Becoming familiar with terms

When using the online databases to find articles, you will come across some of the following terms.

A periodical is a publication issued at regular intervals, such as newspapers, magazines and journals.
Example: New York Times, People

A citation is the information about a specific resource that identifies the title of the work, the author, date of publication and other information.
Example (MLA format): "Oregon Parents Indicted In Faith-Healing Death." Church & State 61.5 (May 2008): 3-22. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Hofheimer Library, Norfolk VA. 10 Sep. 2008 <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=32130174&site=ehost-live>.

Author	Article title	Magazine title	Publication date	Volume/issue #	Pages	Date article was retrieved
no author given - leave blank	Oregon Parents Indicted in Faith-Healing Death	Church & State	May 2008	61.5	3-22	10 September 2008

An abstract is a short summary of an article, book or other source.
Example: "The article reports that a grand jury has accused Carl Brent and Raylene Worthington who trusted on faith healing to treat their 15-month-old daughter Ava Worthington's respiratory ailment in Clackamas County, Oregon. According to medical officials, the ailment could have been treated with antibiotics. The Oregon legislators submitted a law that prohibits parents from treating severely ill children with prayer alone."

Full-text indicates that the entire article is available online; pictures, graphs, tables and photos may or may not be included.