MLA Journal Article Citation

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. "Title of Article." Name of Journal Volume.Issue(Year): pages. Name of database. Web. Date of access.

Examples:

Warren, Elizabeth, and Jay Lawrence Westbrook. "Contracting out of Bankruptcy: An Empirical

     Intervention." Harvard Law Review 118.4(2005): 1197-254. JSTOR. Web. 16 Apr. 2009.

Barnett, W. Steven, et al. "Educational Effects of the Tools of the Mind Curriculum:

     A Randomized Trial."  Early Childhood Research Quarterly 23.3(2008): 1-21. Education

     Research Complete. Web. 21 June 2010.

MLA Online Databases: Sources for Periodicals and Books

To cite a work from a periodical in an online database, such as an article, a review, an editorial, or a letter to the editor, begin the entry with the standard information including author, title of the source, the container, and necessary publication information. 

Several of the databases that are available to you include articles from books. An entry of this type will include all of the basic information that is part of a citation for the print publication and will include the following items in sequence:

1.  Title of the container = database (italicized)

2.  Location = either URL or DOI

Articles in journals are often assigned Digital Object Identifiers, known as DOIs.  A DOI will continue to lead to an object online even if the URL changes. DOIs consist of a series of digits and sometimes include letters. When possible, cite a DOI instead of a URL.  It is important to remember that a database URL is entirely irrelevant if you have the database name.  

MLA Journal Article Citation

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. "Title of Source." Container 1, Number, Publication date, pages. Container 2, Location.

Examples:

Abel, Jaison R., and Richard Deitz. "Do the Benefits of College Still Outweigh the Costs?" Current Issues in

         Economics & Finance, vol. 20, no. 3, 2014, pp. 1-12. Academic Search Complete.

Capozzi, Rocco. "Revisiting History: Conspiracies and Fabrication of Texts in 'Foucault's Pendulum' and 'The

         Prague Cemetery.'"  Italica, vol. 90, no. 4, 2013, pp. 260-49. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24368406.

Lyons, Christina. "Restorative Justice." CQ Researcher, vol. 26, no. 6, 5 Feb. 2016, 121-44. CQ Press.

Minyoung, Ku, et al. "Using a Simulation-Based Learning Environment for Teaching and Learning about

         Complexity in Public Policy Decision Making." Journal of Public Affairs Education, vol. 22, no. 1, 2016,

         pp. 49-66. Education Research Complete.

Reppert, Steven M., et al. “Neurobiology of Monarch Butterfly Migration.” Annual Review of Entomology,

         vol. 61, 2016, pp. 25-42. Annual Reviews, doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-020855.

Sariaslan, Amir, et al. "Long-Term Outcomes Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury in Childhood and

         Adolescence: A Nationwide Swedish Cohort Study of a Wide Range of Medical and

         Social Outcomes." Plos Medicine, vol. 13, no. 8, 2016. MEDLINE Complete,

         doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002103.

Vaida, Bara. "Health Care Reform." CQ Researcher, 27 June 2016. CQ Press.

MLA ONLINE Magazine Article Citations

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. "Title of Source." Container 1, Day Month Year, pages. Container 2, location.

Examples:

“College Tuition Costs. ” Issues & Controversies, 22 Feb. 2010, Infobase Learning.

”Freedom of the Press on Endangered List.” USA Today Magazine, Aug. 2016, p. 1. Points of View Reference

         Center, Aug. 2016. 

Fuller, Ann. "Caring Holistically For Patients Is More Than A Platitude." Florida Nurse, 1 Dec. 2015, p.16. 

         Academic Search Complete.

Malsin, Jared, and Massimo Calabresi. "Turkey's Long Night Of The Soul." Time, 1 Aug. 2016,

         pp. 7-10. Academic Search Complete.

MLA ONLINE Newspaper Article Citation

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. "Title of source." Newspaper Title[City]* Publication date, version, number, Publication date, Location. Container 2, Location. (*If the city of publication is not included in the name of a locally published newspaper, add the city in square brackets after the paper's name.)

Examples:

“Another Olympics Saved by the Athletes:  The 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Despite Many Obstacles,

         Can Be Considered a Success.” Marin Independent Journal, section C, 22 Aug. 2016,

         p. 19. LexisNexis Academic.

Barry, Ellen, and Scott Shane. "Spy Swap with Russia Appears Imminent: Jailed Scientist's

        Lawyer Says Agreement on an Exchange Has Been Made." International Herald

        Tribune, 9 July 2010 p. 4. LexisNexis Academic.

Patterson, Matt. "Tornado Shelter under Construction at Putnam City Elementary School." Daily

         Oklahoman, 27 July 2015. Newspaper Source Plus, web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?

         vid=2&sid=d0680cce-51b4-4e7d-810efaa0646452c3%40sessionmgr106&hid=116&bdata=

         JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=2W61616208399&db=n5h.

Thomas, Jo. "Trial Begins in the Oklahoma City Bombing Case: Trial of Mc Veigh Starts in Oklahoma City 

         Bombing Case." New York Times, 25 Apr. 1997, p. A1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 

Stoddard, Scott. "Private Hiring Stalls, Home Demand Falls, but Factories Solid."

      Investors Business Daily, 1 July 2010, p. A01. Regional Business News.