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Online Databases

 


Many database addresses change weekly to make room for additional articles.  It is acceptable to truncate or delete additional address components after the dot com. (e.g., www.elibrary.bigchalk.com).

Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name.  “Title of Work.”  Source.

           (if available). Date of
Work.  Name of Database: e.g.,CQ 

           Researcher. Date of Access <URL up to .com only>.

Examples:

Golicz, Roman, "Napoleon III, Lord Palmerston and the Entente

          Cordiale." History Today. Dec 2000. History Study Center. 6

         Jan 2006<www.historystudycenter.com>.

In this example, History Today is the Source and the History Study Center is the Electronic Database.
 

An Article with No Author:

"John Brown (1800-1859)." Discovering Biography. 2003. Gale

          Student Resource Center. 11 Nov

          2005<galenet.galegroup.com>.

An E-Book or Electronic Book

Nye, Russel B. A Baker’s Dozen: Thirteen Unusual Americans. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 1956. Questia. 1 Dec 2005<http://www.questia.com/>.

 

 

 

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