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MLA 9th Edition

Journal Article (Internet Source)

Template

Author. “Article Title.” Journal Title, vol. #, no. #, Year, Page(s). Database, DOI or permalink or URL.

Works Cited Page Example

Wheelis, Mark. “Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.”

Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 6, no. 6, 2000, pp. 595-600, doi:10.3201/eid0606.000607.

In-Text Citation Example

Narrative In-Text Citation

According to Wheelis, "A direct quote from the article" (599).

"A direct quote from this article; however, only include the page number if the electronic article has the publication page numbers" (Wheelis 598).

Parenthetical In-Text Citation

A paraphrased sentence will have the author's name and the page number, if available, at the end (Wheelis 600).