MLA Handbook (print)
These tools help organize and retrieve citations for books, articles, and Web sites. They then work with word-processing software to create properly formatted footnotes, citations, and bibliographies.
Citation trails are a great way to find additional resources related to a relevant article you already have. By examining works cited in your article, you can follow a "backward citation trail" to older research. These works would be listed in the bibliography, works cited, references, or similar section of an article or book chapter. To move into more recent research, you can follow a "forward citation trail" by finding newer articles citing the one you have in hand. Google Scholar, Web of Science, and PubMed all have "cited by" links which provide this forward citation trail. The video below provides a good explanation (through end of minute 2).
In Ebsco databases, just use the "Cite" tool at the right of any article's detailed description to see the correct citation formatting for many styles (APA, MLA, etc.).
This video shows how to create an alert in any Ebsco databases (look for the 
symbol, or look here for a complete list)
This video shows how to set search preferences and create email alerts in Google Scholar. Be sure to set your "library links" settings to search OhioLINK. Google also provides a detailed print guide.