Click on the plus sign (+) or name of the source type to see examples below.
See also MLA Handbook: 9th Edition, pages 319-321.
Format:
Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Present." Title of Journal, vol. x, no. x, Year, pp. xx-xx. Name of Database, https://doi.org/xxxxxx.
Example for an article with a DOI number:
Cohler, Bertram J. "Life Writing in the Shadow of the Shoah: Fathers and Sons in the Memoirs of Elie Wiesel and Leon Weliczker Wells." International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, vol. 7, Mar. 2010, pp. 40-57. Academic Search Complete, https://doi.org/10.1002/aps.227.
or, for an article without a DOI number, use the database permalink for the location (URL without http://):
Gaudet, Janice C., and Diane Caron-Bourbonnais. "It's in Our Blood." AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, vol. 11, no. 2, 2015, pp. 164-176. Academic Search Complete, auth01.norquest.ca/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=103205001&site=eds-live&scope=site.
Format:
Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Present." Title of Journal, vol. x, no. x, Year, pp. xx-xx. Title of Website, URL without http://.
Example:
Fromm, Harold. "Sylvia Plath, Hunger Artist." The Hudson Review, vol. 43, no. 2, 1990, pp. 245-256. hfromm.net/Plath2.pdf.
Format:
Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Present." Title of Magazine, vol. x, no. x, Year, pp. xx-xx. Title of Database, Permalink URL without http://.
Example:
Wagamese, R. "Lemon Pie and Finding Ali." Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 1, 2007, pp. 8-9. ProQuest, proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=302&COPT=REJTPUcwJklOVD0wJlZFUj0y&clientId=59668&cfc=1.
Format:
Last Name, First Name "Title of Article: Subtitle if Present." Title of Magazine, Date, URL without http://.
Example:
Connolly, Jess. "Back to the Data Mine." The Walrus, 10 May 2016, thewalrus.ca/back-to-the-data-mine/.
Format:
Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Present." Title of Magazine, Date, pp. xx-xx.
Example:
Estroff Marano, Hara. "An Element of Protection: Magnesium is a Mineral Essential to Mental Health." Psychology Today, May-Jun. 2016, pp. 29-30.
Format:
Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Encyclopedia, edited by First Name Last Name, vol. x, Publisher, Year, pp. xx-xx. Title of Database or Website, URL without http://.
Example:
Gerstel, Naomi. "Gender Gap." Encyclopedia of Social Problems, edited by Vincent N. Parrillo, SAGE Publications, 2008, pp. 392-394. Gale Virtual Reference Library, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3074000241&v=2.1&u=edmo88243&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w&asid=d6ce18f534b0d0c6b66b8bb8391a6965.
Format:
Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Website, Date, URL without http://.
Example:
Griffin, Marie. "Sylvia Plath - Poet, Author: Great Talent in Great Darkness." Verywell, 24 Mar. 2015, www.verywell.com/sylvia-plath-poet-author-378742.
No Author and no Date:
“A Guide to Paris for Literature Lovers.” Girls Guide to Paris, girlsguidetoparis.com/guide-paris-literature-lovers.
See the tabs below for instructions for how to incorporate the names of one or more authors in your works cited entries.
When your source has only one author, you will write their name with last name first, then first name, followed by any initials.
For example:
When your source has two authors, include them in the order in which they are presented in the source. The first author will be written as last name, first name, but reverse this order for the second author, and put the word and in between the names. Add a label to identify the role, if it is different than author (such as editor)
For example:
When your source has three or more authors, write the name of the first author, followed by et al. (which means "and others"). The first author will be written as last name, first name.
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