MLA Journal Article Citation

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. "Title of Source." Container, Number, Publication date, Location. 

Examples:

Elias, W. Jeffrey, et al. "A Randomized Trial of Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor." New England

            Journal of Medicine, vol. 375, no. 8, 2016, pp. 730-39.        

Levermann, Anders. "When Glacial Giants Roll Over." Nature, vol. 472, no. 7341, 2011, pp. 43-44.

Silverman, Rebecca, and Sara Hines. "The Effects of Multimedia-Enhanced Instruction on

         the Vocabulary of English-Language Learners and Non-English-Language Learners

         in Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade." Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 101, no. 2, 2009,

         pp. 305-14.

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. "Title of source." Container 1, Number, Location. Container 2, Location.

Examples:

Brusch, Anna M., et al. "Exploring the Link between Pholcodine Exposure and Neuromuscular Blocking Agent

            Anaphylaxis." British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, vol. 78, no. 1, 2014, pp. 14-23. Medline

            Complete, doi:10.1111/bcp.12290.

Jdaitawi, Malek, et. al. “Students’ Perspectives on University Experiences: The Role of Protective Factors in

            Students’ Lives.” International Education Studies, vol. 6, no. 7, 2013, pp. 239-246. ERIC,

            files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1068466.pdf. 

Oates, Wallace E., and Robert M. Schwab. “The Window Tax: A Case Study in Excess Burden.” Journal of

            Economic Perspectives, vol. 29, no. 1, 2015, pp. 163-179. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43194700.

Avoid citing URLs produced by shortening services (like bit.ly) since such a URL may stop working if the service that produced it disappears.  

The MLA Style Center provides guidance regarding the simplification of entries taken from online databases.  In order to aid the user, the location of an online work should be indicated by a URL or a DOI.  It is important to consider how easy it will be for users to find the article that is cited.  Since information that is found online is constantly changing, one could identify an EBSCO database by using EBSCOHost as Container 2; however, it is also correct to identify the specific database such as in the first example listed above. Medline Complete is an EBSCOHost database, but the specific entry will make it easy for users to find the article with ease.