue 3.
Sept.1985:
48-57.
Discovering Authors.
Gale Group,
2003.
Reproduced in Discovering Collection.
Saratoga Springs High School
Lib.,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
31 Aug. 2004
<http://galenet.galegroup.com>.
- Contemporary Literary Criticism
Fred Erisman.
"The Romantic Regionalism of Harper Lee."
The Alabama
Review,.
Vol. XXVI. No. 2.
April 1973:
122-36.
Contemporary Literary
Criticism.
Gale.
Saratoga Springs High School Lib.,
Saratoga Springs,
NY.
30 August 2004
<http://galenet.galegroup.com>.
- Lit Finder
Giovanni, Yolande Cornelia.
"Nikki-Rosa."
2004:
Lit Finder.
Gale.
Saratoga
Springs High School Lib.,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
30 Aug 2004
<http://www.bestpoetry.com>.
- Twayne's Authors Series
Mogen, David.
Ray Bradbury.
New York:
G. K. Hall & Co.,
1999.
Twayne's United States Authors Series Online.
Gale.
Saratoga Springs High School Lib.,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
30 Aug. 2004
<http://galenet.galegroup.com>.
Social Studies Resources
- American National Biography
Ward, Geoffrey C
"Roosevelt, Eleanor."
Feb. 2000.
American National
Biography.
Saratoga Springs High School Lib.,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
30 Aug. 2004
<http://www.anb.org>.
- Multimedia Archive
Associated Press AP.
Attending Kennedy Memorial.
May 1965.
Multimedia
Archive.
Accuweather.
Saratoga Springs High School Lib.,
Saratoga
Springs, NY.
30 Aug. 2004
<http://ap.accuweather.com/
apphoto/index.htm>.
- Business and Company Resource Center
"Johnson and Johnson Company Profile."
Business and Company Resource
Center.
Gale.
Saratoga Springs High School Lib.,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
30 Aug. 2004
<http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_ca_sara>.
- Country Watch
"Greece."
2004
Country Watch.
Saratoga Springs High School Lib.,
Saratoga
Springs, NY.
30 Aug. 2004
<http://www.countrywatch.com>.
- CQ Researcher
Jost, Kenneth.
"Rethinking the Death Penalty."
Name of the Book, Magazine, or Newspaper.
Volume Number and Issue
(if given).
Publication Date:
Pages.
Reproduced in Name of Database.
Name of Service.
Name of Library System.
City and State of Library.
Date of Access
<URL Address>.
- Facts on File
"Will There Be a Mr. Ed, Jr.?."
Today's Science..
Aug. 2003.
FACTS.com.
Facts On File News Services.
Saratoga Springs High School Lib.,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
30 Aug. 2004
<http://www.2facts.com>.
- Opposing Viewpoints
Author's Name.
"Title of Article or Document."
Other Information (if given).
Name of the Book, Magazine, or Newspaper.
Volume Number and Issue
(if given).
Publication Date:
Pages.
Reproduced in Name of Database.
Name of Service.
Name of Library System.
City and State of Library.
Date of Access
<URL Address>.
- SIRS Knowledge Source
"Baconian Theory."
The Hutchinson Dictionary of the Arts.
2002.
SIRS
Renaissance.
SIRS Knowledge Source.
Saratoga Springs High School
Lib.,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
30 Aug. 2004
<http://www.sirs.com>.
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