Journal article (from a database) (MLA)

MLA-106

Works cited entries

Coles, Kimberly Anne. “The Matter of Belief in John Donne’s Holy Sonnets.” Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 68, no. 3, Fall 2015, pp. 899-931. JSTOR, doi:10.1086/683855.

Meyer, Michaela D. E., and Megan M. Wood. "Sexuality and Teen Television: Emerging Adults Respond to Representations of Queer Identity on Glee." Sexuality and Culture, vol. 17, no. 3, Sept. 2013, pp. 434-48. Academic OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=PPGB&sw=w&u=mlin_n_merrcol&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA343054749&it=r&asid=c78658b5b509de7c41177489da8e89ce/.

Macari, Anne Marie. “Lyric Impulse in a Time of Extinction.” American Poetry Review, vol. 44, no. 4, July/Aug. 2015, pp. 11-14. General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/.

Explain

List the following elements:

  • author's name
  • title of article, in quotation marks
  • journal title, italicized
  • volume and issue numbers ("vol." and "no." abbreviated)
  • date of publication (including the month or season, if any)
  • page number(s) of article, if any
  • name of database, italicized
  • DOI or permalink, if available; otherwise, URL for article or for database home page

NOTE: If the database does not provide a DOI or a permalink, but it has a URL that is long and complicated, your instructor may allow you to use the URL for the database home page (as in the third example). Check with your instructor.

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