Library Guides: MLA Style: Articles

Journal Articles

Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol., no., date of publication, pp. Name of Digital Platform, URL/DOI.

Examples

Bowers, A. Joan. "The Fantasy World of Russell Hoban." Children's Literature, vol. 8, no.1, 1980, pp. 80-97. Project MUSE, muse.jhu.edu/article/245990.

Franke, William. "Paradoxical Prophecy: Dante's Strategy of Self-Subversion in the 'Inferno.'" Italica, vol. 90, no.3, 2013, pp. 343-64.

Smith, M. B. "To France and Back: New Circuits in American Poetry." Postmodern Culture, vol. 25, no.3, 2015. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/pmc.2015.0011.

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Magazine Articles

Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine, date of publication, pp. Name of Digital Platform, URL.

Examples

"Dendrophilia: Man Booker International Prize." The Economist, 21 May 2016, p. 77. Custom Newspapers, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA452743091&v=2.1&u=jcu_i&it=r&p=SPN.SP00&sw=w&asid=b42f588f9d8f16156e4857fd418526fb.

Johnston, Trevor. "Blue Valentine." Sight & Sound, vol. 26, no. 8, Aug. 2016, pp.36-37.

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Newspaper Articles

Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper, date of publication, pp. Name of Digital Platform, URL.

Example

Brantley, Ben. "On the London Stage, Love Doesn’t Just Hurt, It Kills." The New York Times, 8 Aug. 2016, www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/theater/on-the-london-stage-love-doesnt-just-hurt-it-kills.html.

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