Elements of a citation in
the InfoTrac OneFile database
- The Citations List
page for any search displays article citations, such as the
following:
which usually
include:
- article
title, in the example above:
The melting point: vanishing
glaciers, impermanent permafrost, collapsing ice shelves,
rising sea levels. Are the latest facts about global warming
enough to get the Bush administration's attention?
- brief indication
of article content, in the example
above:
(Global Warming)(Cover
Story) This
information is given for some articles to give a clearer idea
of what the article is about abd if it is a special type of
article, such as an editorial or cover story.
- author(s),
in the example above: Paul Rauber.
- name and date of
the periodical, in the example above:
Sierra July-August 2003
- volume and issue
number of the perodical, in the example above: v88
i4 which means volume
88, issue number 4
- the page number
the article starts on and the number of pages and/or the number
of words in the article, in the example above:
p28(5) (1594 words) means
the article starts on page 28 and is 5 pages long and has 1594
words.
- To see the full record
page (complete article information, including abstract and full
text, if available) for any article, click on the title of the
article.
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last revised: 3-16-04 by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno,
CA
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