Citations - Statewide: Articles from Database and Print

Article from Database and Print Citations in MLA

Color Coding Legend
Author(s) or Editor(s) Title of Book, Periodical, Album or Site Title of Article, Section, Chapter or Song Volume & Issue Medium of Publication
City of Publication Publisher Date Pages Other Information
Source In-Text Citation Works Cited Page Citations

Journal, Magazine or Newspaper Article from a Database

Format:


(Author last name page number).​

Example: 

(Junge and Nelson 642)

Format is the same as the print version but you need to add the name of the database and the date of your access.

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.Name of Periodical/Journal, Volume, Number, Day Month Year Published, pages. Name of Database, URL or DOI. Accessed Day Month Year.

Example:

Langhamer, Claire. “Love and Courtship in Mid-Twentieth-Century England.” Historical Journal, Vol. 50, no.1, 2007, pp. 173-196ProQuest, DOI:10.10107/S0018246X06005966. Accessed 27 May 2009.

Newspaper (Print Version)

If the newspaper is divided into lettered sections, provide the section designation before the page number when the newspaper does the same.

Format:
(Author last name page number).​

Example: 

(Brubaker LZ01)

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Newspaper, Day Month Year, Pages

Example:

Brubaker, Bill. "New Health Center Targets County's Uninsured Patients." Washington Post, 24 May 2007, p. LZ01

Magazine (Print Version)

Format:
(Author last name page number).​

Example: 

(Poniewozik 70)

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine, Day Month Year, pages

Example:

Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time, 20 Nov. 2000, pp. 70-71

Journal (Print Version)

Format:
(Author last name page number).​

Example: 

(Bagchi 47)

Format:

Author Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Journal, Volume, Issue, Date, Pages

Example:

Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, vol.15, no. 11996,  pp. 41-50