Examples for Electronic Resources: (LexisNexis Academic)

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Article: Basic Format Author Last name, First Name (if given). "Title of Article." Title of Original Publication Day Month Year of Publication: length of article or inclusive page numbers, if available. Database name. Name of service. Name of library, Library's state abbreviation. Date you accessed article <URL of the source or, if the URL is long, the URL of the site's search page>.

For example (Magazine Article):

"Gas Guzzler: Alternative Fuel." The Economist 18 Nov. 2006, U.S. ed.: 629

words. LexisNexis Academic. LexisNexis. Modesto Junior College Lib., CA. 27 Nov. 2007 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/>.

For example (Newspaper Article):

Schachter, Ken. "Alternative Fuel: As Rare as a Fossil." New York Times 19

Mar. 2006, late ed.-final, sec.14LI: 7. LexisNexis Academic. LexisNexis. Modesto Junior College Lib., CA. 27 Nov. 2007 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/>.

For example (Law Review Article):

Frickey, Philip P. "(Native) American Exceptionalism in Federal Public Law."

119 Harv. L. Rev. 431 (2005):29936 words. LexisNexis Academic. LexisNexis. Modesto Junior College Lib., CA. 27 Nov. 2007 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/>.

For example (Newswire or Aggregate News Source):

"Apple Reinvents the Phone with iPhone." PR Newswire US 9 Jan. 2007.

LexisNexis Academic. LexisNexis. Modesto Junior College Lib., CA. 27 Nov. 2007 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/>.

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TV and Radio Broadcast Transcripts:

For example:

Levy, Ariel. "Ariel Levy, Columnist for New York Magazine, on Her Book

"Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture," and the Paradox of How Being a Sex Worker is Now considered Empowering and Dressing Like a slut is Liberation." Interview with Terry Gross. Fresh Air. National Public Radio. 28 Nov. 2006. Transcript. LexisNexis Academic. LexisNexis. Modesto Junior College Lib., CA. 27 Nov. 2007 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/>.

For example:

"Stupid Girls: Former Video Dancer Karrine Steffans and Singer Pink Discuss

the Objectification of Women." The Oprah Winfrey Show. BNO. 10 Apr. 2006. Transcript. LexisNexis Academic. LexisNexis. Modesto Junior College Lib., CA. 27 Nov. 2007 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/>.

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Blog: Basic Format Author Last name, First Name (if given). "Title of Entry." Weblog Entry. Title of Weblog. Date Posted. Database Name. Name of Service. Name of Library, Library's State Abbreviation. Date You Accessed Article <URL of the source or, if the URL is long, the URL of the site's search page>.

For example:

Bennett, Natalie. "Is Fashion Sex, Or Is Sex Fashion?" Weblog Entry.

Blogcritics.org Culture. 29 Mar. 2006. LexisNexis Academic. LexisNexis. Modesto Junior College Lib., CA. 27 Nov. 2007 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/>.

For example (Movie Review in a Blog):

Holmes, Chris. "Movie Review: Knocked Up." Rev. of Knocked Up , dir. Judd

Apatow. Weblog Entry. Blogcritics.org Video. 4 June 2007. LexisNexis Academic. LexisNexis. Modesto Junior College Lib., CA. 27 Nov. 2007 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/>.

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Legal Information: MLA recommends that you use The Blue Book: A Uniform System of Citation (Cambridge: Harv. L. Rev. Assn.) if you paper requires many legal citations. For additional legal examples see Basic Legal Citation from Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute.

Basic Format of Court Case:

Name of First Plaintiff v. First Defendant. Case No. Name of the Court that Decided the Case. Date of the Decision. Database Name. Name of Service. Name of Library, Library's State Abbreviation. Date You Accessed Article <URL of the source or, if the URL is long, the URL of the site's search page>.

For example (Court Case):

Alberto R. Gonzales v. Oregon. No. 04-623. Supreme Ct. of the US. 17 Jan.

2006. LexisNexis Academic. LexisNexis. Modesto Junior College Lib., CA. 27 Nov. 2007 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/>.

For example (California Statute):

Cal Health & Saf Code § 11362.5 (Deering, 2007). LexisNexis Academic.

LexisNexis. Modesto Junior College Lib., CA. 27 Nov. 2007 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/>.

For example (Law Review Article):

Frickey, Philip P. "(Native) American Exceptionalism in Federal Public Law."

119 Harv. L. Rev. 431 (2005):29936 words. LexisNexis Academic. LexisNexis. Modesto Junior College Lib., CA. 27 Nov. 2007 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/>.

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Company Profile Report:

For example:

"Apple Inc." 27 Nov. 2007. LexisNexis Academic. LexisNexis. Modesto Junior

College Lib., CA. 28 Nov. 2007 <http://www.lexisnexis.com/>.

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