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MLA Citation Guide: Journal and Electronic Resource citation

Basic Journal Citation Format

Basic format for a scholarly journal or magazine:

Last name, first name. "Title of Article." Title of publication, Day Month Year, pages. 

And here is the format for a scholarly journal:

Last name, first name. "Title of Article." Title of publication, Volume, Issue, Year, Pages. 

Example:

Rapp, Davide. "Lights, camera, architecture!" Architectural Review,  vol. 237, no. 1416, 2015, p. 23.

 

Electronic Journal Citation Format

An Article accessed via an Online Database:

For online databases such as JSTOR and EBSCO, provide the title of the database italicized before the DOI or URL. If a DOI is not provided, use the URL instead. Including the date of access is optional.

Janjigian, Robert. “Pediatric Outpatient Specialties Center.” Hospitality Design, vol. 17, no. 2, Mar. 1995, p. 82. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asu&AN=9505150985&site=ehost-live. Accessed 20 Jan 2021.

Article in an Online Scholarly Journal That Also Appears in Print

When you cite articles from online scholarly journals, publications that appear in print but in this case were accessed online directly from the publisher's website, use the same format as for a print article, including the page range of the article,  but also provide the URL and the date of access.

Wheelis, Mark. “Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.” Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 6, no. 6, 2000, pp. 595-600, wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/6/00-0607_article. Accessed 8 Feb. 2009.

* Note that there is a different citation format for online-only scholarly journals--see Purdue OWL for details

Questions about citations not mentioned above?