Style Manual

Style Manual - Modern Language Association (MLA)

Within this style, examples of citations are provided for the following databases: NetLibrary, Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, JSTOR, InfoTrac Web, ERIC Digests, and the electronic Human Relations Area File.

NetLibrary

Author(s)*. Title of eBook. Place of Publication: Publisher, Publication date.
	Library name, city, state.  Retrieval date  <http://www.netlibrary.com/>. 
	
Canfield, Jack.  Chicken Soup for the College Soul.  Deerfield Beach, FL: 
	Health Communications, 1999.  Lamar Memorial Library, Maryville, TN
	19 Apr. 1998  <http://www.netlibrary.com>.

Academic Search Premier

Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume.Issue Number (Year) Academic Search Premier.
Library name, City, State. Date retrieved<http://search.epnet.com/>.

Nielsen, Torben. "Five Framings--One Entity? The Political Ethics of Human Embryonic Stem Cells." Science Studies.
18.1 (2005) Academic Search Premier. Lamar Memorial Library, Maryville, TN
2 Nov. 2005 <http://search.epnet.com>.

Lexis-Nexis Universe: Periodical Article (with author and without author)

Author(s)*. “Title of Article.”  Title of Journal/Magazine. Publication date.
	Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.  Library name, city, state.  
	Retrieval date  <http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe/>. 
	Main Section/Subsection/Source (or other limits, depending on the subsection).

* If no author is given, begin the citation with the title of the article.

Borland, John.  "Challenge to Net Porn Law Brews." TechWeb News 10 Mar. 1998.
	Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.  Lamar Memorial Library, Maryville, TN.  
	23 Apr. 1998  <http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe>.
	Business/Industry/Computer & Telecommunications News.

"End-of-life Options Explored by Physicians and Psychiatrists."  The Lancet 
	3 Jan. 1998.  Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.  Lamar Memorial Library,
	Maryville, TN.  23 Apr. 1998  <http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe>.  
	News/General News/Magazines & Journals.

Lexis-Nexis Universe: Newspaper Article

Author(s).  “Title of Article.”  Title of Newspaper Publication date.
	Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.   Library name, City, State.  Retrieval date
	<http://lexis-nexis.com/universe>. Main Section/Subsection.

Boucher, Geoff.  "Confessed Mercy Killer Released by O.C. Judge; Courts:  
	Lawyers on Both Sides Agree that He Acted Solely to End the Suffering 
	of His Terminally Ill Mother."  Los Angeles Times 24 Apr. 1998. 
	Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.  Lamar Memorial Library, Maryville, TN.
	24 Apr. 1998 <http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe>. News/Today's News.

JSTOR: Periodical Article

Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume.Issue Number (Year)
	JSTOR.  Library name, City, State.  Date retrieved
	<http://www.jstor.org/>. Journals Searched.
 
Tuch, Steven A.  "Urbanism, Region, and Tolerance Revisited: The Case of Racial 
	Prejudice."  American Sociological Review 52.8 (1987): JSTOR.
	Lamar Memorial Library, Maryville, TN.  24 Apr. 1998  <http://www.jstor.org/>.
	All Sociology Journals.

InfoTrac Web: Full-Text Periodical Article

Author(s).  "Title of Article."  Title of Journal/Magazine Publication date.  
	Title of Database.  InfoTrac Web.  Library name, City, State.
	Retrieval date  <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/tel_a_maryville>.

Daniel, Caroline.  "Killing with Kindness."  New Statesman 15 Aug. 1997.
	Expanded Academic ASAP.  InfoTrac Web.  Lamar Memorial Library, 
	Maryville, TN.  27 Apr. 1998 <http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/tel_a_maryville>.

ERIC Digests: Full-Text

Author(s). Title of ERIC Document [ERIC Document Number]. Urbana, IL:  
	ERIC (Education Resource Information Center), 
	Year of Document.  ERIC Digest.  Retrieval date  
	<URL for Web page cited>.

Hohensee, Julie Bisson, and Louise Derman-Sparks. Implementing an Anti-Bias 
	Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms [ED 351 146]. ERIC (Education Resource 
	Information Center), 1992. ERIC Digest.  28 Apr. 1998  
	http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2/content_storage_01/
	0000000b/80/26/b4/02.pdf

eHRAF Collection of Ethnography

For books in eHRAF:

Author(s).  Main Title.  Publication information for Title cited.  
	The Human Relations Area Files, Culture name, OWC number, 
	Document number.  Library name, City, State.  
	Retrieval date <http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/e/ehrafe>.

Turnbull, Colin M.  The Mbuti Pygmies: An Ehtnographic Survey.  New York:  
	Museum of Natural History, 1965.  The Human Relations Area Files, 
	Mbuti, FO04, Document #1. Lamar Memorial Library, Maryville, TN.  
	10 Mar. 2003 <http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/e/ehrafe>.

Parenthetical documentation for this citation in the text of the paper:

(Turnbull 161)

For Cultural Summaries in eHRAF:

Author(s).  Cultural Summary: "Culture name" (OWC number).  Library name, 
	City, State.  Retrieval date <http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/e/ehrafe>.

Brown, Jennifer S. H., and John Beierle.  Cultural Summary:  "Ojibwa" (NG06).  
	Lamar Memorial Library, Maryville, TN.  10 Mar. 2003 
	<http://ets.umdl.umich.edu/e/ehrafe>.

Parenthetical documentation for this citation in the text of the paper:

(Brown and Beierle, Cultural Summary)

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