Journal Articles - MLA Style (8th Edition) Citation Guide.
Before we get to all the different cases that change the way to cite an article in your essay, we must clarify a couple of things first. There are more than two citation styles out there. But, we will cover only APA and MLA because these are the most common ones.
This video shows viewers how to properly cite scholarly journal articles in the MLA format. In your works cited page, the citation should begin by placing the author's last name first, followed by his first name. If there are multiple authors, all subsequent authors should have their first name first followed by their last name. Placing a period after this, the next item is the title of the.
How to cite a journal article in APA Style. Date published November 14, 2019 by Jack Caulfield. Date updated: May 15, 2020. An APA Style citation for a journal article includes the usual elements of an APA citation, plus the volume and issue number, the page range of the article, and a DOI (if available). Use the buttons below to explore the format.
MLA Journal Article Citation. Examples are not double-spaced, but your Works Cited list should be double-spaced. Examples do not show indented lines after the first line, but yours should be indented. Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. “Title of Article.”.
Many scholarly journal articles found in databases include a DOI (digital object identifier). If a DOI is available, cite the DOI number instead of the URL. “permalink,” which is a shortened, stable version of a URL. Look for a “share” or “cite this” button to see if a source includes a permalink.
If the author name is used within the text itself, only the page number is noted in the citation. Although MLA does not require that a DOI or URL be used in a reference, it is a good idea to do so, especially when the journal or your professor prefers it. An example reference in MLA style is as follows: Alonso, Alvaro, and Julio A. Camargo.
Year of publication: 1991, Put the year the article was published followed by a comma. Page numbers: pp. 442-453. If page numbers of article run consecutively, separate beginning and ending page numbers with a hyphen preceded by the abbreviation pp. Put the abbreviation p. if the article is only one page long.