Style Guide: Understanding Electronic Resources for MLA Citing
Journal Article from a Subscription Service
Service: Gale Group
Database: Literature Resource Center

What is it?
A journal article.

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

Citation:

Curry, Renee. "Gender and Authorial Limitation in Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily'." The Mississippi
Quarterly 47 (1994): 391- . Literature Resource Center. Gale Group. CCAC Library,
Pittsburgh, PA. 8 Dec. 2003 <http://www.galenet.com/servlet/>.

Curry, Renee. - through - 47 (1994): 391- . -- Publication information for print version
391- . -- First page number in print source. Article is more than one page long
Literature Resource Center. -- Database name
Gale Group. -- Name of the 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://www.galenet.com/servlet/>. -- MLA allows use of URL for the search page if the URL for the article is too complex.

The database name and publication information for the print version are near the top of the page:
Additional information is on the bottom of the page. MLA does not require the date of the page when citing an article from a subscription service: