Citing%20Periodicals

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MLA Documentation

• Citing Periodicals

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Months

• When writing the month of a publication in MLA,
  all months are abbreviated (i.e., Mar. for March)
  except May, June, and July. The format for the
  date in MLA is day, month, and year.
• Example

MLA Format
Daily/Weekly Publication 14 Oct. 2002
Monthly Publication Oct. 2002
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Titles

• In MLA, for newspaper titles, if the city of
  publication is not in the title, put the city
  name in brackets after the title, not underlined.
• Example
• The News-Gazette Champaign

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Non-Continuous Pagination

• If an article in a magazine or newspaper does not
  appear on continuous pages (for example, if the
  essay is interrupted by an ad, or if it is
  continued elsewhere in the source), in MLA, you
  may place a after the first consecutive
  page(s), indicating that the article continues
  elsewhere.
• Example

MLA Format
Page numbers (non-continuous) 42
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NEWSPAPERS
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Citing an Article from a Newspaper on the Works
Cited Page

• Newspapers are daily, sometimes weekly,
  publications. Here is the format for an article
  in a newspaper.
• Note These citations are for a hard-version of
  a newspaper article. This is not the citation
  for finding a newspaper article on an electronic
  database. This is also not the format for finding
  a newspaper online.
• Format

Last name, First name. Article Title.
Newspaper Title Date published pages of
article. Print.
Example
  Gottlieb, Jeff. 4 Hearts, 1 Marriage. Los
Angeles Times 1 Dec. 2004 A1. Print.
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MAGAZINES
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Citing an Essay from a Magazine on the Works
Cited Page

• Below are the examples for a magazine article.
  Magazines can be monthly or weekly publications,
  so make sure you note which it is.
• Note These citations are for a hard-version of
  an essay in a magazine. This is not the citation
  for finding an essay in a magazine on an
  electronic database. This is also not the format
  for finding a magazine online.
• Format

Last name, First name. Article Title.
Magazine Title Issue (if available), Date
published, pages of article. Print.
Example
  Oppenheim, Noah. Big Important Book of the
Month. Esquire Dec. 2004 58. Print.
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JOURNALS
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Citing an Essay from a Journal on the Works Cited
Page

• Below are the examples for an essay in a journal.
  Journals can be published monthly, bimonthly,
  quarterly, or yearly. Journals have an issue and
  volume number that will need to be in the
  citation.
• Note These citations are for a hard-version of
  a journal essay. This is not the citation for
  finding a journal on an electronic database.
• Format

Last name, First name. Essay Title. Journal
Title Issue.Volume (Date published) pages of
essay. Print.
Example
  Greer, Allan. Natives and Nationalism The
Americanization of Kateri   Tekakwitha. The
Catholic Historical Review 90.4 (2004)
260-72. Print.