How to Cite an ERIC Document

Citing ERIC Documents in MLA Style

• 1

  List the last name and first name of the author. For example:

  Jones, Eli.

• 2

  List the title of the article in quotation marks, followed by a period. For example:

  "The Cost of College and the Quality of an American Education."

• 3

  List the name of the organization providing the report. For example:

  U.S. Department of Education

• 4

  List the year of publication in parentheses, followed by a colon. For example:

  (2010):

• 5

  List the inclusive page numbers of the document, followed by a period. For example:

  1-46.

• 6

  List the name of the database in italics, followed by a period. For example:

  ERIC.

• 7

  List the medium of publication, followed by a period. When citing an ERIC document, the medium of publication should appear as follows:

  Web.

• 8

  List the ERIC document number, followed by a period. For example:

  ED496788.

• 9

  List the date of access, followed by a period. This should appear in a day-month-year format. Abbreviate the names of months other than May to three letters. For example:

  15 Apr. 2011.

• 10

  List the URL in angle brackets at the end of your citation and close with a period. For example:

  <http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocsl/content_storage_11/0000519b/80/17/21/90.pdf>.

• 11

  Ensure that the finished citation appears in the following format:

  Jones, Eli. "The Cost of College and the Quality of an American Education." U.S. Department of Education (2010): 1-46. ERIC. Web. ED496788. 15 Apr. 2011. <http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocsl/content_storage_11/0000519b/80/17/21/90.pdf>.

  Remember to italicize the name of the database (in this case, "ERIC").

Citing ERIC Documents in APA Style

• 12

  List the last name and first initial of the author. For example:

  Jones, E.

• 13

  List the year of publication in parentheses, followed by a period. For example:

  (2010).

• 14

  List the title of the article, followed by a period. Capitalize only the first letter, and any proper nouns. For example:

  The cost of college and the quality of an American education.

• 15

  List the report number in parentheses and followed by a period. For example:

  (Report No. GHAB-BD-13-9).

  Omit this from your citation if no report number is listed.

• 16

  List the city, state and name of the publisher in the following format:

  New York, NY: United States Department of Education.

  If no publisher information is given for the document, omit this from your citation.

• 17

  List the ERIC document number in the following format:

  (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED496788).

• 18

  List the date of access and the name of the database in the following format:

  Retrieved April 15, 2011, from the ERIC database.

• 19

  Ensure that the finished citation appears in the following format:

  Jones, E. (2010). The cost of college and the quality of an American education (Report No. GHAB-BD-13-9). New York, NY: United States Department of Education. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED496788). Retrieved April 15, 2011, from the ERIC database.