Citing Sources
Tips by Elaine Buch
The following is a listing frequently questioned citing questions. Students need to continue referring to the DuPage High School District # 88 Writing Style Manual (pages 10 – 14) for examples of how to cite sources. The following examples are given in the MLA, Modern Language, format http://www.mla.org/main_stl.htm The fifth edition of the Handbook provides additional information on citing web sites. Check your LMC for more information.
The Electric Library
is a vast full-text collection containing millions of documents and images from respected publishers in these 6 distinct categories:The content is updated daily by satellite and other electronic media so students get the latest news and information as soon as it’s possible.
Whenever you have an Electric Library document (article, transcript, section of a book, photo, or map) open, all the bibliographic information is listed in a window at the top of the document. When you print or save it, these sources, will automatically accompany it, and can be used, as is, for informal style reports. However, for schools that require a formal method, the MLA Style is often used. Some illustrations follow that contract Electric Library format with the MLA format for the same citation.
E x a m p l e s
Magazine Article:
Leo, John. "Your Own Lincoln Bedroom" U.SNews & World Report 17
Mar. 1997.18 Electric
Library<Http://www.elibrary.com(17
Apr. 1997).
Newswire Article:
"White House to release fundraising documents." Reuters 25 Feb. 1997. Electric
Library
<Http://www.elibrary.com(17 Apr. 1997)
Newspaper Article:
Bunting, Glenn F., and Ralph Frammolino. "Up to 900 Donors stayed Overnight a White House Campaign: Many Clinton Backers used Lincoln Bedroom, official says.Numbers are called ‘staggering.’’’ Los Angeles Times 9 Feb. 1997, homeA
ed: A-1, Electric Library<Http://www.elibrary.com(17 Apr. 1997).
Book Selection:
Drew, Col. Dennis M. and Dr. Donald M. Snow. "The Eagle’s Talons: Chapter 5A
World War II." U.S.History. 1990. Electric Library<Http://www.elibrary.com(17 Apr. 1997).
TV or Radio Transcript
"Nightly Business Report" Nightly Business Report 13 Mar. 1997, Electric Library
<Http://www.elibrary.com(17 Apr. 1997).
ProQuest
ProQuest Direct® is a premier online informationservice. It provides powerful, convenient search and retrieval, right from the desktop, to one of the world's largest collections of information, including summaries of articles from over 5,000
publications, with many in full text, graphics, and full image format.
Author’s Last Name, First Name. "Article Title."
Publication Title Volume number. Issue number, Date of publication: Page range or Number of pages. UMI-ProQuest Direct. Date retrieved.
Schaefer, Bradley E. "Meteors That Changed the World." Sky sand Telescope v.96 n6. Dec. 1998: 8 pp.
UMI-ProQuest Direct. 29 Oct. 1998.
SIRS
Under Modern Language Association guidelines (MLA Handbook for Writers of Research papers, 4th ed.),the bibliography is called ""Works Cited," and the above article would be cited as follows:
Fisher, Arthur. "Attack on Ozone Science." Popular Science Oct 1997: 72-78
ATMOSPHERE, Ed. Eleanor Goldstein, Vol 3. Boca Raton, FL: SIRS,
1998.Art.79
Instead of footnotes, the author’s surname and article number is placed in parentheses within the body of the text. To document the article cited above: (Fisher, Art.79). If there are two or more works by the same author in the works cited list, add a shortened version of the title: (Fisher, Attach on," Art 79).
Note that the CQ Researcher and Issues and Controversies are cited in the same manner.
NET CITATIONS
Author of email message. Subject line of the message. (Online) Available email: Student@address.edu from Author@address.edu, date of document or, if date not available, date of download.
Gopher
Author. Title of gopher item. (Online) Available gopher://address/path, date of document, or if date not available, date of download.
FTP
Author. Title of item. (Online) Available ftp://address/path/filename, date of document, or if date not available, date of download.
Telnet
Author. Title of item. (Online) Available telnet://address, path, date of document, or if date not available, date of download.
World Wide Web
Author. Title of item. (Online) Available http://address/filename. date of document or, if date not available, date of download.
Usenet Newsgroup
Author. Title of item. (Online) Available news:newsgroup, date of document or, if date not available, date of download.
Online images
Description or title of image. (Online) Available http://address/filename, date of document or, if date not available, date of download.
Online sounds
Description or title of sound. (Online Sound) Available http://address/filename, date of document or, if date not available, date of download.
Online video clips
Description or title of video clip. (Online Video Clip) Available http://address/filename, date of document or, if date not available, date of download.