Citation Examples for “Works Cited” List: Web Sources (Works from Databases)

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At the end of your paper, you must provide an alphabetical listing of all the works you have cited in your paper. This requirement includes both work you have actually quoted and work you have summarized or paraphrased. The information is arranged alphabetically according to the author's last name or (when there is no author identified) by title.

Elements:

For Web-only documents:

Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Work." Title of Overall Website. Version/Edition. Publisher/Sponsor, Date of Publication. Medium of Publication [Web]. Date of Access. <URL>.

For Web documents that originally appeared in print:

Information about the original print document. Name of Overall Database or Website. Medium of Publication [Web]. Date of Access.

NOTE: Omit URL for citations of material in databases. In other citations, URL is optional.

Article in a magazine or journal

Margonelli, Lisa. "Gut Reactions." Atlantic Monthly Sept. 2008: 76-82. Academic Search Complete. Web. 28 Aug. 2009.

Tator, Charles, James D. Carson, and Robert Cushman. "Hockey Injuries of the Spine in Canada, 1996-2006." CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal 162.6 (2000): 787-88. Academic Search Complete. Web. 28 Aug. 2009.

Article in a newspaper

Hedgpeth, Dana. "Cash for Clunkers Deal Drives Auto Sales." Washington Post 4 Aug. 2009, suburban ed.: A11. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 12 Aug. 2009.

McCarthy, Robert J. "State Senate Gridlock Likely to Affect Re-elections, Poll Finds." Buffalo News 21 July 2009: B2. New York State Newspapers. Web. 12 Aug. 2009.

"The Scientists Speak." Editorial. New York Times 20 Nov. 2007, late ed.: A22. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 12 Aug. 2009.

Article from ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times

Simon, Steven. "New La Guardia College Blends Work and Study." New York Times 31 Oct. 1971: A22. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2006). Web. 8 Feb. 2010.

Article from Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Kohn, Abigail A. "Gun Control Laws Can Reduce the Incidence of Violent Crimes." Current Controversies: School Violence. Ed. Lucinda Almond. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2007. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 1 May 2008.

Article from JSTOR

Ransford, H. Edward. "Isolation, Powerlessness, and Violence: A Study of Attitudes and Participation in the Watts Riot." American Journal of Sociology 73.5 (1968): 581-91. JSTOR. Web. 14 Oct. 2008.

Literary criticism

Ditsky, John. "A Kind of Play: Dramatic Elements in Steinbeck's 'The Chrysanthemums'." Wascana Review 21.1 (1986) 62-72. Excerpt in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Anja Barnard and Anna Sheets-Nesbitt. Vol. 37. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 34-45. Literature Resource Center. Web. 12 Sept. 2008.

Kane, Tina. "The Doll's House–Katherine Mansfield." Masterplots II: Short Story Series. Ed. Charles May. Rev. Ed. Vol. 2. Pasadena: Salem, 2004. MagillOnLiterature Plus. Web. 8 Sept. 2008.

Rosefeldt, Paul. "Ibsen's A Doll's House." Explicator 61.2 (2003): 84-85. Academic Search Complete. Web. 28 Aug. 2009.

Map from Social Explorer

"2000 Census Tract – Ecuador." Map. Social Explorer Professional. Social Explorer, 2011. Web. 4 Apr. 2011.
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In the paper, explain the process of finding the map and data in Social Explorer (including the options and data sets selected), making it unnecessary to provide a map citation in the "Works Cited" list. Cite the Social Explorer database as a whole:

Social Explorer Professional. Social Explorer, 2011. Web. 4 Apr. 2011.

Table/data from Infoshare

A basic table:

"Total Population, Households, Families - 2000 Census ("Long form") - NYC Neighborhood Flushing." Infoshare.org. Community Studies of New York, n.d. Web. 7 Dec. 2009.

A complex area comparison table:
In the paper, explain the process of finding the data in Infoshare (including the options and data sets selected), making it unnecessary to provide a table title in the "Works Cited" list. Cite the Infoshare database as a whole:

Infoshare.org. Community Studies of New York, n.d. Web. 7 Dec. 2009.

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