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How do I find out when an All Music biography was published?

I’m researching a songwriter and am trying to trace the source of a piece of information. How can I find out when the songwriter’s biography was first published on All Music? 

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Hi Christy.

We do not publish the dates of our biographies because they may be updated over time as an artist releases new albums or have other life events.
 
Most commonly, people will cite the date they accessed the online information if the publish date is not available.
 

Basic Style for Citations of Electronic Sources (Including Online Databases)

 

Here are some common features you should try to find before citing electronic sources in MLA style. Not every Web page will provide all of the following information. However, collect as much of the following information as possible both for your citations and for your research notes:

 
  • Author and/or editor names (if available)
  • Article name in quotation marks.
  • Title of the website, project, or book in italics.
  • Any version numbers available, including editions (ed.), revisions, posting dates, volumes (vol.), or issue numbers (no.).
  • Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date.
  • Take note of any page numbers (p. or pp.) or paragraph numbers (par. or pars.).
  • URL (without the https://)  DOI or permalink.
  • Date you accessed the material (Date Accessed)—While not required, it is highly recommended, especially when dealing with pages that change frequently or do not have a visible copyright date.
  • Remember to cite containers after your regular citation. Examples of containers are collections of short stories or poems, a television series, or even a website. A container is anything that is a part of a larger body of works.
 

Use the following format:

 

Author. Title. Title of container (self contained if book), Other contributors (translators or editors), Version (edition), Number (vol. and/or no.), Publisher, Publication Date, Location (pages, paragraphs and/or URL, DOI or permalink). 2nd container’s title, Other contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication date, Location, Date of Access (if applicable).

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

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