Citation Guide: How to cite JOURNALS

MLA Journal Article Citation

• Examples are not double-spaced, but your Works Cited list should be double-spaced.
• Examples do not show indented lines after the first line, but yours should be indented.

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. "Title of Article." Name of Journal, Volume, Issue, Publication Date, Pages. 

Example:
Hise, Greg. "Home Building and Industrial Decentralization in Los Angeles." Journal of Urban History, vol. 19, no. 2, Feb. 1993, pp. 95-125.  

Silverman, Rebecca, and Sara Hines. "The Effects of Multimedia-Enhanced Instruction on the Vocabulary of English-Language Learners and Non-English-Language Learners in Pre-Kindergarten Through Second Grade." Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 101, no. 2, 01 May 2009, pp. 305-14.  

MLA Online Journal Article Citation

• Examples are not double-spaced, but your Works Cited list should be double-spaced.
• Examples do not show indented lines after the first line, but yours should be indented.

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Name or initial. "Title of Article." Name of Journal, Vol, Issue, Date, Pages. Name of database, Link. Date of access.

Examples:

Lipsey, Mark W., et al. “Effects of the Tennessee Prekindergarten Program on Children’s Achievement and Behavior through Third Grade.” Early Childhood Research Quarterly, vol. 45, Jan. 2018, pp. 155–76. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.03.005. Accessed 23 March 2023.

Warren, Elizabeth, and Jay Lawrence Westbrook. "Contracting out of Bankruptcy: An Empirical Intervention." Harvard Law Review, vol. 118, no. 4, Feb. 2005, pp. 1197-1254. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/4093379. Accessed 16 Apr. 2009.