Databases (like Lexis-Nexis)
MLA:
Wallis, Claudia, et al. “The New Science of Happiness.” Time. 17 Jan. 2005. Academic
[author.] [“article title.”] [periodical title.] [publication date.] [database name.]
Search Premier. Yale University Library. 11 Jan. 2006.
[library of access.] [date of access.]APA:
Wallis, C., Coady, E., Cray, D., Park, A., & Ressner, J. (2005, January 17). The new
[author(s).] [(publication date).]
science of happiness. [Electronice version]. Time. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier
[article title.] [[electronic version].] [periodical title.] [Retrieved from database name]
(AN 15599300).
[(document number in database).]Chicago:
18. Wallis et al., “The New Science.”
[fn. #.] [author last name, “shortened title.”]
[Shortened Chicago reference; see More Notes on Chicago Style for more information.]
[Note: In the Bibliography, Chicago style does not generally include date of access.]
[Note, also: In the Bibliography, Chicago style adds the URL (the Webaddress that begins with “http”), and does not name the database service directly if that name is part of the Webaddress.]
Several companies maintain databases that make it easier to find articles on the topic you’re researching. Using these databases is especially helpful for connecting you to scholarly sources, which have been vetted by experts in their field before publication. The Yale library system subscribes to many such databases, allowing you to access them for free. See Scholarly vs. Popular Sources for more information about using scholarly sources. If you use a service like this—such as Lexis-Nexis—to find an article that you then cite in your paper, you must include the database name in your Works Cited or list of References. (The principle is that you want your reader to know how to retrieve your source for further research.)
Note: You may notice that listing Internet sources often takes more time and care than listing print sources. Since the authorship and location of Web sources are harder to establish, readers need even more information in order to assess sources and to retrieve them for further study. See Special Demands of Internet Sources for more information.
Note, also: Although online versions of print sources are often more reliable than Online Journals or Private Websites, their reliability is no greater than that of their print versions. See Scholarly vs. Popular Sources for more information.
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