Otis College LibGuides: Citation Guide (MLA 9th Edition): Magazine Articles

This page has been updated to MLA 9

Magazine Article from a Library Database

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle, if Any." Title of Magazine, Date of Publication, pp. page numbers. Name of Database.

For in-text citations, use (Author's Last Name Page Number)

Works Cited List Example	Weinstein, Becca. "Trying Before Buying." Psychology Today, May-June 2012, pp. 46-47. ABI/INFORM Global.
In-Text Citation Example	(Weinstein 46)

Note: While MLA 9th edition recommends including URLs, they can be left out when citing a work found in a library database. Accessed date is also optional.

Magazine Article from a Website

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle, if Any." Title of Magazine, Date of publication, URL. Accessed date.

For in-text citations, use (Author's Last Name)

Works Cited List Example	Cosh, Kolby. "Tiny Human Brains Threaten Giant Dinosaur Bones in Alberta." Macleans, 25 July 2012, www.macleans.ca/news/canada/a-blight-at-the-museum. Accessed 13 June 2016.
In-Text Citation Example	(Cosh)

Magazine Article in Print

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle, if Any." Title of Magazine, Date of Publication, pp. Page numbers.

For in-text citations, use (Author's Last Name Page Number)

Works Cited List Example	Loney, Sydney. "Family Fare." Today's Parent, Jan. 2012, pp. 59-61.
In-Text Citation Example	(Loney 59)

How to Cite When There Is No Author

If there is no named author, start the citation with "Title of Article."

"Title of Article: Subtitle if Any."

For in-text citations, use ("First Word or Words of the Title" Page Number)

Works Cited List Example

"Outsmart Your Cravings." Prevention, 30 Jan. 2008, p. 45.

In-Text Citation Example

("Outsmart" 45)

Note: This magazine article doesn't list an author, so the first word or words of the title are included in the in-text citation in quotation marks.

How to Cite When You Have Two or More Authors

If you have two authors, cite only the first author listed in the "Last Name, First Name" format. Authors' names are separated by a comma and the word "and" before the second author's name.

Last Name, First Name Middle Name, and Second Author's First Name Last Name.

For in-text citations, use (First Author's Last Name and Second Author's Last Name Page Number)

Works Cited List Example	Bosch, James Vanden, and David Crump. "Divorce and the Congregation." Books and Culture, Mar.-Apr. 2012, p. 22. Academic OneFile.
In-Text Citation Sample	(Bosch and Crump 22)

If you have three or more authors, cite only the name of the first author listed followed by a comma and "et al."

Last Name, First Name Middle Name, et al.

For in-text citations, use (Author's Last Name et al. Page Number)

Works Cited List Example	Kirwin, Liza, et al. “Regional Reports.” Archives of American Art Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, 1991, pp. 34–40. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1557718.
In-Text Citation Sample	(Kirwin et al. 34)