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CITING GaleNet Sources (The following information is from the ThomsonGale website at http://support.gale.com/al/12/1/article.asp?aid=1467&bt=4.

"When citing electronic publications the goal is to provide enough information so that the reader can locate the article, either electronically or from the original print. This guide shows examples of citation information for articles and documents retrieved from the InfoTrac Web and GaleNet databases. The examples follow the recommendations set forth by the sixth edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers*. "

The citation elements to be included for work from a subscription service are in the following order:

  • Author
  • Article Title
  • Publication Name
  • Publication Date
  • Page Number/Range
  • Database Name
  • Service Name
  • Name of the library where service was accessed
  • Name of the town/city where service was accessed
  • Date of Access
  • URL of the service

Examples

InfoTrac Custom Newspaper

Mauch II, Thomas H. "Researchers Identify Alzheimer's

      Enzyme Inhibitor." Los Angeles Times 13 Apr. 2000:

      B2. InfoTrac Custom Newspapers. Thomson Gale.

      Mililani Public Lib., HI. 18 Apr. 2000
 
      <http://infotrac.galegroup.com>.

 

GaleNet Databases

"Saul Bellow." Contemporary Authors. 1999. Thomson Gale.

      Kodiak Community College Lib., AK.

      10 Apr. 2002 <http://galenet.galegroup.com>.  
 
 
Eisinger, Chester E. "Herzog: Overview." Reference Guide

      to American Literature, 3rd ed. 1994. Literature

      Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Hunter

      College Lib., New York. 10 Mar. 2002
 
      <http://galenet.galegroup.com>.  
 
 
Wachbroit, Robert. "Why Not Clone Humans?" Cloning.

      2000. Contemporary Issues Companion Series.

      Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Thomson Gale.

      Conroe High School Lib., TX. 10 May 2002
 
      <http://galenet.galegroup.com>.


"Joyce Carol Oates." Contemporary Literary Criticism. 

      Literature Resource Center. Thomson Gale. 

      Your Library, City, State. Day month year 

      <<http://galenet.galegroup.com>>.


Rozga, Margaret. "Threatening Places, Hiding Places: 

      The Midwest in Selected Stories by Joyce Carol Oates." 

      Midwestern Miscellany. 18 (1990): 34-44. Reprinted in 

      Contemporary Literary Criticism. Literature Resource Center.

      Thomson Gale. Your Library, City, State. Day month year 

      <<http://galenet.galegroup.com>>.