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MLA Works Cited: Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers

Type of source:

Using Noodlebib?

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

YCCC Library & Learning Center

9/2012

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