Query: citing Google Scholar

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I need the help of the wisdom of the flist! It's so long since I did any serious academic work (well, two and a half years, but a lot can change in that time...). I have an article that I found on Google Scholar, and GS links directly to a pdf file that you download, not to a website, so I assume that I cite it as I would any other online fulltext database, like EBSCO?? Is this a correct assumption?? Are people actually putting "accessed Google Scholar" and then whatever date?

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Thanks. I think the .pdf that links from Google is in fact from an online journal - I may see if it's still there and then I can provide the URL. Another similar example I have, however, does not exist except in a "cache" from Google scholar, so I guess then, that's what I'll need to cite. The style guide from the journal that sponsors the conference is MLA, which I'm familiar with but tends to be a bit on the side of over- rather than under - citing.