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MLA Style : Newspaper Articles

The title of the newspaper is listed after the article title
The title of the newspaper is underlined
There is no period at the end of the newspaper title
Do not put a period after the title of the newspaper
The date of publication follows in Day Month Year format
If there is a section and/or edition, a comma follows the date
If there is no edition or section, a colon ( : ) follows the date

Newspaper Article

Author. "Article Title." Newspaper Title Date of Publication, ed., sec.:

pages.

Sample:

This citation is for an article written by Marta Salmon called "These Books Can Help You Survive Homebuilding", published on September 27, 2001, in the newspaper, the Detroit Free Press on page 8 of section C of the final edition.

Salij, Marta. "These Books Can Help You Survive Homebuilding." Detroit Free

Press 27 Sept. 2001, final ed., sec. C:8.

Newspaper article with no edition or section:

Author. "Article Title." Newspaper Title Date of Publication: Pages.

Newspaper article with an edition:

Author. "Article Title." Newspaper Title Date of Publication, ed.: Pages.

Newspaper article with a section:

Author. "Article Title." Newspaper Title Date of Publication, sec.: Pages.

Newspaper article with an edition and section:

Author. "Article Title." Newspaper Title Date of Publication, ed., sec.: Pages.

Examples:

Brozan, Nadine. "Where Home is a Real Santuary." New York Times 16 June

2002, sec. 11:1+.

"Cold Weather Chills Home Building in Many States." Wall Street Journal 14

February 2002, Eastern ed.: B17.

If page and section are listed together:

"Home Building Was Off in April." New York Times 17 May 2002: C14.

Rosenberg, Geanne. "Electronic Discovery Proves an Effective Legal

Weapon." New York Times 31 Mar. 1997, late ed.: D5.

Author

The first part of a journal article citation is the author(s), which is the same for all formats of materials. See Authors page for more information

Article Title

The format for titles is the same in all periodical article citations
Capitalize the same as a book title
Article subtitles are treated the same as book subtitles
Separate title and subtitle with a colon ( : )
End the title with a period inside the end quotation mark
The article title and subtitle are surrounded by quotation marks

Author. "Article Title."

Example:

Hise, Greg. "Home Building and Industrial Decentralization in Los Angeles."
Newspaper Title

The title of the newspaper is listed after the article title
The title of the newspaper is underlined
There is no period at the end of the newspaper title

Author. "Article Title." Periodical Title
Publication Date

Authors are handled just like books
Authors - or the lack of an author -- are the same in all formats
Title of the article is capitalized correctly, ends with a period, and is place
Inside quotation marks
The title of the newspaper is underlined
Do not put a period after the title of the newspaper
The date of publication follows in Day Month Year format
If there is a section and/or edition, a comma follows the date
If there is no edition or section, a colon ( : ) follows the date

Author. "Article Title." Newspaper Title Date of Publication:

Example:

Salij, Marta. "These Books Can Help You Survive Homebuilding." Detroit Free

Press 27 Sept. 2001

Edition

If there is an edition listed (metro, national, late, etc.), a comma follows the date
Edition is abbreviated "ed."
Most edition titles are lower case other than words that would usually be capitalized
If there is no section, a colon ( : ) follows the edition
If there is no edition or section, a colon ( : ) follows the date

Author. "Article Title." Newspaper Title Date of Publication, ed.:

Example:

"Cold Weather Chills Home Building in Many States." Wall Street Journal 14

February 2002, Eastern ed.

Section

If the section of the newspaper is known, it is included immediately after the date
A colon ( : ) follows the section
Section is abbreviated "sec."
If there is no edition or section, a colon ( : ) follows the date.

Author. "Article Title." Newspaper Title Date of Publication, ed., sec.:

Example:

Brozan, Nadine. "Where Home is a Real Santuary." New York Times 16 June

2002, late ed., sec. 11:

Page Numbers

If there is no section or edition, a colon ( : ) follows the date
If the article is not on consequetive pages, use the + symbol
The last element (date, edition, section) before the page numbers is followed by a colon ( : )
A period follows the page numbers
Author. "Article Title." Newspaper Title Date of Publication, ed., sec.:

pages.

Example:

Rosenberg, Geanne. "Electronic Discovery Proves an Effective Legal

Weapon." New York Times 31 Mar. 1997, late ed.: D5.

Newspaper Article from Database

A periodical is considered a print periodical if you actually have the publication or a photocopy from the publication
If you accessed the article through a database (i.e. online) you need to add the database information to the basic periodical citation format we learned above
The basic citation for a newspaper article from a database is the same as a print article

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. "Title of Article." Name of

Newspaper Day Month Year, edition: section: Pages. Name of Database.

