In HLTH 1050, you will likely be asked to use MLA style when integrating sources into your work. It is very important to include in-text citations and a works cited page at the end of your papers. Failing to do so is plagiarism. To learn more, see the SLCC "Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities" entry on plagiarism. The good news is that creating and providing citations is not difficult!
The majority of the Library's databases, including ProQuest Central and OneSearch, have built-in citation generators. These help you to easily retrieve citations for your sources. The search engine Google Scholar also has a citation generator. There are also many you may choose to use online.
Note: Always consider the citations you pull from any citation generator to be drafts. You should review the citation for accuracy. You may need to fix spacing, indentation, capitalization, the number of authors listed in the citation, and URLs or DOIs, among other things.
DOI stands for "digital object identifier." It is like a barcode for digital articles. They are unique and as stable as possible. In MLA, use a DOI for an online source whenever possible. If there is no DOI assigned to the source, use the URL.
After opening an article in OneSearch, look for the tools icons above the article's title. Select the "Cite" icon (quotation marks), as seen in the image below.
Use the "Select Style" dropdown menu to select "MLA 9th Edition."
Review the citation for accuracy.
How to Use ProQuest Central's Citation Generator
After opening an article in ProQuest Central, look for the tools icons near the article's title. Select the "Cite" icon, as seen in the image below.
Use the drop-down menu to select the "MLA 9th - Title Casing" citation, as seen in the image below.
Review the citation for accuracy.
Example Draft Citation: Mackey, Tim K,PhD., M.A.S., et al. "Twitter-Based Detection of Illegal Online Sale of Prescription Opioid." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 107, no. 12, 2017/12//, pp. 1910-1915. ProQuest, https://libprox1.slcc.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/twitter-based-detection-illegal-online-sale/docview/1967813008/se-2, doi:https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.303994.
In this example, the credentials after the author's name needing removed, the slashes with the month ("/12//") needed removed after the year, the database name needed correcting (from ProQuest to ProQuest Central), and the automatically generated URL needed switched to the article's DOI.
When you create citations, pay attention to details, including punctuation and italics. Please note that MLA requires the use of hanging indents, which are difficult to demonstrate here.
Roche, Ann, and Alice McEntee. “Ice and the Outback: Patterns and Prevalence of Methamphetamine Use in Rural Australia.” The Australian Journal of Rural Health, vol. 25, no. 4, Aug. 2017, pp. 200–209. APA PsycInfo, https://doi.org./10.1111/ajr.12331.
Online scholarly journal article from a database (no DOI, 1 author)
Fedotov, Yury. “The Straw Men Reigniting an 'International War on Drugs': A Case for Multilateralism.” Brown Journal of World Affairs, vol. 25, no. 2, 2019, pp. 93–108. ProQuest Central, https://libprox1.slcc.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/central/magazines/straw-men-reigniting-international-war-on-drugs/docview/2244553842/sem-2?accountid=28671
Online scholarly journal article from a website (3+ authors, no page numbers)
Rosic, Tea, et al. "The Association between Cannabis Use and Outcome in Pharmacological Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder." Harm Reduction Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00468-6.
