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How to cite an on-line database...

  Last name, first name followed by a period.
  Title of the article in "quotation marks." with period inside the quotation marks
  Title of the magazine or newspaper in italic letters
  (issue date): in parenthesis followed by a colon
  pages n. pag.
  Service name (name of the database)
  Date of use or download in proper date format followed by a period - Ex:  09 Feb. 2005.

 Examples:  **Don't forget to indent second and third lines!

 "Gun Debate Heats Up as Ban's End Looms."  PR Week (02 Aug. 2004) pag. 05.  Infotrac. 09 Feb. 2005.

  Leinwand, Donna.  "Capital Abuzz Over New Team."  USA Today (30 Sep. 2004): pag. 03c.  Middle Search Plus. 09 Feb. 2005.