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MLA 9th Edition: Journal Articles

What is a doi?

DOI Numbers for Journal Articles

Some electronic content like journal articles are assigned a unique number called a Digital Object Identifier (DOI). The DOI gives a way to find an article. If a DOI is provided for a journal article, include it after the page numbers of the article as "doi:doi number". 

If no DOI number is given, please use the perma-link as the URL. This is to avoid difficulties with links.

 

Journal Article from a Database with a DOI or Permalink

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

vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page

Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database, doi:DOI number or Permalink URL.

Works Cited List Example

Guillen, Jorge. "Does Financial Openness Matter in the Relationship

BetweenFinancial Development and Income Distribution in

Latin America?" Emerging Markets Finance & Trade, vol.

 52, no. 5, 2016, pp.1145-1155. Business Source Premier

doi:10.1080/1540496X.2015.1046337.

In-Text Citation Example

(Author's Last Name Page Number)

Example: (Guillen 1146)

Journal Article in Print

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

Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number- Last Page Number.

Works Cited List Example

Kushkova, Anna. "At the Center of the Table." Russian Studies in History,

vol. 50, no.1, 2011, pp. 44-96.

 Note: Give as complete a date as is provided. In this example only the year was given.

In-Text Citation Example

(Author's Last Name Page Number)

Example: (Kushkova 79)

Journal Article from a Website

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

Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page

Number- Last Page Number if Given, URL. Accessed Day Month Year site was visited.

Works Cited List Example

Elson, Peter. "A Comparative Analysis of Nonprofit Policy Network

Governance in Canada." Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and

Social Economy Research, vol. 6, no. 2, 2015, pp. 42-64, 

anserj.ca/anser/ index.php/cjnser/article/view/201/127. Accessed 

27 Jun. 2016.

 Note: Give as complete a date as is provided. In this example only the year was given.

In-Text Citation Example

(Author's Last Name Page Number)

Example: (Elson 44)

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)