LibGuides: Leadership: Articles

How do I cite the library's databases?

When you cite a full text article retrieved from a library database, some citation styles require you to cite the database name and/or a URL. Here’s how Webster’s most-used citation styles address this issue:

APA (7^th): Requires that one include only the Digital Object Identifier / DOI if available. If there is no DOI listed in the database or on the article itself do not include any database information nor a URL.

MLA (9^th); Chicago; AMA; Harvard: If there is a DOI, add both it and the database name to the citation. If a DOI is not available, include the database name and provide the database permalink or, if no permalink, a URL. Our FAQ, finding a database permalink, shows how to obtain a permalink from two of our biggest database platforms, ProQuest and EBSCOhost.

Be sure to check the appropriate citation guide for how to properly format the citation in the style required for your assignment.

Request Books or Articles

For instructions and links to forms, see our Request Books or Articles page (U.S., international, and online users).

APA Citation Guide

APA documentation from Webster Writing Center
American Psychological Association (APA) style was developed by social and behavioral scientists to standardize scientific writing.
APA Formatting and Style (Purdue OWL)
Citation information from the Purdue Online Writing Lab
The Basics of APA Style tutorial
Tutorial that takes you step-by-step through APA citation.

Business Source Complete

Business Source Complete, our largest business and management article database, offers primarily scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles from a variety of publications. It is often the best place to start searching for articles.

Business Source Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
A great starting point for articles on business and management topics including peer-reviewed journals and classic publications such Harvard Business Review. Select Company Information from the navigation bar to search by company name and retrieve links to articles and SWOT, industry, market research reports.

Looking for a specific article or periodical, e.g Harvard Business Review?

Search the Journal / magazine / newspaper A-Z list to discover if the periodical you seek is one of more than 25,000 titles available full-text online or from the library in print.

Journals & Magazines list
If you know the title of the journal or magazine you need, use this list to see if articles from that periodical are available in an online database or on the library shelf.
How do I find articles from Harvard Business Review and other periodicals?

Additional Databases

The following databases may provide a different focus for your search. You might use them in addition to Business Source Complete (above).

ABI Inform (Proquest)
Covers thousands of periodicals including the full-text of articles from the Wall Street Journal.

PsycInfo (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
A database consisting of over 4 million abstract records of peer-reviewed literature in psychology, counseling and related fields, 1897- present.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
A major index for scientific, medical, technical, and social science journals - over 16,000 of which are peer reviewed. It also offers author profiles which cover affiliations, number of publications and their bibliographic data, references, and details on the number of citations each published document has received. It provides citation data for all 22,500 active titles such as journals, conference proceedings and books in Scopus and provides an alternative to the impact factor.