Journals
The following is the format for citing journal articles.
In standard MLA Format, the information should appear as follows.
** Citation in text appears in Grey following the Works Cited Notation**
Journals are periodicals published for a professional or specialized audience. Omit an introductory article (the, a, an) in journal titles.
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With continuous pagination (paginated by volume): |
Last Name, First Name. “Title of the Article.” Journal Title Volume # (year of publication): page #’s.
Horvitz, Deborah. "Nameless Ghosts: Possession and Disposssession in Beloved." Studies in American Fiction 17 (1989): 157-67.
(Horviz 158)
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Paginated by issue: |
Last Name, First. “Title of the Article.” Journal Title Vol#.Issue# (year of publ.): pg #’s.
Bowers, Susan. "Beloved and the New Apocalypse." Journal of Ethnic Studies 18.1 (1990): 59-77.
(Bowers 62)
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Journal article reprinted in an anthology or collection: |
Berger, James. "Ghosts of Liberalism: Morrison's Beloved and the Moynihan Report." PMLA May 1996: 408-420. Rpt. in Toni Morrison: A Collection of Critical Essays. Ed. Teresa A. Burns. Charlottesville: UP of Virginia, 1990. 220-232.
(Berger 221)
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Online journal article: |
Sizer, Theodore R. "No Two Are Quite Alike." Educatonal Leadership 57 (1999): n. pag. 7 Feb. 2002 <http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edlead/9909/sizer.html>.
Mention in your text: "Sizer reports..." See section 6.4.1 of the MLA Handbook for more information.