Digital Resources
**The general rule is that you cite the source like you normally do, and then,
you add the database name, the url, and the accessed date.
1. An online book
Last name, First name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year of publication.
Example:
Jakovljević, Branislav. Alienation Effects: Performance and Self-Management in Yugoslavia, 1945-91. University
of Michigan Press, 2016. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1gk08f6.5, 6 Jan. 2017.
2. An online specialized reference from a database (our Salem Press books)
Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Title of Book, edited by editor name, Publisher, Year of publication.
Database Name, Web address. Accessed date.
Example:
Angel, Christina C. "Grunge Fashion." The 1990s in America, edited by Milton Berman, Salem Press, 2009. Salem
Online, online.salempress.com. Accessed 6 June 2017.
3. Scholarly journal article from a database
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. #, no. #, Year, pages. Database Name, Web address. Accessed
date.
Example:
Giry-Deloison, Charles. “France and Elizabethan England." Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, vol. 14,
no. 1, 2004, pp. 223-42. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3679317. Accessed 15 Aug. 2016.
Duvall, John N. "The (Super)Marketplace of Images: Television as Unmediated Mediation in DeLillo's White
Noise." Arizona Quarterly, vol. 50, no. 3, 1994, pp. 127-53. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/141446. Accessed
16 Aug. 2016.
4. Magazine from a database
Author last name, Author first name. “Article Title.” Title of the Magazine, Date Month Year, page entry range.
Name of Database, url, Accessed date.
Example:
Remnick, David J. "It Happened Here." The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2016, p. 54. Popular Magazines, go.galegroup.
com/ps/i.do?p=PPPM&sw=w&u=tel_s_tsla&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA472858347&
asid=caec9916cf2dc15418e6f16c561ccbb3. Accessed 6 Jan. 2017.
5. Newspaper from a database
Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of the article.” Title of the newspaper, First name Last name of any other
contributors, Version (if applicable), Numbers (if applicable), Date of publication, page range.
Examples:
Blake, Aaron. "Everything That Was Said at the second Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Debate, Highlighted."
States News Service, 9 Oct. 2016. Infotrac Newsstand, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=STND&
sw=w&u=tel_s_tsla&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA468373309&asid=11494d2547ad53d1e64b8
e4d98ac42d9. Accessed 6 Jan. 2017.
"Judge: Defendant's Rights Trump Those of Victims." Knoxville News-Sentinel [Knoxville, TN], 9 Oct. 2009.
Business Collection, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&sw=w&u=tel_s_tsla&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE
%7CA209342451&asid=302e260fa21803eabefb1b4496deae36. Accessed 6 Jan. 2017.
6. An eBook, such as Kindle or Nook
Cite the book as you would normally for a regular book, but add the edition type after the title.
Theile, Verena and Linda Tredennick. New Formalism and Literary Theory. Kindle ed., Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Last name, First name. Title of Book. Publisher, Year of publication.
Example:
Jakovljević, Branislav. Alienation Effects: Performance and Self-Management in Yugoslavia, 1945-91. University
of Michigan Press, 2016. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1gk08f6.5, 6 Jan. 2017.
2. An online specialized reference from a database (our Salem Press books)
Last name, First name. “Article Title.” Title of Book, edited by editor name, Publisher, Year of publication.
Database Name, Web address. Accessed date.
Example:
Angel, Christina C. "Grunge Fashion." The 1990s in America, edited by Milton Berman, Salem Press, 2009. Salem
Online, online.salempress.com. Accessed 6 June 2017.
3. Scholarly journal article from a database
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. #, no. #, Year, pages. Database Name, Web address. Accessed
date.
Example:
Giry-Deloison, Charles. “France and Elizabethan England." Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, vol. 14,
no. 1, 2004, pp. 223-42. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3679317. Accessed 15 Aug. 2016.
Duvall, John N. "The (Super)Marketplace of Images: Television as Unmediated Mediation in DeLillo's White
Noise." Arizona Quarterly, vol. 50, no. 3, 1994, pp. 127-53. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/141446. Accessed
16 Aug. 2016.
4. Magazine from a database
Author last name, Author first name. “Article Title.” Title of the Magazine, Date Month Year, page entry range.
Name of Database, url, Accessed date.
Example:
Remnick, David J. "It Happened Here." The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2016, p. 54. Popular Magazines, go.galegroup.
com/ps/i.do?p=PPPM&sw=w&u=tel_s_tsla&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA472858347&
asid=caec9916cf2dc15418e6f16c561ccbb3. Accessed 6 Jan. 2017.
5. Newspaper from a database
Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of the article.” Title of the newspaper, First name Last name of any other
contributors, Version (if applicable), Numbers (if applicable), Date of publication, page range.
Examples:
Blake, Aaron. "Everything That Was Said at the second Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Debate, Highlighted."
States News Service, 9 Oct. 2016. Infotrac Newsstand, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=STND&
sw=w&u=tel_s_tsla&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA468373309&asid=11494d2547ad53d1e64b8
e4d98ac42d9. Accessed 6 Jan. 2017.
"Judge: Defendant's Rights Trump Those of Victims." Knoxville News-Sentinel [Knoxville, TN], 9 Oct. 2009.
Business Collection, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&sw=w&u=tel_s_tsla&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE
%7CA209342451&asid=302e260fa21803eabefb1b4496deae36. Accessed 6 Jan. 2017.
6. An eBook, such as Kindle or Nook
Cite the book as you would normally for a regular book, but add the edition type after the title.
Theile, Verena and Linda Tredennick. New Formalism and Literary Theory. Kindle ed., Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.