MLA Works Cited: Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers
Type of source:
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Work Cited Example:
In-text Example:
Choose this citation
As with all citations, enter the information provided
Your in-text citation must point to an item in your
type:
by your sources.
work cited list. Use the first word of your citation:
either the author or the title.
Journal article
Journal > Print tab if
Jaffe, Eric. "Mental Leap." Science News 170.10 (2006):
Example: (Jaffe 156).
you are using a print
154-157. Print.
copy
Separate the volume and issue numbers with a
period.
Journal article
Journal > Database tab
Jaffe, Eric. "Mental Leap." Science News 170.10 (2006):
Example: (Jaffe 156).
154-157. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 24 Aug. 2012.
from a database
like Academic
You can use the copy
Search Complete
and paste function here.
Magazine > Print tab if
Burke, Jessica. "Whispering Sweet Everything." Food
Example: (Burke 44).
Magazine
you are using a print
Magazine June 2012: 42-45. Print.
copy
When a magazine has a volume and issue number
use journal as your citation type.
Chang, Kenneth. "The Melting (Freezing) of Antartica."
Example: (Chang F3).
Newspaper article
Newspaper > Print tab
if you are using a print
New York Times 2 Apr. 2002, sec. F: 1+. Print.
copy
When there is no author use the full title (if brief)
Tip: When pages are not consecutive enter the Start
or a shortened version.
page number and > sign as the End number
Example: (“New Drug” G1).
Newspaper article
Newspaper > Database
from a database
tab
"New Drug Appears to Sharply Cut Risk of Death from
Include quotation marks.
Heart Failure." Washington Post 15 July 1993, sec.
like ProQuest
You can use the copy
Newsstand
and paste function here.
G:1. ProQuest Newsstand. Web. 27 Aug. 2012.
"Sea Phantoms and Superstitions." Encyclopedia of
Example: (“Sea Phantoms and Superstitions” 1150).
Encyclopedia
Reference Source >
article
Print tab
Occultism & Parapsychology. Ed. J. Gordon Melton.
4th ed. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 1996. 1149-51. Print.
Include quotation marks.
When citing familiar encyclopedias list only the
edition and/or the year of publication:
“Mandarin.” The Encyclopedia Americana. 1994 ed.
Example: (“Mandarin” 79).
Print.
Encyclopedia
Reference Source >
article from a
Database tab
"West Nile Virus." Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2012. N.
Example: (“West Nile Virus”).
database like
Encyclopaedia
pag. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Academic Edition. Web. 27 Aug. 2012.
Britannica Online
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