Example of an article or chapter in a book:
Author. Title of article or chapter (in quotation marks). Title of complete work (if applicable), underlined. Editor, if mentioned. Place, publisher and date of publication or last revised, if mentioned. Date of access. URL, (Uniform Resource Locator, or address of the document) in angle brackets.
Austen, Jane. "Chapter II." Emma. 31 Jan. 2007<http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/
Literature/Austen/Emma/1emma2.html>.
Example of an article in an encyclopedia:
Author. Title of article (in quotation marks). Title of electronic publication (database). Version number, if relevant and if not part of the title. Date of electronic publication. Sponsoring institution or organization. Date of access. Electronic address.
"San Juan, City, Puerto Rico." The Columbia Encyclopedia. 6th ed. 2001-2005. Bartleby.com.
10 July 2007<http://www.bartleby.com/65/sn/SnJnPR.html>.
Example of an article from a scholarly journal:
Author. Title of article (in quotation marks). Title of journal(underlined). Volume, number. Date of publication (in parentheses). Pages, or paragraphs, if given. Date of access. Electronic address.
Shear, Katherine, et al. "Treatment of Complicated Grief: a Randomized Controlled Trial."
JAMA 293.21(1 June 2005): 9 pars. 13 July 2007
<http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/293/21/2601>.
Example of an article from a magazine:
Author. Title of article (in quotation marks). Title of magazine, underlined. Date of publication (DO NOT use parentheses ) Pages or paragraphs, if given. Date of access. Electronic address.
Ray, Rachel. "Rach's Notebook: Take your Pick." Everyday with Rachel Ray. August 2007.
12 July 2007<www.rachelraymag.com/content/42252>.
Example of an article from a newspaper:
Petrovic, Vanja. "Twinkie, Deconstructed: Processing the American Diet." AlterNet
12 July 2007. 12 July 2007<http:/alternet.org/healthwellness/56440/>.
Example of a Homepage or Professional Page:
Border Regional Library Association. BRLA 13 March 2007. 12 July 2007<http://www.brla.info/>.
Example of a Online Database (or Subscription Service): Academic Search Premier, Health & Wellness Resource Center, Expanded Academic ASAP, etc.
Name of author. Title of article (in quotation marks). Title of magazine, journal or newspaper (underlined). If a journal, volume and number. Date of publication. Pages. Name of the database (underlined). Name of service. Name of Library. Location of Library. Date of access. Electronic address of the online database.
Fairlamb, David. "Ready, Set, Euros!" Business Week 02 July 2001: 3-4.
Academic Search Premier. Ebsco. EPCC Library, El Paso. 11 July 2007<http://search.ebscohost.com>.
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