Library Guides: MLA 8th Style Guide: Journal Article

Online Journal, Scholarly or Peer-Reviewed Article

Format

Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, vol. #, no. #, Publication Date, pp. inclusive page numbers. Title of Database, URL or DOI.

Examples

With a DOI:

Selden, Daniel L. “‘Our Films, Their Films’: Postcolonial Critique of the Cinematic Apparatus.” Postcolonial Studies, vol. 17, no. 4, Dec. 2014, pp. 382-414. Academic Search Premier, doi:101080/13688790.2014.986020.

With a URL:

Harker, James. “Misperceiving Virginia Woolf.” Journal of Modern Literature, vol. 34, no. 2, Winter 2011, pp. 1-21. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/jmodelite.34.2.1.

Print Journal, Scholarly or Peer-Reviewed Article

Format

Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, vol. #, no. #, Publication Date, pp. inclusive page numbers.

Example

Cima, Greg. “WHO Warns of ‘Post-Antibiotic Era'.” Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, vol. 244, no.12, 2014, pp. 1356-1357.

Common Exceptions

If there are 2 or 3 authors, include all names.

Example

Santifort-Jordan, Charlinda, and Todd Sandler. “An Empirical Study of Suicide Terrorism: A Global Analysis.” Southern Economic Journal, vol. 80, no. 4, April 2014, pp. 981-1001. Proquest Central, doi:10.4284/0038-4038-2013.114.

If there are more than 3 authors, use the first author’s name followed by et al.

Example

Schubert, Siegfried, et al. “Northern Eurasian Heat Waves and Droughts.” Journal of Climate, vol. 27, no. 9, 1 May 2014, pp. 3169-3207. Proquest Central, ezproxy.library.csn.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1522775436?accountid=27953.