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BPHS Media Center MLA Bibliographic Citation Guide

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES ACCESSED THROUGH THE INTERNET AP Images through the POWER Library

Kaster, Carolyn. “G-20 Leaders Meet During the Second Plenary Session.” AP Images. 15 Sept. 2009. Web.

22 Oct. 2009.

MasterFILE Premier

Wetzstein, Cheryl. “Teen Pregnancy Rate Reaches Record Low.” Insight on the News 30 July 2001: 33.

MasterFILE Premier. Web. 11 May 2011.

Literature Resource Center through the eiNetwork

James, Jamie. “A Review of The Basketball Diaries.” American Book Review Feb. 1980: 9. Rpt. in

Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter. Vol. 143. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 9.

Literature Resource Center. Web. 18 Feb. 2008.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Goldstein, Andrew. “A Win for the Kitties.” Time 24 June 2002: 20. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web.

18 Feb. 2008.

SIRS Researcher

Ball, Jeffrey. “Making Coal Clean Is Possible but Difficult.” Wall Street Journal-Asia 20 Mar. 2009: 16. SIRS Researcher.

Web. 3 Nov. 2009.

Student Resources in Context (reference article)

“Minamata Disease.” DISCovering Science. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center. Web. 18 Feb. 2008.

Student Resources in Context (critical essay)

Hale, John K. “Salinger’s the Catcher in the Rye.” The Explicator Summer 2002: 220. Student Resource Center. Web.

18 Feb. 2008.

Gale Virtual Reference Library—Endangered Species

“Panda, Giant.” Endangered Species. Eds. Sonia Benson and Rob Nagel. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Detroit: UXL, 2004.

180-83. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 5 May 2005.

Gale Virtual Reference Library—Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia Weilgart, Lindy. “Sperm Whales.” Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. Eds. Michael Hutchins, Dennis A. Thoney

and Melissa C. McDade. 2nd. ed. Vol. 15. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 73-80. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web.

5 May 2005.

Gale Virtual Reference Library—Novels for Students (original criticism)

Kryhoski, Laura. “Critical Essay on Schindler’s List.” Novels for Students. Ed. David Galens. Vol. 17.

Detroit: Gale, 2003. 161-63. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 17 Feb. 2006.

Gale Virtual Reference Library—Poetry for Students

“The Raven.” Poetry for Students. Ed. Marie Rose Napierkowski and Mary K. Ruby. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1998.

199-217. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 18 Feb. 2008.

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Gale Virtual Reference Library—Shakespeare for Students

“Romeo and Juliet.” Shakespeare for Students: Critical Interpretations of Shakespeare’s Plays and Poetry.

Ed. Anne Marie Hacht. 2nd ed. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale, 2007. 764-787. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web.

18 Feb. 2008.

Bloom’s Literary Reference Online

Mills, Clifford. “A Critical Perspective on the Writings of J. D. Salinger.” J. D. Salinger. Ed. Harold Bloom.

Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2002. Bloom’s Literary Reference Online. Web. 12 May 2011.

Salem Literature

Emsley, Sarah. “Pride and Prejudice and the Beauty of Justice.” Critical Insights: Jane Austen. Ed. Jack Lynch.

Pasadena: Salem Press, 2010. Salem Literature. Web. 11 May 2011.

World Book Student “Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA).” World Book Student. World Book, 2009. Web. 3 Nov. 2009.

INTERNET SOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC Professional Site

“Active Verb Tenses.” Chart. The OWL at Purdue. Purdue U Online Writing Lab, 2009. Web. 22 Oct. 2009.

Web Magazine Article

Tyre, Peg. “Standaridized Tests in College?” Newsweek. Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2007. Web. 22 Oct. 2009.

Online Encyclopedia

“Willem de Kooning.” Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009. Web. 22 Oct. 2009.

Reference Database

Eaves, Morris, Robert Essick, and Joseph Viscomi, eds. The William Blake Archive. Lib. of Congress., 26 Mar. 2009.

Web. 22 Oct. 2009.

PERIODICALS IN PRINT Magazine Article with Author

Ozment, Katherine. “Journey to the Copper Age.” National Geographic Apr. 1999: 71-79. Print.

Newspaper Article with Author

Bucsko, Jack. “Doing Hard Time to Hard Rock.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 20 Apr. 1999: B-1. Print.

Anonymous Article in Magazine

“Dubious Venture.” Time 3 Jan. 1994: 64-65. Print.

MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES Government Documents

U.S. Bureau of the Census. Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2001. 121st ed. Washington: GPO, 2001. Print.

Interview Broadcast on Television

Wiesel, Elie. Interview by Ted Kopel. Nightline. ABC. WABC, New York. 18 Apr. 2002. Television.

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Personal or Telephone Interview

Reed, Ishmael. Telephone interview. 10 Dec. 2007.

BOOKS One Author

Franke, Damon. Modern Heresies: British Literary History, 1883-1924. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 2008. Print.

Two or Three Authors

Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. The Craft of Research. 2nd ed. Chicago:

U of Chicago P, 2003. Print.

Editor, Translator, or Compiler (abbreviated ed., trans., or comp.)

Shell, Marc, ed. American Babel: Literatures of the United States from Abnaki to Zuni. Cambridge: Harvard UP,

2002. Print.

Article in a Multivolume Work with Editor (Contemporary Literary Criticism)

Giroux, Christopher, ed. “James Clavell, 1925-1994.” Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 87. Detroit: Gale, 1995.

1-20. Print.

Multivolume Work with Editor (Novels for Students—original criticism)

Winters, Kelly. “Critical essay on Oliver Twist.” Novels for Students. Ed. Jennifer Smith. Vol. 14. Detroit: Gale, 2002.

140-42. Print.

Reprinted Article Originally Published Under a Different Title (Opposing Viewpoints Series)

Fox, Justin. “Replacing Foreign Oil Imports with Alternatives Would Be Disastrous.” Energy Alternatives.

Ed. Barbara Passero. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2006. 54-58. Print. Rpt. of “Energy Independence Is a Disaster

in the Making.” Fortune 1 Mar. 2006.

Reprinted Article in Multivolume Work (Contemporary Literary Criticism)

Beaufort, John. “Fences’ Probes Life of Blacks in ‘50s.” The Christian Science Monitor 27 Mar. 1987: 23-24.

Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Sharon K. Hall. Vol. 50. Detroit: Gale, 1988. 267. Print.

Signed Encyclopedia Article

Sobieszek, Robert A. “Photography.” World Book Encyclopedia. 1998 ed. Print.

Work in Anthology with Editor

Bryan, James. “The Psychological Structure of the Catcher in the Rye.” Catcher in the Rye. Ed. Harold Bloom.

Philadelphia: Chelsea, 2000. 31-50. Print.

CD-ROM DATABASES Chronicle Career Library

“Electrical Engineers.” Chronicle Career Library. Moravia, NY: Chronicle Guidance, 2005. CD-ROM.

Choices

“Athletic Trainer.” Choices 2010. Oroville, WA: Bridges Transitions, 2009. CD-ROM. pen 5-12-11