MLA Style Citation Examples

NOTE: To standardize permalinks/URLS, omit http:// or https://. When the permalink/URL is more than three lines, truncate it to the host name (do not use a shortening service website such as bit.ly) (p. 195-196.)

WORKS CITED (ONE AUTHOR)

(For more examples, see pages 138, 178, and 319-321 of the 9th edition)

Author(s) last Name, First Name and middle initial if provided. "Title of Article" Journal Title, volume, issue, publication date with abbreviated months, page numbers. Database, permalink/stable URL. 

Hlinak, Matt. "Hemingway's Very Short Experiment: From 'A Very Short Story' to A Farewell to Arms." Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, vol. 43, no. 1, spring 2010, pp. 17-26. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41756570.

IN TEXT 

(Hlinak 22).

 
WORKS CITED (TWO AUTHORS)

Pierce, Jennifer B., and Micah Bateman. "Song of 2000 Whitman Lovers." Chronicle of Higher Education, vol. 61, no. 17, Jan. 2015, pp. 10-12. EBSCOhost, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mzh&AN=2015870518&site=eds-live&scope=site.

IN TEXT 

(Pierce and Bateman 10).

WORKS CITED (THREE OR MORE AUTHORS)

Sableski, Mary-Kate, et al. "Children's Literature and Classroom Communities: Helping Teachers and Students Navigate Traumatic Events." Journal of Children's Literature, vol. 47, no. 1, spring 2021, pp. 134-140. EBSCOhost, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eue&AN=149982986&site=eds-live&scope=site.

IN TEXT 

(Sableski et al. 135).

NOTE: To standardize permalinks/URLS, omit http:// or https://. When the permalink/URL is more than three lines, truncate it to the host name (do not use a shortening service website such as bit.ly) (p. 195-196.)

WORKS CITED (ONE AUTHOR)

(For more examples, see pages 319-321 of the 9th edition)

Author(s) last Name, First Name and middle initial if provided. "Title of Article" Journal Title, volume, issue, publication date with abbreviated months, page numbers. Database, permalink/stable URL.

Mejeur, Cody. "Playing with Playthroughs: Distance Visualization and Narrative Form in Video Games." Digital Humanities Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 3, 2020, www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/14/3/000486/000486.html.

IN TEXT 

(Mejeur).

WORKS CITED (ONE AUTHOR)

(For more examples, see pages 158, 164, and 319 of the 9th edition)

Author(s) last Name, First Name and middle initial if provided. "Title of Article" Journal Title, volume, issue, publication date with abbreviated months, page numbers. 

Franke, Damon. "On the Snowcapped Peaks." Journal of English History, vol. 60, no. 5, fall 1993, pp.1-12.

IN TEXT 

(Franke 3).

WORKS CITED (ONE AUTHOR - No season, volume number, or issue number)

(For more examples, see page 323 in the 9th edition)

Author(s) last Name, First Name and middle initial if provided. "Title of Article" Magazine Title, volume, issue, publication date with abbreviated months, page numbers. Database, permalink/stable URL. 

Stone, Adam. Encouraging Creativity in Lesson Plans." Teach, July-Aug. 2020, teachmag.com/archives/11602.

IN TEXT 

(Stone).

WORKS CITED (ONE AUTHOR - With season, volume number, or issue number)

Kirsch, Adam. "The Classicist Who Killed Homer." The New Yorker, vol. 97, no. 16, 14 June 2021, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/14/the-classicist-who-killed-homer.

IN TEXT 

(Kirsch).

WORKS CITED (ONE AUTHOR)

(For more examples, see page 323 in the 9th edition)

Author(s) last Name, First Name and middle initial if provided. "Title of Article" Magazine Title, volume, issue, publication date with abbreviated months, page numbers. 

Rodriguez, Terri L., et al. Missed Opportunities: Troubling the Waters of Social Justice Teaching in an English Methods Course." English Education, vol. 52, no. 2, Jan 2020, pp. 114-134.

IN TEXT 

(Rodriguez et al. 131).

WORKS CITED (ONE AUTHOR)

(For more examples, see page 321-322 in the 9th edition)

Author(s) last Name, First Name and middle initial if provided. "Title of Article" Newspaper Title, Day month year of publication, permalink/stable URL or DOI. 

Cooper, Wilbert L., et al. "So You're Going Out Again. Do You Remember How to Dress?" The Wall Street Journal, 11 June 2021, www.wsj.com/articles/so-youre-going-out-again-do-you-remeber-how-to-dress-11623427839.

IN TEXT

(Cooper et al.).

WORKS CITED (Opinion or Editorial)

Editorial Board. "Lift Chicago's 10 p.m. Curfew on Liquor Sales: "'We are not Wheaton.'" Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2021, www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-chicago-liquor-sales-lightfoot-20210601-tt4unndnc5acblui67co7lfz3y-story.html.

IN TEXT 

(Editorial Board).

WORKS CITED (ONE AUTHOR)

(For more examples, see page 321-322 in the 9th edition)

Author(s) last Name, First Name and middle initial if provided. "Title of Article" Newspaper Title, Edition (when multiple ed. published in one day), Day month year of publication, page numbers.

Kingsley, Patrick. "With Thousands purged, Chaotic Turkey Struggles to Fill Void." The New York Times, late ed., 13 Apr. 2027, p. A1.

    IN TEXT

      (Kingsley).