Creating Electronic Citations
Below are several examples of electronic sources modeled in MLA format. For more information, consult the
supplement that accompanies your Little Seagull Handbook – 2nd.ed (see your instructor for details), the Little
Brown Handbook (11th ed.), the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), or The MLA Style Center at https://style.mla.org/. If
a scholarly journal article or other source has no DOI, ask your instructor if he or she prefers a persistent link, a
shortened link (using Tiny URL), or no link.
Full-Text Scholarly Journal Article from Academic Search Complete
Guillamin, Julien, and Kate Hopper. “Successful Outcome in a Dog with Neurological and Respiratory Signs
Following Smoke Inhalation.” Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, vol. 23, no 3, MayJun 2013, pp. 328-34. Academic Search Complete, doi 10.1111/vec.12054.
Full-Text Journal Article from Project Muse (no DOI available)
Bennett, James R. “Blake and Wordsworth.” University of Toronto Quarterly, vol. 54, no. 3, Spring 1985, pp.
299-303. Project Muse, muse.jhu.edu/article/514714/pdf
Full-Text Scholarly Journal from MLA Bibliography (more than 2 authors)
Calhoun, Jeff, et al. “Deaf West Theatre and the Broadway Musical: Big River and Beyond.” Studies in Musical
Theatre, vol. 9, no. 1, Mar. 2015, pp. 85-104. MLA Bibliography, doi 10.1386/smt.9.1.851.
Full-Text Citation from Literary Reference Center
Hardy, Lucas. “No Cure: Anne Bradstreet’s Frenzied Brain.” Women’s Studies, vol. 43, no. 3, Apr. 2014,
pp. 318-31. Literary Reference Center, doi 10.1080/00497878.2014.884905.
Full-Text Citation from Humanities Full Text
Holladay, Hillary. “Black Names in White Space: Lucille Clifton’s South.” Southern Literary Journal, vol. 34,
no. 2, Spring 2002, pp. 120-33. Humanities Full Text, doi 10.1353/slj.2002.0005.
Full -Text Citation from SIRS Issues Researcher (popular source, no DOI available)
Khan, Adnan R. “European Lockdown.” MacLean’s, 29 Feb. 2016. SIRS Issues Researcher,
sks.sirs.com.
10/08/2013
Full -Text Citation from Opposing Viewpoints in Context (no doi available; ask your instructor whether
or not to include the URL)
Burke, Katie L. "Microcephaly Risk with Zika." American Scientist, vol. 104, No 3, May-June 2016,
p. 145. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, kidd.blinn.edu:2048/login?url=http://ic.galegroup.com
/ic/ovic/AcademicJournalsDetailsPage/AcademicJournalsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&pro
dId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-uery=&mode=view&displayGroupName
=Journals&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within
_results=&p=OVIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CA452585638
&source=Bookmark&u=txshracd2489&jsid=017ce0ddbf608b6ecdf0782087349748.
Ebook (more than 2 authors; ask your instructor whether or not to include the URL)
Turner, Daniel Cross, et al. Undead Souths: The Gothic and beyond in Southern Literature and Culture, LSU
P, 2015. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), kidd.blinn.edu:2102/ehost/ebookviewer/ebook/
bmxlYmtfXzk5MzQyNl9fQU41?sid=a618a3a1-b5ac-4e65-b489-aa62311b5509
@sessionmgr4004&vid=3&format=EB&rid=9.
Web Sites
United States, Congress, House, Committee on Ways and Means. Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Prevention Act
of 2016. House Report 114-567, www.congress.gov/114/crpt/hrpt567/CRPT-114hrpt567-pt1.pdf.
Goldschmidt, Debra. “Salmonella Outbreaks Are Being Caused by Turtles.” CNN, 19 May 2016,
www.cnn.com/2016/05/19/health/salmonella-turtles/index.html.
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