MLA Format - Electronic Databases
Entry for an Information Database Journal Article
This entry includes six main divisions:
• Author’s name
• Title of article
• Title of journal followed by volume, issue, year, and pages
• Name of Database
• Electronic publisher or service for the Database (if provided)
• Name and location of subscribing library
• Access date and URL
For example:
Chatterjee, Bela. “Cyberpornography, Cyberidentities and Law.”
International Review of Law, Computers and Technology 14.1
(2000): 89-93. MasterFILE Premier. Ebsco. L.A. Mission
College Lib., Sylmar. 13 Feb. 2001 <http://www.proquest.com>.
Author’s Name
• Type the author’s last name first (comma) and then the rest of the name and end with a period.
Chatterjee, Bela.
Title of article
• Type the title of the article in quotations using title case and end with a period inside the quotations.
“Cyberpornography, Cyberidentities and Law.”
Title of journal and volume, issue, year, and pages
• Type the title of the journal underlined or italicized using title case followed by volume and issue
and the year in parentheses (colon) then page numbers and end with a period.
International Review of Law, Computers and Technology 14.1 (2000): 89-93.
Name of database and Section of database
• Type the name of the database underlined or italicized (period) then the section (period)
MasterFILE Premier. Ebsco.
Name and Location of subscribing Library
• Type the name of the college library (abbreviate Lib.) (comma) then the city (period)
L.A. Mission College Lib., Sylmar.
Access date and URL
• Type the date you found the article day month (abbreviated period) year (period) and URL in < > (period)
13 Mar. 2001. <http: search.epnet.com> .
Quiz 1
Place the following information in the correct order for a Works Cited entry for a
journal from an online database source. Be sure to check all punctuation and
formatting (underlines, indentation, title case).
Title: Grassroots organizing with homeless people: a participatory research approach.
Source: Journal of Social Issues, Spring 1996 v52 n1 p111 (11)
Author(s): Susan Yeich
Database: Expanded Academic ASAP (Section: Infotrac)
Access date: 3/13/2001
Database accessed at LA Mission College
Yeich, Susan.“Grassroots Organizing with Homeless People:
A Participatory Research Approach.” Journal of
Social Issues 52.1 (1996): 111-121. Expanded
Academic ASAP. Infotrac. L.A. Mission College
Lib., Sylmar. 13 Mar. 2001. <http://search.epnet.com>.
Quiz 2
Place the following information in the correct order for a Works Cited entry for a
journal from an online database source. Be sure to check all punctuation and
formatting (underlines, indentation, title case).
Title: Scientists debating future of hormone replacement
Source: from the New York Times newpaper, on October 23, 2002 page A20
Author(s): Gina Kolata
Database: ProQuest
Access date: 8/2/2007
Database accessed at LA Mission College
URL http://www.proquest.com
Kolata, Gina. “Scientists Debating Future of Hormone
Replacement.” New York Times 23 Aug. 2007: A20
National Newpapers (5). ProQuest. L.A. Mission
College Lib., Sylmar. 13 Mar. 2001.
<http://www.proquest.com/>.
Quiz 3
Place the following information in the correct order for a Works Cited entry for a
journal from an online database source. Be sure to check all punctuation and
formatting (underlines, indentation, title case).
Title: Boys’ emotional needs: Is growing up tougher for boys than for girls?
Source: from the CQ Researcher database, on June 18, 1999
Author(s): Sarah Glazer
Database: CQ Researcher Online, CQ Press section
Access date: 3/2/2004
Database accessed at LA Mission College
URL http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher
Glazer, Sarah. “Is Growing Up Tougher for Boys Than for
Girls?” CQ Researcher 18 June 1999. CQ Researcher
Online. CQ Press. L.A. Mission College Lib., Sylmar.
2 Mar. 2004. <http://library.cqpress.com/
cqresearcher>.
NOTE: when possible, break the URL at a / or symbol %