Citing an article from a database

Citing an article you found in a database is easy because it is usually already done for you.  Just look near the top or bottom of the article for information about how to cite the article.

Example:
This article about Stephen King in the library's Gale Biography Resource Center gave the following citation to be used in a student or researcher's bibliography:

"Stephen (Edwin) King." Contemporary Novelists, 7th ed. St. James Press, 2001.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC

Notice that the citation says that the article was reproduced in the Biography Resource Center database.

Citing a website

When you are citing an entire website, make sure to include as much of the following information as possible:

• Author of article or web page
• Title of web page or article
• Title of website (underlined)
• Publication date
• Name of organization that publishes website.
• Date you visited the website.
• URL of the website.

Example:

Farabee, Mike. "Introduction to Genetics". Online Biology Book. 2001.  Estrella Mountain Community College 25 Mar. 2006 <http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html>.