Basic Works Cited Entry
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Author's last name, Author's first name. "Title of the Article." Name of Publication volume.issue (Year): pages. Medium of publication. |
Additional information required in citations of electronic journals:
After the page numbers, include the name of the database or website the piece comes from, and include the date the information was accessed after the medium of publication.
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Brandt, Andrew. "Gummi Bears Trick a Fingerprint Scanner." PC World Aug 2004: 124-125. Academic Search Complete. Web. 10 June 2009. |
Magazines are cited differently than journal publications. See if you can spot the difference between the journal citations above and the magazine citations below.
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Davies, Paul. "Are ALIENS Among Us?" Scientific American Dec. 2007: 62-69. Print. |
Citations from magazines for the general public, such as Scientific American, Time, Newsweek, or People, do not require volume or issue number, and the date is not placed in parentheses.
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Mueller, Ned. "The Teddy Bears' Picnic: Four-Year-Old Children's Personal Constructs in Relation to Behavioural Problems and to Teacher Global Concern." Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 37.4 (1996): 381-389. Print. |
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Otgaar, Henry, Ingrid Candel, Harald Merckelbach, and Kimberley A. Wade. "Abducted by a UFO: Prevalence Information Affects Young Children's False Memories for an Implausible Event." Applied Cognitive Psychology 23.1 (2009): 115-125. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection. Web. 12 Aug. 2010. |
Additional examples and explanations for journal or magazine citations are found on pages 136-48 [print sources] and 190-93 [electronic sources] in the MLA Handbook (2009), or visit the websites listed on the MLA home page.