Citing
Sources from a Professional Journal
For information on citing
URL's, see this link.
For more information on MLA format, try this link.
MLA (Modern
Language Association) Format
Sentence 1: Author's name
Sentence 2: Title of article.
Sentence 3: Publication and location information. This
includes:
Journal title
Volume
Year
Pages
That is, a citation looks like this:
Author's name. "Title of Article" . Publication and location information .
Details
Author
Type the author's name in this order: Last name, first name, initial.
Examples:
Springsteen, Bruce X. (1 name)
Smith, Joanne and Paul Robinson. (2 names)
Spratt, John, Tom Thumb, and Bruce X. Springsteen. (3 names)
For multiple authors, only the first author's name is reversed.
Title
Type the full title of the article. Put it in quotation marks. Note that the period at the end of this "sentence" goes inside the quotation marks.
Journal
Type the journal's name. Use the full name, not the abbreviation you found in your research. Italicize it or underline it.
Volume
Type the volume number of the journal. There are two kinds of volume numbers:
In this case, add the issue
number to the volume number with a “decimal point,” like this:
143.3
Year
Type the year of publication. Use four digits. Put it in parentheses, and follow with a colon before the page number.
Pages
Put the first page and the last page, separated by a hyphen. If the article is discontinuous, put commas between discontinuous pages.
Examples:
11-52
14-16, 27-29 (article discontinuous)
Examples
of a three-sentence citation:
Springsteen, Bruce X. "My Life in Asbery Park." Journal of New
Jersey Studies 77 (1968): 23-52.
Spears,
Britney. “Child Care: How to Do It Right.” American Journal of Pop Star Wisdom 128.2 (2008): 12-15.