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MLA 9th Edition: Magazine Articles

From a Database

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Title of Magazine, Date of

Publication, pp. page numbers. Name of Database. 

Works Cited List Example

Weinstein, Becca. "Trying Before Buying." Psychology Today, May-June

2012, pp. 46-47. ABI/INFORM Global. 

In-Text Citation Example

(Author's Last Name Page Number)

(Weinstein 46)

 Note: While MLA 8th edition recommends including URLs, please use the doi if available

Article in Print

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Title of Magazine, 

Date of Publication, pp. Page numbers. 

Works Cited List Example

 Loney, Sydney. "Family Fare." Today's Parent, Jan. 2012, pp. 59-61. 

In-Text Citation Example

 (Author's Last Name Page Number)

 (Loney 59)

Magazine Article from a Website

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any."Title of Magazine, Date of publication,

URL. Accessed access date.

Works Cited List Example

Cosh, Kolby. "Tiny Human Brains Threaten Giant Dinosaur Bones

in Alberta." Macleans, 25 July 2012, www.macleans.ca/news/

canada/a-blight-at-the-museum. Accessed 13 June 2016.

In-Text Citation Example

 (Author's Last Name)

 (Cosh)

Two or More Authors

Two Authors:

Author's Last Name, First Name, and Second Author's First Name Last Name.

Example:  Smith, James and Carly Phillips.

Two Author In-Text Citation:  

 (Author's Last Name and Author's Last Name Page Number)

 Example: (Case and Daristotle 57)


Three Authors: 


If you have three or more authors cite only the name of the first author listed with their Last Name, First Name Middle Name followed by a comma et al.

Example: Smith, James, et al.

Three Author In-Text Citation:

 (Author's Last Name et al. Page Number)

 Example: (Case et al. 57)