Access from Home
If you want to access databases from HOME, click here:
Your account must be activated to access databases from home. If your account is not activated, then follow instructions to activate your account.
To activate your account and to access from home, you will need your LAUSD SSO (Student Single Sign On). If you don't have this information, you can get it from Ms. Rivas.
Problem with Links?
If the links are not directing you to the database search page, click on Digital Library below to access the full list of databases. Find the database you need there:
Participatory Action Research
EBSCO
Click on:
Student Research Center - High Schools
Academic Search Premier
and
Consumer Health Complete
Other sources
DATABASES:
Citation Examples
Here is some help in citing your sources for these databases or websites:
How to cite a database:
Editor, author, or compiler name. “Article title.” Name of
page. Date of resource creation. Name of
database. Medium of publication. Date of
access.
EXAMPLE
“Job description.” Acupuncturist. 2014. Career
Cruising. Web. 2 Dec. 2014.
How to cite a website/page on a website:
Editor, author, or compiler name. “Article title.” Name of
Site. Version number. Name of institution/
organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or
publisher), date of resource creation. Medium of
publication. Date of access.
EXAMPLE
Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web."
A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites.
A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web.
4 May 2009.
How to cite a book:
Last name, first name. Title of book. City of publication:
publisher, year of publication. Medium of
publication.
EXAMPLE
Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. Denver:
MacMurray, 1999. Print.
How to cite an image (photograph, painting, or sculpture)
Last name of artist, first name of artist. Title of work of
art. Date of creation. Institution where it lives,
city where it lives. Name of the website. Web.
Date of access.
EXAMPLE
Klee, Paul. Twittering Machine. 1922. Museum of
Modern Art, New York. The Archive. Web.
4 May 2009.
If the work is cited on the web only, then provide the name of the artist, the title of the work, the medium of the work, and then follow the citation format for a website. If the work is posted via a username, use that username for the author.
EXAMPLE
brandychloe. "Great Horned Owl Family." Photograph.
Webshots. American Greetings, 22 May 2006.
Web. 5 Nov. 2009.
Facts on File - Infobase
Gale Opposing Viewpoints
Citation Help
If you are using the Digital Library, almost every database you access will provide you with a Cite or Citation option. Clicking on the Cite or Citation link will usually give you the correct citation for the database that you are using. You always need to double-check your formatting, which you can do by checking Purdue's OWL or the handouts on this page.
If you would like in-text citation help for your paper, or help in writing a Works Cited page for your paper, use:
For help in creating a Bibliography or Works Cited page, use:
MLA Format is FREE!
