Print Article by a Single Author
General Format:
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. vol#, no. issue#, Date, pp. #-#.
For Example:
Mikulan, Krunoslav. "Harry Potter through the Focus of Feminist Literary Theory: Examples of (Un)Founded Criticism." Journal of International Social Research, vol. 2, no. 9, Nov. 2009, pp. 288-298.
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Electronic Article by a Single Author
General Format:
AuthorLastName, AuthorFirstName. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. vol#, no. issue#, Date, pp. #-#. Database, stableURL(without the http://) or DOI.
For Example:
Mikulan, Krunoslav. "Harry Potter through the Focus of Feminist Literary Theory: Examples of (Un)Founded Criticism." Journal of International Social Research, vol. 2, no. 9, Nov. 2009, pp. 288-298. EBSCO, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edo&AN=45126533&site=eds-live&scope=site.
Print Article by Two Authors
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AuthorLastNameA, AuthorFirstNameA, and AuthorFirstNameB AuthorLastNameB. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. vol#, no. issue#, Date, pp. #-#.
For Example:
Lewin, Beverly A., and Perpignan, H. "Recruiting the Reader in Literary Criticism." Text & Talk, vol. 32, no. 6, Nov. 2012, pp. 751-772.
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Electronic Article by Two Authors
General Format:
AuthorLastNameA, AuthorFirstNameA, and AuthorFirstNameB AuthorLastNameB. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. vol#, no. issue#, Date, pp. #-#. Database, stableURL(without the http://) or DOI.
For Example:
Lewin, Beverly A., and Perpignan, H. "Recruiting the Reader in Literary Criticism." Text & Talk, vol. 32, no. 6, Nov. 2012, pp. 751-772. ProQuest, doi:10.1515/text-2012-0035.
Print Article by Three or More Authors
General Format:
AuthorLastNameA, Author FirstNameA, et al. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. vol#, no. issue#, Date, pp. #-#.
For Example:
Brown, Stephen, et al. "I Can't Believe It's Not Bakhtin!: Literary Theory, Postmodern Advertising, and the Gender Agenda." Journal of Advertising, vol. 28, no. 1, Spring 1999, pp. 11-24.
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Electronic Article by Three or More Authors
General Format:
AuthorLastNameA, AuthorFirstNameA, et al. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. vol#, no. issue#, Date, pp. #-#. Database, stableURL(without the http://) or DOI.
For Example:
Brown, Stephen, et al. "I Can't Believe It's Not Bakhtin!: Literary Theory, Postmodern Advertising, and the Gender Agenda." Journal of Advertising, vol. 28, no. 1, Spring 1999, pp. 11-24. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4189097.
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¹ For more information see page 32 of the MLA Handbook 8th edition.
² See page 21 of the MLA Handbook to see how to format sources with two authors.
³ See page 22 of the MLA Handbook to see how to format sources with three or more authors.
¹¹ If a source is only one page, use p. instead of pp. See page 46 of the MLA Handbook 8th edition for more information.