Here is the basic formula for an MLA citation for an online journal article.
Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages. URL or DOI. Date of Access.
Thorpe, Roland J. “Economic Burden of Men’s Health Disparities in the United States.” International Journal of Men’s Health, vol. 12, no. 3, Fall 2013, pp. 195-212. Academic Search Premier, https://doi.org/10.3149/jmh.1203.195. Accessed 27 May 2016.
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Option: Use this worksheet to guide you through the video above and provide you practice on citing and plagiarism concepts:
Include as much of the following as possible:
Author. Title of Source. Title of Container, Contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication Date, Location. Date Accessed.
| Part of the Formula | Examples and Explanation |
|---|---|
| Author. | • one author: Last Name, rest of name as presented in the source. (example: Williams, Fred Laurence.) • two authors: reverse name of first author followed by a comma, then second author’s first name and then last name. (example: Cordell, Barbara, and Jane Buckle.) • more than two authors: reverse the name of the first author, follow with a comma and et al. (example: Browne, Charlene, et al.) |
| Title of Source. | • Put name of source in italics. • HOWEVER, if citing an article or only part of the source, instead put that title in quotation marks with no italics: “Article Name.” |
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Title of Container, |
• When the source is part of a larger whole, the larger whole can be thought of as a container (example: a whole book is a container for a book chapter) • Put the title of the container in italics (if you have cited an article or part of the whole source container) |
| Contributors, | Example: edited by, |
| Version, | Example: 7th ed., |
| Number, | Any numbered sequence. Example: vol. 3, no. 7 |
| Publisher, | (however, no publisher is required for articles) |
| Publication date, | date as given on source but following this date style: 28 Jan. 2020, |
| Location. |
• Example of website: www.cnn.com (do not include http:// in the URL) |
