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MLA 9th Edition

Instructions for DOIs, permalinks and URLs

  1. In order of preference, MLA recommends the use of a DOI, then a permalink, and lastly the URL. 
  2. DOIs should include: https://doi.org/ in front of the DOI.
  3. Permalinks are more stable URLs, often provided in the SPC databases.
  4. URLs should not include the protocol http:// or  https://.
  5. Long URLs, generally more than three lines, should be truncated. Review the MLA style website for further details

Article in an Online Reference Book

Template

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Article Title." Book Title, edited by First Name Last Name, vol. #, Publisher, Publication Date, pp. xx-zz. DOI or permalink or  URL.


Works Cited Page Example

Works Cited

Botterill, Steven N. “Angela Da Foligno, Saint.” Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia, edited by Christopher Kleinhenz et al., vol. 1,

Routledge, 2004, pp. 35-36. Google Books, books.google.com/.

“Pendragon.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, 15 Dec. 2016, Wikimedia Foundation,  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendragon.

"United States." Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, edited by Timothy L. Gall and Jeneen M. Hobby, 12th ed., vol. 3,

Thomson Gale, 2007, pp. 499-548. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2586700176/GVRL

u=lincclin_spjc&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=952a5b3e. 

 

In-Text Citation Examples

Narrative In-Text Citation

According to Botterill, "A direct quote from the article" (35). Only include the page number if the electronic article has the publication page numbers ("Pendragon).

Parenthetical In-Text Citation

Typically, a paraphrased sentence will have the author's name and the page number, if available, at the end. When paraphrasing from an article without a named author, use the title of the article for the citation and the page number if available ("United States" 502).