MLA 9th Edition Citation Guide
Articles

Works Cited Page Format:

Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, Pages. Database where found, DOI (if available).

Works Cited Page Example:

Bloom, Harold. "Literary Love." Yale Review, vol. 99, no. 1, 2011, pp. 15-26. Academic Search Complete, doi:10.1111/j.1467-9736.2011.00687.x.

In-text Citation Example:

...(Bloom 19).

Works Cited Page Format:

Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Page or Article." Name of website, Version number (if available), Name of Sponsor/Publisher, date of resource creation (if available), DOI (if available) or URL. Date of access.

Works Cited Page Example:

Perrone, Alessio. "Italy's Answer to Coronavirus is a Classic Published Almost 200 Years Ago." Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2020, lithub.com/italys-answer-to-coronavirus-is-a-classic-published-almost-200-years-ago. Accessed 4 Apr. 2020. 

In-text Citation Example:

Use the first item in your Works Cited entry (e.g. author, title, website, etc).

...(Perrone). 

Works Cited Page Format:

Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Newspaper, Day Month Year, Pages.

Works Cited Page Example:

Meyer, Diana L. "The Champions of Indianapolis: Two Centers Pay Tribute to Novelist Kurt Vonnegut and Madam Walker, the First Female African-American Millionaire." Star Tribune, 12 Jan. 2020, p. G6.

In-text Citation Example:

...(Meyer G6).

Works Cited Page Format:

Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical, Day Month Year, Pages.

Works Cited Page Example:

Lepore, Jill. "It's Still Alive." New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2018, pp. 86-91.

In-text Citation Example:

...(Lepore 88).

Works Cited Page Format:

"Title of Article." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Day Month Year of last modification, URL.

Works Cited Page Example:

"Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 30 October 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_cruciate_ligament_injury.

In-text Citation Example:

...("Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury").

Works Cited Page Format:

Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Word, Part of speech (if necessary)." Title of Encyclopedia or Dictionary, Edited by Editor's First Name Last Name, Edition, vol. Volume Number, Publisher Name, Date of Publication, pp. Page. URL or DOI (if necessary).

Works Cited Page Example:

Morehead, Philip D. "Pernicious, Adj." The New American Webster Handy College Dictionary, edited by Albert Morehead & Loy Morehead, 3rd ed., Penguin Books, 1995, p. 504. 

In-text Citation Example:

...(Morehead 504).