Tips for Works Cited or Bibliographies
Research Topics: Suggested Databases for Popular Topics
How to Create Work Cited for Books, Paper Magazines/Journals/Newspapers and Websites (APA & MLA)
Citation Makers | NoodleTools | Examples: MLA or APA | Examples: MLA or APA for Law | Examples: Turabian or Chicago
Video: How to Create an MLA Work Cited for Articles
How to Write a Paper & Examples of Research Papers
Click on the Database Title below and MLA and APA examples will open up in a new window!
DATABASE Work Cited TIP:
The "2nd half" of the database citation will use the same formula for all databases from that vendor -
database title. vendor name. library, library location, date. <vendor generic URL>.
See the alphabetical listing of all of our databases and the vendor listing below for database title and vendor information. A citation from any database will help you create a citation for any database from the same vendor!
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Academic Search Complete |
Lexis-Nexis (Academic Universe) Wilson Web Databases |
TIP: Copy/Paste the resulting citation into a word processing program, such as Microsoft Word.
- Noodle Tools
- Tool subscribed to my DCCCD Libraries. Set up a personal account and walk through the steps to creating your Work Cited. Saves all of your Work Cited to create a full list of your sources for you!
- Creating a Work Cited in MLA Format (video tutorial)
- Son of Citation Machine (APA & MLA)*
- Free citation maker for MLA and APA. If you have a word processor on the computer you are using, you can "drag" to select the resulting citation and copy/paste to the word processor.
- NoodleBibExpress (APA or MLA) *
- Scroll down the page and click on the link to NoodleBibExpress. At the end of the questions, you'll have your citation! Copy/paste the resulting citation to your word processor.l
- NCSU Citation Tool (APA & MLA)
- Knight Cite Creator
- ABC Citation Maker (APA and MLA)
- Easy Bib
- MLA citation maker. Allows you to SAVE the citation. IMPORTANT: Fill in all of the optional fields for a correct citation!
Alphabetical Listing of Databases, Vendors, & Generic URL's
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Newspapers, Magazines, Journals, Books, Web Pages...
- Newspaper & Magazines/Journals (online and print, not in an Online Database)
- Print Magazines and Newspapers (MLA - Color Coded)
- Print and Web Magazines and Newspapers (APA - Color Coded)
- Books: Examples for both MLA and APA (online and print)
- Books in Print (MLA - Color Coded Example)
- Books in Print (APA - Color Coded Example)
- Personal Photos
- Web Pages: Examples for both MLA and APA
- Web Pages (MLA - Color Coded)
- Web Pages (APA - Color Coded)
- All Kinds of Examples for MLA!
- How to Create Your Work Cited in APA
- APA Tutorial
- APA Work Cited Examples
- APA Examples for Various Databases
- Citation Examples**
- APA Work Cited Examples **
- Citation Examples, Including Databases
- APA Electronic Formats
- APA Research Style Crib Sheets
- APA Writer's Guide
- Citation Examples: APA (including databases)**
Additional MLA Examples:
Online Databases:
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Journal or Magazine Title Publication Date: page numbers. Database Name. Publisher of the Database. Library Used to Find Article, City and State Where Library Located. Date You Read the Article <URL of the Database/>.
For articles on more than one webpage, only the first page number is given.
- How to Create Your Work Cited in MLA
- MLA Work Cited Examples
- MLA Work Cited Examples
- MLA Examples
- MLA Examples (6th edition)
- MLA Examples for Popular Databases (6th edition)
- Examples of How to do a Work Cited Page (MLA)
- How to do a Works Cited Page (MLA, includes Cite Maker)
- Documenting Internet Sources in MLA
- Citation Examples: MLA**
- Citation Examples: Bible
- Citation Guide: Bibliography & In-Text (APA, MLA, Chicago)**
- Citation Examples: MLA & APA (Owl/Purdue)
- Includes tips on writing a research paper, evaluating information, sample outline, writing a thesis statement, and using quotes.
- Electronic Citation Examples: APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabin, CBE
- Electronic Citation Examples: APA, MLA
Supreme Court Cases
MLA lists the case title, U.S. Reports citation, page numbers, docket number, name of the court, year of decision, Internet address, and date of accessing the site
Fullilove v. Klutznick. 448 U.S. 448. 448-554. No. 78-1007. US Supreme Court. 1980. Online. LexisNexis(r) Academic. (5 August 1999).
APA lists the case title, U.S. Reports citation, year of decision, and Internet address.
Fullilove v. Klutznick, 448 U.S. 448 (1980) [Online] Available: http://www.lexisnexis.com/universe.
U.S. Code
MLA lists the title number, statute book of the U.S. Code, section, year, publication medium, name of computer service, and date of access.
42 US Code. Sec. 405. 1998. Online. LexisNexis(r) Academic. 5 August 1999.
The best guide to resources is a librarian who can help you in using the catalog, databases and the Web. A librarian can also assist you in selecting materials appropriate for your needs. Please ask at any service desk for information or assistance!
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