Online encyclopedias. Examples from our collection.
ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE WITH AN AUTHOR:
Cooper, Kenneth S. “China.”
New Book of Knowledge. 2005. Grolier.
8 Nov.
2005 < http://go.grolier.com>.
Author of the article. "Title of the
article.” Title of the Encyclopedia. Version.
Name of Publisher.
Date visited/downloaded
<URL>.
Parker, Robert. “Middle Ages.” World
Book Online. 2005. World Book.
4 Oct. 2005 <http://www.worldbookonline.com>.
Author of the article. "Title of the
article.” Title of the Encyclopedia. Version.
Name of Publisher.
Date visited/downloaded
<URL>.
ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE WITHOUT AN AUTHOR:
"Human Body." Grolier
Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2005. Grolier.
Nov. 8 2005 <http://go.grolier.com>.
"Title of the article." Title of
the Encyclopedia. Version. Name of Publisher. Date
you visited/downloaded
<URL>.
"Great Depression." Encyclopedia
Americana. 2005. Grolier. 8 Nov. 2005
<http://go.grolier.com>.
"Title of the article." Title of the
Encyclopedia. Version. Name of Publisher. Date you visited/downloaded
<URL>.
ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE FROM INFOTRAC
"Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla." The Columbia
Encyclopedia. Edition 6.
2000. Infotrac Junior Edition. Gale Group Databases. 18 Apr. 2005
<http://infotrac.galegroup.com>.
The Discovering Collection is a database
on the ICONN/CONNECTICUT DIGITAL LIBRARY web site includes many important
reference works on world cultures and American
history.
When you search the database, scroll to the end of each article
and you will find a bibliographic citation to cut and paste like the examples
below:
"Nigeria." Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations,
10th ed. Gale Group,
2001. Reproduced in Discovering Collection. Farmington Hills, Mich.:
Gale Group. December, 2005
<http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC/>.
"Repeal of Prohibition, 1930-1933." DISCovering
U.S. History. Gale Mich.:
Research, 1997. Reproduced in Discovering Collection. Farmington
Hills, Gale Group. December,
2005
< http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC/>.