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How to Use Gale Academic OneFile

Get the basics, how to cite, how to link to articles and more.

APA

Every Gale article has a citation available. Look in the upper right corner of the article page and select Cite, then select APA

Change It Tips

  1. After pasting the citation in your paper, create a hanging indent. (follow this link to see how).
  2. Make it double spaced (follow this link to see how).
  3. Change the font to Times New Roman 12.


It Should Look Like

Berman, Lauren. "Dragons and serpents in J.K. Rowling's

Harry Potter Series: are they evil?" Mythlore, vol. 27,

no. 1-2, 2008, p. 45+. Gale Academic Onefile,

https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A188065412/AONE?u=txshracd2496&sid=AONE&xid=886d9525.

Accessed 16 Sept. 2019.

2. Now go to zoterobib

zoterobib is free and can create your APA 7 citation for you.

  1. Paste the DOI into zoterobib's entry box and hit Cite.
  2. zoterobib automatically generates a citation.  
  3. You have the option of editing the citation if needed, which sometimes happens with websites

MLA

Every Gale article has a citation available. Look in the upper right corner of the article page and select Cite, MLA will come up by default. 

Change It Tips

  1. After pasting the citation in your paper, create a hanging indent. (follow this link to see how).
  2. Make it double spaced (follow this link to see how).
  3. Change the font to Times New Roman 12.
  4. Remove the Accessed date from the end of the citation. 

It Should Look Like

Berman, Lauren. “Dragons and Serpents in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series: Are They Evil?”

Mythlore, vol. 27, no. 1-2, 2008, p. 45. Galego.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=gale|a188065412

&v=2.1&u =txshracd2496&it=r&p=gls&sw=w&asid=cbf27d207f8181c5cbcfb291b5464c27