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The MLA format for creating an article citation is more complex for an article found on a online subscription database than it is for a citation for an article found in the magazine, jounal or newspaper where it was originally printed.

The basic difference is that the citation for an article found on an online subscription database must include the library where the database was accessed, the date it was accessed, and the URL address of the database.

Listed below are format templates and citation examples for articles from magazines, professional journals, and newspapers, showing the proper format for both found in online subscription databases, and found in the original print version. When doing your own citations, copy the format of the appropriate example.

A full version of the MLA Citation Format Guide can be downloaded in PDF format.

ARTICLES

Magazine Article (Electronic) from a WCC Subscription database
(Database section of Library homepage)

Citation Format
Last name of author, First name of author. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Day Month Year: Pages.

Name of Database State U of New York, WCC Lib., Valhalla, NY.

Day of Access Month Year <URL of Database homepage>.

Example
"Maynard Dixon's living legacy" American Artist Sep. 2003: 58. ProQuest. State U of New York, WCC

Lib., Valhalla, NY. 4 Sep. 2003 <http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?>.

Magazine article (Print)

Citation Format
Last name of author, First name of author. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Day

Month Year: Page(s).

Example
Sullivan, Carl. "Same-sex Unions Gain Notice." Editor & Publisher 2 Sept. 2002: 6.

Newspaper article (Electronic) from a WCC Subscription database

Citation Format
Last name of author, First name of author. "Article Title." Title of Newspaper Day

Month Year, edition: Page Number+ (to indicate continued on a non-continuous

page). Name of Database. State U of New York, WCC Lib., Valhalla, NY. Day of Access Month Year

<URL of Database homepage>.

Example
Arenson, Karen W. "Urging SUNY Tuition Increases." New York Times 11 Dec 2002,

Late ed.: B9. LexisNexis Academic. State U of New York, WCC Lib., Valhalla, NY.

7 Jan. 2003 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/universe >.

Newspaper article (Print)

Citation Format
Last name of author, First name of author. "Article Title." Title of Newspaper Day

Month Year, edition: Page Number+ (to indicate continued on a non-continuous page).

Example
Wilford, John Noble. "Fully Assembled at Last, Neanderthal Strides Onstage." New York

Times 31 Dec. 2002, late ed.: C1+.

Journal article (Electronic) from a WCC Subscription database

Citation Format
Last name of author, First name author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume #. Issue# (if known)

(Year of Publication): Page(s). Name of Database. State U of New York, WCC Lib., Valhalla, NY.

Day of Access Month Year <URL of Database homepage>.

Example
Whipple, Thomas W. and Mary K. McManamon. "Implications of Using Male and Female Voices In

Commercials: An Exploratory Study." Journal of Advertising 31.2 (2002): 79. Expanded

Academic. State U of New York, WCC Lib., Valhalla, NY. 6 Jan. 2003

<http://web4.infotrac.galegroup.com>.

Journal article (Print)

Citation Format
Last name of author, First name author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume #.

Issue# if known (Year of Publication): Page(s).

Example
Moore, Monica M. "Courtship Communication and Perception." Perceptual and Motor

Skills 94.1 (2002): 97-106.

Reference Book article

Citation Format
Last name of author, First name of author. "Title of Article." Title of Source. Day Month

Year (year only for a book). Name of Database, State U of New York, WCC Lib.,

Valhalla, NY. Day of Access Month Year <URL of Database>.

Example
Dimock, Wai-chee. "Kate Chopin." Modern American Women Writers. 1991. Literature

Resource Center. State U of New York, WCC Lib.,

Valhalla, NY. 7 Jan. 2003. <http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com>.

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