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MLA 9th Edition: Journal Article from Internet Source

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

Journal Article (Internet Source) -- Template

Works Cited

Author. “Article Title.” Journal Title, vol. #, no. #, Year, Page(s).

Database, DOI or permalink or URL.
 

 

Journal Article (Internet Source) -- Citation Example

Works Cited

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.

Journal Article (Internet Source) -- In-Text Citation -- Example

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).

or

A paraphrased sentence will have the author's name and the

page number, if available, at the end (Wheelis 600).