5.9.7. A work from a library or personal subscription service**
**For Penfield High School students, these include SIRS, Student Resource Center, EBSCOhost, ProQuest,
CQElectronic Library, Annals of America, Opposing Viewpoints, , World Book Encyclopedia Online,
and any databases accessed through NOVEL.
Sample
Author (if available). “Article title.” Original Source of Article. Date of Original: page(s). Database Name.
Library where database was accessed, Location of library. Date of Access <URL of service’s
homepage>.
American History Online
(If using Modern World History Online, replace name of database)
Coerver, Don M. "Battle of the Alamo." In Tucker, Spencer C., gen. ed. Encyclopedia of American Military
History. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2003. American History Online. Facts On File,
Inc. Penfield High school Library, Penfield, NY <http://www.fofweb.com/>
Biography Resource Center
"Margaret Louisa Higgins Sanger." Science and Its Times, Vol. 6: 1900 - 1949. Gale Group, 2000.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. Penfield High
school Library, Penfield, NY. <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC>
CQ Researcher
Katel, Peter. "Vanishing Jobs." CQ Researcher 19.10 (2009): 225-248. CQ Researcher Online. CQ Press.
Penfield High school Library, Penfield, NY. 18 Mar. 2009
<http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2009031300>.
EBSCOhost – MasterFILE Select
(if in other EBSCOHost database, replace “MasterFILE Select” with the name of database)
Wong, Kate. "Supersized Serpent." Scientific American 300.4 (Apr. 2009): 28-28. MasterFILE Select.
EBSCO. Penfield High school Library, Penfield, NY. 18 Mar. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com/.
Literature Resource Center
McCarthy, Paul. "John Steinbeck." John Steinbeck. Ungar, 1980. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism.
Ed. Sharon R. Gunton. Vol. 21. Detroit: Gale Research, 1982. Literature Resource Center. Gale
Penfield High school Library, Penfield, NY. 18 Mar. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/lrc>.
NewsBank
"What honeymoon?." Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (NY) 16 Feb. 2009, Opinion: 9A. NewsBank
America's Newspapers. Penfield High school Library, Penfield, NY. 18 Mar. 2009.
<http://infoweb.newsbank.com>.
Opposing Viewpoints Online
Ashcroft, John. "The USA PATRIOT Act Provides the Security That Protects Americans' Liberty." Current
Controversies: Homeland Security. Ed. Andrea C. Nakaya. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2005.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Penfield High School. 18 Mar. 2009
<http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/>
ProQuest
Colvin, Geoffrey. “The 75-Year-Old Killer App.” Fortune. 14 Oct. 2002:76 ProQuest. Penfield
High School Library, Penfield, NY. 02 May 2005 <http://proquest.com>.
SIRS Knowledge Source
Frick, Robert. “Investing in Medical Miracles.” Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. Feb. 1999: 80-87.SIRS
Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source. Penfield High School Library, Penfield, NY. 02 May 2005
<http://www.sirs.com>.
Student Resource Center
"Biome." Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 3rd ed. 6 vols. Gale, 2004. Student Resource Center. Thomson
Gale. Penfield High School Library, Penfield, NY. 02 May 2005
<http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC>.
World Book Encyclopedia Online
Mastrandrea, Michael D. "Global warming." World Book Online Reference Center. 2009. Penfield High
School Library, Penfield, NY 18 March 2009
<http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar226310>.
***See the MLA Handbook for additional information and examples.***
*Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Sixth Edition. New York: The Modern
Language Association of America, 2003