HOW TO CITE FROM POWER LIBRARY
MLA Citation Format
Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of work.” Article’s original source and publication date:
[Indent 5 spaces]page numbers. Product name. Publisher. Date researcher visited site.
[Indent 5 spaces]<Electronic Address, or URL, of the source>.
MLA Citation Examples
AP Multimedia Archive
“Today Search”. Accunet/AP Multimedia Archive. 30 May 2003. AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive.
PA Power Library, Pennsylvania. 30 May 2003. <http://ap.accuweather.com>.
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive. Home Page. 28 May 2004. AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive.
30 May 2003. <http://ap.accuweather.com>.
EBSCO
Tator, Charles, James D. Carson, and Robert Cushman. "Hockey injuries of the spine in Canada,
1966- 1996." CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal Vol.162 Issue 6
, 03/21/2000,787. Available from Academic Search Elite EBSCO
host. Accessed 15 November 2000.<http://search.epnet.com>.
Note:
When citing EBSCOhost, EBSCO is always uppercase, host is alwayslowercase, italics.
Facts on File
Each article found in the Facts for Learning database has the citation located at
the bottom of the article. Readers can also access the citation by clicking on the
‘Click for Citation’ link found at the top of the article.
Citation:
Dixon, Dougal. "What Came Next?." In the Sea. Gareth Stevens, Inc., 2001. Facts ForLearning <http://factsforlearning.2facts.com>.
Contemporary Authors
Davidson, Paul. “Globalization.” Journal of Post Keynesian Economics. 24 (2002): 475+
Expanded Academic ASAP. Gale Group Databases. College of Staten Island Lib., NY.15
Apr. 2002 <http://www.infotrac.galegroup.com>.
“Ethiopia.” Map. Rand McNally Maps. 1996 Student Edition. Gale Group Databases. Roosevelt
High School Lib., Roosevelt, NY. 15 May 2002. <http://infotrac.galegroup.com>.
Biography Reference Bank
Citing a Full Text Periodical Article
Willwerth, James. “Get off my turf.” Time 24 Aug. 1998:68-69 Readers’ Guide Abstracts
Full Text Online. H.W. Wilson. Available: <http://www.hwwilson.com> 30 Sept. 1998.
Citing a Biographical Profile
“Masters, Edgar Lee.” World Authors 1900-1950, 1996. Wilson Biographies Plus.
Online. H.W. Wilson. Available: <http://www.hwwilson.com> 30 Aug. 2000.
Oxford University Press
Grove Art
M. Rosenthal: 'Gainsborough, Thomas',
The Grove Dictionary of Art Online, (Oxford UniversityPress, Accessed 5 October 2003), <http://www.groveart.com>
Bridgeman Art Library
Artist: Title of the work, Date. Medium. Measurements. Location. Image from The Bridgeman Art
Library <
http://www.bridgeman.co.uk> (accessed date).For example,
Robert S. Duncanson: Land of the Lotus Eaters, 1861. Oil on canvas. 74.3 x 107.3 cm.
Cincinnati Art Museum. Image from The Bridgeman Art Library
<
http://www.bridgeman.co.uk> (accessed April 27, 2004).Grove Music
O.W. Neighbour: 'Schoenberg, Arnold',
Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 5 October2001), <http://www.grovemusic.com>
SIRS Discoverer
Basic Citation Example
Maddren, Gerry. "Against All Odds." Cricket Feb. 1998: 21-23. SIRS Discoverer. SIRS Discoverer
on the Web. Silver Lakes Middle School Library, North Lauderdale, FL. 10 Nov. 2001
<http://www.sirs.com>.
Graphic Citation Example
"Afghanistan." Map. Magellan Geographix. SIRS Discoverer. 10 Nov. 2001
<http://www.sirs.com>.
Roth Publishing
Roth Publishing Editorial Board. "Story Explanation: 'The Ice Palace' by F. Scott Fitzgerald." Lit
Finder. 2001. Roth Publishing, Inc. http://www.litfinder.com. December 11, 2001.
Unless signed, all biographical and explanatory material is prepared by the
Editorial Board of Roth Publishing, Inc., based on over 25 years of publishing
literary references and texts, and in consultation with scholars in leading
American universities.
Please note that the guidelines for citing electronic sources are not yet
completely standardized.
Detailed guidelines on documenting online sources are explained in the fifth
edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (1999) and the fifth
edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
(2001).