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MLA Documentation Help: Articles from Printed and Online Periodicals

This guide provides help with citation and documentation in MLA format

Article from a Scholarly Journal in Print (5.4.2)

Author.  "Title of Article."  Title of Journal volume.issue (year): pages. Print.

Scholarly Journal with volume number and issue number

Krolik, Richard. "Inventing Instant TV Traditions: George Stevens, Honoring Just About Everybody in Sight." Television

Quarterly 27.2 (1994): 69‑75. Print.

For journals with no volume number, give just the issue number.

Barba, Eugenio. "The Return of the Ancient Gods." New Theatre Quarterly 10 (1994): 323-326. Print.

Article from a Scholarly Journal Database (5.6.4)

Author. “Title of Article.” Tile of Journal volume.issue (year): pages. Name of database. Web. Date of access.

 Tolson, Nancy. “Making Books Available: The Role of Libraries and Librarians.” African American Review

32.1 (2007): 9-16. Education Research Complete. Web. 19 Sept. 2008.

For journals with no volume number, give just the issue number.

Article from a Scholarly Journal on the Web (5.6.3)

Author.  "Title of Article."  Title of Journal volume.issue (year): pages. Web. Date of access.

Denning, Peter J. "Business Designs for the New University." Educom Review 31.6 (1996):12-14. Web. 23 June 1998. 

For journals with no volume number, give just the issue number.

Article from a Magazine in Print (5.4.6)

Author.  "Title of Article." Title of magazine Date of publication: pages. Print.

Rosen, Craig. "Columbia, Geffen Offer Joy for Aerosmith Fans." Billboard 8 Oct. 1994: 8‑9. Print.

Article from a Magazine Database (5.6.4)

Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Date of publication: pages. Name of database. Web. Date of access.

Weymouth, Lally. "Dangerous Neighborhood." Newsweek 14 Dec. 2005: 31-34. Academic Search Premier. Web. 2 October 2006.

Article from a Magazine on the Web (5.4.6)

Author.  "Title of Article."  Title of magazine Date of publication: pages. Web. Date of access.

McGrath, Ben. “Third String Rummy.” The New Yorker 2 Feb. 2006: n. pag. Web. 26 June 2008.

Article from a Newspaper in Print (5.4.5)

Author. "Title of Article." Title of newspaper Date of publication, edition: Section and page numbers. Print.

Norris, Floyd. "Are 20 Years of Market Joy About to End?" New York Times 27 Nov. 1994, late ed.: F1. Print.

Article from a Newspaper Database (5.6.4)

Author. "Title of article." Title of newspaper Date of publication, edition: Section and page numbers. Title of

database Web. Date of access.

Peres, Judy. "Couple’s Divorce Entangles Frozen Embryos." Syracuse Post Standard 7 Aug. 2002, Final ed.: C12. New York

State Newspapers Web. 12 Dec. 2002.

Article from a Newspaper on the Web (6.7.2b)

Author.  "Title of article."  Title of newspaper Date of publication, edition: Section and page numbers. Web. Date

of access.

Richardson, Lynda. “Minority Students Languish in Special Education System.” New York Times 6 Apr. 1994, late ed.: A8.

Web. 19 Aug. 2007. 

Review (5.4.7)

Movie Review / Review in a Magazine:

Author.  "Title of Article."  Rev. of Title of Work, dir. by name of director. Title of Journal volume.issue (year): pages. Format.

Kauffman, Stanley.  "A New Spielberg."  Rev. of Schindler's List, dir. Steven Spielberg. New Republic 13 Dec. 1993: 30. Print.

Book Review / Review in a Newspaper:

Author.  "Title of Article."  Rev. of Title of Work, author of work. Title of Journal volume.issue (year): pages. Format.

Appleby, John. Rev. of Atonement, by Ian McEwan. Times Literary Supplement 7 July 2002: 785. Print.

Editorial (5.4.10)

Signed Editorial / Editorial in a Magazine

Zuckerman, Mortimer. “Are Order and Liberty at Odds?” Editorial. US News and World Report 5 Aug. 1996: 64. Print.

Unsigned Editorial / Editorial in a Newspaper

 “It’s Subpoena Time.” Editorial. New York Times 8 June 2007, late ed.: A28. Print. 

 

Letter to the Editor (5.4.11)

Letter in a Magazine or Journal

Carlos, Sabrina. Letter. New England Journal of Medicine 119.3 (2004): 54. Print.

 Letter in a Newspaper

Safer, Morley. Letter. New York Times 22 Oct. 1993, late ed., sec. 2:4. Print.

Article Reprinted in Another Source (6.7.4)

Journal Article Reprinted in a Source Found in a Full-text Library Database

Lee, Hermione. "Little Women." New Republic. 200.15 (1989): 38-40. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W.

Hunter. Vol. 232.Detroit: Gale, 2007. 35-63. Literature Resources from Gale. Web. 15 Sept. 2009.