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WHAT IT IS: LORA is an online library resource. It is not the same as the library catalog; instead, it is meant to supplement the library’s collection. It is composed of numerous databases, many of which feature access to periodical articles, websites, e-journals, etc.
TO ACCESS LORA: Access the Internet. Go to http://libraries.ou.edu/. Insert your log in information. Move the cursor over “Resources” on the left side of the screen, and click on “LORA.” It may be a good idea to click on “Databases” and browse the collection to gain a better understanding of the resources available; not all subject specific databases are listed by the first letter of the subject (e.g., one math database is listed under “A” because the database is titled American Mathematical Society). Good databases for non-subject specific information are Academic Search Elite, Article 1st, and ERIC.
TO CITE LORA: There is much confusion about citing online sources. Periodical articles accessed through LORA can be cited either as a print periodical source or a website, depending on the format of the article. If the article appears to be a photocopy of the original article, then the citation style is generally similar to citing a print article; these articles can typically be identified because the page numbers of the print version appear on the pages and the file opens in PDF format. However, articles only providing an HTML link must be cited as an Internet source. Below are the citation instructions for the most common citation formats. Please see other handouts for print and Internet citation directions.
MLA
IF ARTICLE IS COPY OF PRINT VERSION:
Author’s last name, Author’s first name. “Title of article.” Periodical Title volume # copyright date: page #(s).
Doe, Jane. “Why I like cats.” Animals at Home 4 (April 2000): 15-130.
IF ARTICLE DIFFERS FROM PRINT VERSION:
Author’s last name, Author’s first name. “Title of article.” Periodical Title volume # copyright
date: page #(s). Day Month Year of retrieval <URL address>.
Doe, Jane. “Why I like cats.” Animals at Home 4 April 2000: 15-130. 31 February 2001 <http://somewebsiteaddress.html>.
APA
IF ARTICLE IS COPY OF PRINT VERSION:
Author’s last name, Author’s first name. (copyright date). Title of article [Electronic version]. Periodical Title, volume #, page #(s).
Doe, Jane. (2000). Why I like cats [Electronic version]. Animals at Home, 4, 15-130.
IF ARTICLE DIFFERS FROM PRINT VERSION:
Author’s last name, Author’s first name. (copyright date). Title of article [Electronic version]. Periodical Title, volume #. Retrieved month day, year, from URL address.
Doe, Jane. (2000). Why I like cats [Electronic version]. Animals at Home, 4. Retrieved February 31, 2001, from http://somewebsiteaddress.html.
CHICAGO & TURABIAN
IF ARTICLE IS COPY OF PRINT VERSION or DIFFERS FROM PRINT VERSION:
Author’s last name, Author’s first name. Copyright Year. Title of article. Periodical Title volume #, no. # (Month Date): page(s). URL address.
Testa, Bernard, and Lampont B. Kier. 2000. Emergency and Dissolvence in the Self-Organisation of Complex Systems. Entropy 2, no. 1 (March):1-25. http://www/mdpi.org/entropy/papers/e2010001.pdf.
American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. (5th ed.). Washington, D.C
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 5th ed. New York: Modern Language Association, 1999.
University of Chicago. 2003. The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
