MLA requires you to abbreviate the months in your publication date. Abbreviate them like this: (add the period!)
January = Jan.
February = Feb.
March = Mar.
April = Apr.
May = May
June = June
July = July
August = Aug.
September = Sept.
October = Oct.
November = Nov.
December = Dec.
| Journal Article (One Author) | |
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Components Author Last Name, Full First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Title of Journal, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database, DOI, Permalink, or URL. |
Example Philo, Joel. "Advances in Positive Organizational Psychology." Personnel Psychology, vol. 68, no. 3, 6 Sept. 2015, pp. 700-702. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/peps.12113_2. |
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Note: If the article has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), add the DOI to the end of the citation. If the article has both a DOI and a URL, only use the DOI. Note: If you only have one page use a singular p. instead of the double pp. |
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| Journal Article (Two Authors) | |
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Components Author Last Name, Full First Name, and Second Authors First and Last Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Title of Journal, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database, DOI, Permalink, or URL. |
Example McAuley, Andrew, and Simon Pervan. "Celtic Marketing: Assessing the Authenticity of a Never Ending Story." Journal of Consumer Behaviour, vol. 13, no. 1, 18 Jan. 2014, pp. 81-87. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1002/cb.1462. |
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Note: If the article has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), add the DOI to the end of the citation. If the article has both a DOI and a URL, only use the DOI. |
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| Journal Article (Three or More Authors) | |
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Components Author Last Name, Full First Name, et al. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Title of Journal, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database, DOI, Permalink, or URL. |
Example Smith, John, et al. "Can Sales Uncertainty Increase Firm Profits?" Journal of Marketing Research (JMR), vol. 53, no. 2, 29 Apr. 2016, pp. 199-206. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1509/jmr.13.0506. |
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Note: et al. is Latin for "and others" Note: If the article has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), add the DOI to the end of the citation. If the article has both a DOI and a URL, only use the DOI. |
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| Journal Article (No Author) | |
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Components "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Title of Journal, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database, DOI, Permalink, or URL. |
Example "Happy Champing." The Economist, vol. 444, no. 9307, 30 July 2022, p. 20. ProQuest, https://arapahoecc.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/magazines/ happy-champing/docview/2696489889/se-2?accountid=39001.
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| Note: If you only have one page use a singular p. instead of the double pp. | |
| Journal Article in Translation | |
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Components Author Last Name, Full First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Title of Journal, vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, Date of Publication, pp. First Page Number-Last Page Number. Name of Database, DOI, Permalink, or URL. |
Example Philo, Joel. "Advances in Positive Organizational Psychology." Personnel Psychology, vol. 68, no. 3, 6 Sept. 2015, pp. 700-702. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/peps.12113_2. |
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Note: If the article has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), add the DOI to the end of the citation. If the article has both a DOI and a URL, only use the DOI. |
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| Magazine or Newspaper Article | |
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Components Author Last Name, Full First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Title of Newspaper, Date of Publication, Name of Database (if from library database), DOI, Permalink, or URL. |
Example Carmel, Margaret. "Ninth House and Other Books Perfect for October." Idaho Press-Tribune (Nampa, ID), 17 Oct. 2021, NewsBank: Access World News, https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/ document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/ 185B6179DB0509B8. |