Style Guide: Understanding Electronic Resources for MLA Citing
Magazine Article from a Subscription Service
Service: EBSCO
Database: MasterFILE Premier

What is it?
A magazine article.

Where did you get it?
From a subscription service. A subscription service provides magazine articles from many different magazines through a common gateway.

Citation:

Kulman, Linda. "He's Not Gun-Shy." U.S. News and World Report 6 Oct. 2003:19. MasterFILE
Premier. EBSCO. CCAC Library, Pittsburgh, PA. 8 Dec. 2003 <http://search.epnet.com>.

Kulman, Linda. -through- 6 Oct. 2003:19. -- Publication information for print version
19. -- Page number in print source. Article is one page or less in length
MasterFILE Premier. -- Database name
EBSCO. -- Name of subscription service
CCAC Library, Pittsburgh, PA. -- Library providing the service. Use this when accessing from off campus.
CCAC is providing the service.
8 Dec. 2003 -- Date page was accessed
<http://search.epnet.com>. -- MLA allows use of URL for the search page if the URL for the article is too complex. It is OK to use EBSCO's "persistent link."

EBSCOhost databases, such as this example from MasterFILE Premier, provide all the
information you need for the citation except the Library providing the service: