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MLA Citation Style Guide

This guide will provide outlines, examples, and tips for citing in 9th Edition MLA citation style.

Article Examples

Template: Article in a Scholarly Journal

Author’s Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Vol. number, Year, pp. number.

Example: Article in a Scholarly Journal

Edwards, Erin E. "Extremities of the Body: The Anoptic Corporeality of as I Lay Dying." Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 55, no. 4, 2009, pp. 739-64.

Template: Article in a Scholarly Journal from a Database (doi)

Author’s Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Vol. number, Year, pp. number. Database Name, doi.

Example: Article in a Scholarly Journal from a Database (doi)

Martin, Catherine. "Adventure’s Fun, but Wouldn’t You Rather Get Married?: Gender Roles and the Office Wife in Radio Detective Dramas." The Velvet Light Trap, 2014, doi:10.1353/VLT.2014.0015

Template: Article in a Magazine

Author’s Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine, vol. number, Day Month Year, pp. number, doi.

Example: Article in a Magazine

Reiter, Ben. "Five Against the World." Sports Illustrated, vol. 122, no. 3, 26 Jan. 2015, pp.52-55.

Example: Article in a Magazine from a Database (no doi)

Simienta, Bob. "God, Guns, and Oil." Christianity Today, vol. 61, no. 7, Sept. 2017, pp. 46-53. MasterFILE Premier, https://research-ebsco-com.libproxy.lamar.edu/linkprocessor/plink?id=2ec7bdec-e797-3bec-ad6d-d3e20c10a31a.

Template: Article in a Newspaper

Author’s Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper, Day Month Year, Edition, p. Page Number, Database Name, URL or permalink.

Example: Article in a Newspaper

Taschinger, Thomas. "Our Nation Perseveres Despite Problems." Beaumont Enterprise, 4 July 2017, 3 Star ed., p. A008.

Example: Article in a Newspaper from a Database

"Web-Savvy News ‘Dinosaurs’ Take a Page from History." USA Today, 13 Mar. 2006. EBSCOhost, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=73fbe5e9-94c1-3138-8078-f014f6d6b3ff.

Template: A Book Review

Reviewer’s Last Name, First Name. Review of Title of Book, by Author’s Full Name. Title of Periodical, Day Month Year, pp. number.

Example: A Book Review

King, Stephen. Review of The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sept. 2008, pp. 139-40.

Tips

MLA citation style requires a DOI for electronic articles when it's available.  If your citation doesn't include a DOI you can use crossref.org to verify a DOI isn't included for your article.  If there is no DOI, include the URL of the resource.