Dixie College Library, St. George, UT. Day Month Year you accessed

the article. <Main URL for database>.

Database Name

After the basic citation, information about the database is added
The first element added is the name of the database
The database name is followed by a period

One important note: EBSCOhost is NOT a database. The library subscribes to many EBSCOhost databases including: EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite, EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier, EBSCOhost Business Source Premier, etc.

It is important to include the full name of an EBSCO database because the purpose in doing a Works Cited list is so others can locate the same material.

Journal Article Citation. Name of Database.

Example:

Hise, Greg. "Home Building and Industrial Decentralization in Los Angeles."

Journal of Urban History 19.2 (1993): 95-125. EBSCOhost Academic

Search Elite.

Access Information

The next element is the access information
For all subscription databases, the access information is the Dixie College Library or Browning Library
Library or Browning Library
Subscription databases are those you must be on campus or use the off-campus access to use
Library is always abbreviated "Lib." in MLA citations
The library information is followed by a comma

Periodical Article Citation. Name of Database. Dixie State College Lib.,

Example:

Hise, Greg. "Home Building and Industrial Decentralization in Los Angeles."

Journal of Urban History 19.2 (1993): 95-125. EBSCOhost Academic

Search Elite. Dixie College Lib.,

Place of Acess

For all subscription databases, the place of access is St. George, UT
States are abbreviated with the same two letter abbreivations used for book place of publication
The place of access ends with a period

Periodical Article Citation. Name of Database. Dixie State College Lib., St. George, UT.

Example:

Hise, Greg. "Home Building and Industrial Decentralization in Los Angeles."

Journal of Urban History 19.2 (1993): 95-125. EBSCOhost Academic

Search Elite. Dixie College Lib., St. George, UT.

Date of Access

This is the date you accessed the article in the online database
The date is in the usual Day Month Year format
The date ends with a period.

Periodical Article Citation. Name of Database. Dixie State College Lib., St. George, UT.

Day Month Year.

Example:

Hise, Greg. "Home Building and Industrial Decentralization in Los Angeles."

Journal of Urban History 19.2 (1993): 95-125. EBSCOhost Academic

Search Elite. Dixie College Lib., St. George, UT. 15 June 2002.

Brief URL

A brief URL is the final element
A URL is a Uniform Resource Locator, the Internet address of a Web site
The URL is shortened to access only the database, not the article
The brief URL is enclosed in angled brackets ( < > )
The citation ends with a period
Shortened URLS for Databases : A list of shortened Internet addresses for popular library databases

Periodical Article Citation. Name of Database. Dixie State College Lib., St. George, UT.

Day Month Year. <Brief URL>.

Example:

Hise, Greg. "Home Building and Industrial Decentralization in Los Angeles."

Journal of Urban History 19.2 (1993): 95-125. EBSCOhost Academic

Search Elite. Dixie College Lib., St. George, UT. 15 June 2002.

<http://www.epnet.com/>.

All EBSCOhost database articles (Academic Search Elite, EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier, EBSCOhost Business Source Premier, etc.) will have the same shortened URL: <http://www.epnet.com/>.

Examples:

ProQuest Newspapers

Matesi, Ann. "Living Well." Professional Builder Dec. 2001: 40-50. ProQuest.

Dixie College Lib., St. George, UT.15 June 2002. <http://proquest.

umi.com>.

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe

Catalano, Joe. "Bells and Whistles." Newsday 28 June 2002, Nassau/Suffolk

ed.: C7. LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe. Dixie College Lib., St.

George, UT. 29 June 2002. <http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/>.

Magazine Article from Database:
Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. "Title of Article." Name of Magazine Day Month Year:
Pages. Name of Database. Dixie College Library, St. George, UT. Day Month Year you accessed
the article. <Main URL for database>.

Journal Article from Database:
Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. "Title of Article." Name of Journal Volume.Issue (Year):
Pages. Name of Database. Dixie College Library, St. George, UT. Day Month Year you accessed the
article. <Main URL for database>.

"New Remodeling Online Delivers Broad Range of Industry News, Product Data, Project Management Resources." Business Wire 13 Feb. 2002. ProQuest. Dixie College Lib., St. George, UT. 15 June 2002. <http://proquest.umi.com>.

CQ Researcher
Tanner, Jane. "Affordable Housing." CQ Researcher 9 Feb. 2001. CQ Researcher. Dixie College Lib., St. George, UT. 15 June 2002. <http://library.cqpress.com/>.

SIRS Knowledge Source
Jenior, Mary Margaret. "Solar Buildings for a Sustainable America." Solar Today Mar./Apr. 1994: 12-15. SIRS Knowledge Source. Dixie College Lib., St. George, UT. 15 June 2002. <http://sks9.sirs.com/>.