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MLA 9th Edition: Article in a Journal

Help with formatting an MLA research project, creating a Works Cited page and citing sources in the text.

Print Journal Article -- Template

Works Cited

Author. “Article Title.” Newspaper/Magazine/Journal Title, vol. #, no.

#, Publication Date, Page(s).

Print Journal Article -- Citation Examples

Works Cited

Matteson, Miriam L. “The Whole Student: Cognition, Emotion, and

Information Literacy.” College and Research Libraries, vol. 75,

no. 6, Nov. 2014, pp. 862-77.

Wilkinson, Rebecca A., and Gioia Chilton. “Positive Art Therapy:

Linking Positive Psychology to Art Therapy Theory, Practice,

and Research.” Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art

Therapy Association, vol. 30, no. 1, 2013, pp. 4-11.

Print Journal Article -- In-Text Citation -- Examples

According to Matteson, "A direct quote from the article" (865).

 "A direct quote from this article" (Wilkinson 10).

or

Typically, a paraphrased sentence will have the author's name

and the page number in parentheses at the end (Matteson 866). This is

another example of a in-text citation for paraphrased information

(Wilkinson 5).