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MLA Citation Guide (MLA 9th Edition): Magazine Articles

Magazines

Magazine article from a library database

Works Cited List Citation

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine, vol. Volume Number if given, no. Issue Number if given, Day Month Year of Publication, pp. Page Numbers if given. Database Name.


Notes:

  • If you are citing an opinion or editorial piece, add the following at the end of your citation: Op-ed.
  • If the article pages are not in consecutive order, list the first page number of the article followed by a plus (+) sign.

 

Examples

One author

Piore, Adam. “Is Bitcoin Too Big to Fail?” Newsweek, vol. 126, no. 10, 9 Apr. 2021. Canadian Business & Current Affairs.


Two authors

Kotkin, Joel, and Marshall Toplansky. "A New Age of Reconnaissance: Entrepreneurs are Leading the Way to Space." National Review, vol. 73, no. 5, 22 Mar. 2021, p. 28+. ABI/INFORM.


Three or more authors

Berman-Vaporis, Irene, et al. "The State of Women." National Geographic, vol. 38, no. 6, Dec. 2020, p. 32+. Gale Academic OneFile.


No author

"The Zoom Where It Happens." The Economist, vol. 439, no. 9243, 1 May 2021. Canadian Business & Current Affairs.
In-Text Citation

Required elements: 

  • If author is known, include author last name and page number (if given)
  • If author is not listed, include title of article and page number (if given). If the source has a long title, you may shorten it in your in-text citation by using the first word/phrase from the title.

 

Parenthetical style examples

(Lee)

(Kotkin and Toplansky 30)

(Berman-Vaporis et al. 35)

("The Zoom" 2)

 

Narrative style examples

Lee states that "insert quote here". 

Kotkin and Toplansky find that... (30). 

Berman-Vaporis et al. affirm that "insert quote here" (35).

Magazine article from a website

Works Cited List Citation

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine, vol. Volume Number if given, no. Issue Number if given, Day Month Year of Publication, URL.

Note: If you are citing an opinion or editorial piece, add the following at the end of your citation: Op-ed.

 

Examples

One author

Waite, Kevin. “The Bloody History of Anti-Asian Violence in the West” National Geographic, 10 May 2021, www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-bloody-history-of-anti-asian-violence-in-the-west.


Two authors

Seif, Martin, and Sally Winston. "Chronic Indecisiveness: Between a Rock and a Hard Place." Psychology Today, 9 May 2021, www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/living-sticky-mind/202105/chronic-indecisiveness-between-rock-and-hard-place.


Three or more authors

Smith, Marie-Danielle, et al. "The Rise and Fall of WE." Maclean's, 9 Sept. 2020, www.macleans.ca/longforms/we-charity-kielburgers-scandal/.


No author

"The Digital Currencies That Matter." The Economist, 8 May 2021, www.economist.com/leaders/2021/05/08/the-digital-currencies-that-matter.
In-Text Citation

Required elements: 

  • If author is known, include author last name and page number (if given)
  • If author is not listed, include title of article and page number (if given). If the source has a long title, you may shorten it in your in-text citation by using the first word/phrase from the title.

 

Parenthetical style examples

(Waite)

(Seif and Winston)

(Smith et al.)

("The Digital Currencies")

 

Narrative style examples

Waite states that "insert quote here". 

Seif and Winston find that.... 

Smith et al. affirm that "insert quote here".

Magazine article in print

Works Cited List Citation

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine, vol. Volume Number if given, no. Issue Number if given, Day Month Year of Publication, pp. Page Numbers.

Notes: 

  • If you are citing an opinion or editorial piece, add the following at the end of your citation: Op-ed.
  • If the article pages are not in consecutive order, list the first page number of the article followed by a plus (+) sign.


Example

Mull, Amanda. “Generation Work-From-Home May Never Recover” The Atlantic, Oct. 2020, pp. 30-2.
In-Text Citation

Required elements: Author last name, page number 

 

Parenthetical style example

(Mull 31)

 

Narrative style example

Mull states that "insert quote here" (31).
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