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Example 4:  Newspaper article from a library database
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The screen below shows a citation found in LexisNexis Academic, a LexisNexis database accessed on November 12, 2003. The important elements you will need for the citation have been identified. The model template is color-coded to match the example of what the citation will look like when it is filled in using the above information and the information in the record. As mentioned earlier, the library information and the URL will be: UMUC's Information and Library Services, http://www.umuc.edu/library/database.

Library Database Record:

Newspaper article

Model Template (color-coded to match the examples):

Author's Last name, First name. "Article Title." Newspaper Title

day (if given) month year: section pages. Database. Vendor

(if known). Library. Access date <http://www.umuc.edu/library/

database>.

Citation filled in:

Shindler, Dorman T. "Fact, Legend Paint Portrait of Indians."

Denver Post 30 Mar. 2003: EE-01. LexisNexis Academic.

LexisNexis. UMUC's Information and Library Services.

12 Nov. 2003 <http://www.umuc.edu/library/database>.

If you had used a print copy of this article that you obtained through interlibrary loan or in a library, your citation would omit the electronic resources information:

Shindler, Dorman T. "Fact, Legend Paint Portrait of Indians."

Denver Post 30 Mar. 2003: EE-01.

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