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Citation Guides: MLA (Articles & Electronic Resources)

Help on citing sources

Article in an Academic Journal

*Note that when doing a citation for a popular magazine or newspaper you won’t need to include volume and issue number

Author last name, first name. “Title of article.” Journal title, Volume, Issue #, Date of publication, Page #s.

 

Foltyn, Jacque Lynn. “Dead Famous and Dead Sexy: Popular Culture, Forensics, and the Rise of the Corpse.” Mortality, vol. 13, no. 2, May 2008, pp. 153-172.

 

Article on a Website

The most frequently utilized internet resource is an article you find online. The formatting for that is as follows:

Author last name, first name. “Title of article.” Title of website, date of publication, URL.

 

Loofbourow, Lili. “Ted Lasso Has Been a Rom-Com All Along.” Slate, 20 Aug. 2021, https://slate.com/culture/2021/08/ted-lasso-episode-rainbow-a-romantic-comedy.html.

* If no author is provided begin an entry with the title of the article.

* If the site has no copyright date or other date of publication include the access date after the URL.

 

Article from a Library Database

Author last name, first name. “Title of article.” Journal title, Volume, Issue #, Date of publication, Page #s, Database name, DOI or Permalink to article.

 

*Article in Academic Search Premier:

Baade, Christina. “A Complicated Transformation: Beyoncé, ‘Blue,’ and the Politics of Black Motherhood.” Popular Music and Society, vol. 42, no. 1, Feb. 2019, pp. 42-60. Academic Search Premier, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=hlh&AN=134473464&site=ehost-live&scope=site&custid=092-700.

 

*Article in Opposing Viewpoints:

Coates, Ta-Nehisi. “The Legacy of Malcolm X.” The Atlantic, May 2011, Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A269875561/OVIC?u=sain32367&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=fb9b8234.

An Entire Website

When citing an entire website, it’s helpful to include your date of access if no publication date is available since websites can be updated frequently. Place the access date after the URL.

Website Title. Publisher, date of publication or copyright (if available), URL. Date of access (if applicable).

 

The Pluralism Project. Harvard University, 2021, pluralism.org.

 

eBook

Similar to citing a print book. The additions here are: including the format “E-book” after the title, the name of the eBook provider, and the eBook URL at the end of the citation (URLs aren’t needed if accessing a title that you own)

Author last name, first name. Title. E-book, publisher, publication date. Name of eBook provider, URL

 

Limón, Ada. The Carrying: Poems. E-book, Milkweed Editions, 2018. eBook Collection (EBSCO), https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=nlebk&AN=1868747&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=092-700&ebv=EK&ppid=Page-__-1.

 

Audiobook

Follow eBook formatting above but include narrator and “audiobook ed.” after the title.

Author last name, first name. Title. Narrated by ___ , audiobook ed., audiobook publisher, publication date. Name of audiobook provider, URL(if needed).

 

Philyaw, Deesha. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. Narrated by Janina Edwards, audiobook ed., Tantor Media, 2020. OverDrivehttps://mobius.overdrive.com/mobius-stchas/content/media/5696762

 

YouTube Video

“Title of video.” Website, uploaded by username/author, publication date, URL.

 

Arnie the Doughnut read by Chris O’Dowd.” YouTube, uploaded by StorylineOnline, 31 May 2018, https://youtu.be/6E67n1vZZjQ.

 

Other Streaming Video

Title of film. Directed by ____ , Film studio or distributor, Release year. Streaming provider, URL.

 

Screened Out. Dir. Jon Hyatt, Dark Star Pictures, 2020. Kanopy. https://stchas.kanopy.com/video/screened-out.

 

AI Tool

"Description of what was generated." AI tool, Specific version of AI tool, AI tool creator, date content generated, URL.

 

“Describe the symbolism of the green light in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald” prompt. ChatGPT, 13 Feb. version, OpenAI, 8 Mar. 2023, chat.openai.com/chat.

* example from the MLA Style Center: https://style.mla.org/citing-generative-ai/

 

X (Twitter) Post

Account name [@OnlineHandle]. “Text of tweet.” X, date, URL

 

Kyra [@criscesmoon]. “i wish someone understood the random very deep breath i have to take every once in a while throughout my day” X, 23 Aug. 2021, https://twitter.com/criscesmoon/status/1429702587255824387.

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