G ENERATED
FROM W ITHIN
A CA DEMIC S EA RCH C OMPLETE
DATA BA SE IN M L A FORMAT :
How it looks in e-mail:
Kondo, Keiji. "Beer and health: Preventive effects of beer components on lifestylerelated diseases." Biofactors 22.1-4 (Dec. 2004): 303-310. Academic Search
Complete. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 5 Aug. 2009
<https://proxy.nlc.alamo.edu:4443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/lo
gin.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=15508178&site=ehost-live&scope=site>.
Final version in MLA ’09 format (with changes):
Kondo, Keiji. "Beer and health: Preventive effects of beer components on lifestylerelated diseases." Biofactors 22.1-4 (Dec. 2004): 303-310. Academic Search
Complete. Web. 5 Aug. 2009.
< http://search.ebscohost.com>
C HANGES NEEDED TO CORRECT AN MLA CITATION
GENERATED
IN A CADEMIC S EARCH C OMPLETE
1. Journal name needs to be in italics and not underlined
(Biofactors to Biofactors)
2. Database name needs to be in italics and not underlined.
(Academic Search Complete to Academic Search Complete)
3. Delete Publisher of database (EBSCO).
4. Delete Library name, city, state.
5. Add medium… Web. Print. Transcript., etc.
6. URL is optional, but recommend including at least the root
<http://search.ebscohost.com >.
Here it is:
Kondo, Keiji. "Beer and health: Preventive effects of beer
components on lifestyle-related diseases." Biofactors 22.1-4
(Dec. 2004): 303-310. Academic Search Complete. Web. 5
Aug. 2009. < http://search.ebscohost.com>
G ENERATED
FROM THE
“S ON
OF
C ITATION M ACHINE ”
WEBSITE
How it looks :
"When Dogs Fly." New York Times 7/17/2009 22. Web.7 Aug
2009. <http://web.ebscohost.com>.
It works! - Citation is correct as is.
Recommendation - Do use the “Son of Citation Machine”
for MLA, but…be sure to double check punctuation, etc.
For example, you could add vol. to read 7/17/2009, vol. 22.
Web. …
G ENERATED
FROM THE
“K NIGHT C ITE ”
WEBSITE
How it looks:
Guðmundsdóttir, Aðlheiður1. "The Werewolf in Medieval Icelandic
Literature!" Journal of English & Germanic Philology 106.3 (2007):
277-303. Academic Source Complete. EBSCO. Northeast Lakeview
College. 20 Aug. 2009.
<http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=5&hid=5&sid=8b43a02b469b4352afcf5ad362785647%40sessionmgr11&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZW
hvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=a9h&AN=25606693#db=a9h&AN
=25606693
How it should look:
Guðmundsdóttir, Aðlheiður1. "The Werewolf in Medieval Icelandic
Literature!" Journal of English & Germanic Philology 106.3 (2007):
277-303. Academic Source Complete. Web. 20 Aug. 2009.
<http://web.ebscohost.com
T HE “K NIGHT C ITE ”
WEBSITE IN
MLA
FORMAT
KnightCite has this message:
Coming this Summer: Updates to MLA Style
In April 2009, the Modern Language Association released its 7th
edition of the MLA Handbook … With this edition comes a
number of changes to MLA style. Look for updates in KnightCite
this summer!
Recommmendation – You would need to make the same changes as
the citation generated in Academic Search Complete to comply
with the correct MLA format.
Do not use KnightCite for MLA until it has been updated!
B OTTOM L INE

Different databases behave differently.
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Different citation generators behave differently.
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Give as much information as needed for your
readers to be able to locate your source.
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Be consistent.
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Use the style rules that the teacher wants.