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Magazine
MLA Works Cited
General tip
- DO NOT include Volume and Issue information in magazine article citations.
Magazine – Print version
Format:
Example:
- Poniewozik, James. "TV makes a Too-Close Call." Time 20 Nov. 2000: 70-71. Print.
Magazine – Electronic version
- URLs are no longer required. Only include URL if reader will be unlikely to find article otherwise or teacher requires it.
- Library Database: Provide the same information as you would for a printed journal article and add the name of the database in italics, and indicate the publication medium as Web and the date of access.
- NOTE - If there are no page numbers, or if the page numbers for each article in a journal appear in a new sequence for each item rather than continuously across the entire issue, write n. pag.
Format:
Examples:
- Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites 16 Aug. 2002: n. pag. Web. 4 May 2009.
- Junge, Wolfgang. "Nature's Rotary Electromotors." Science 8 Mar. 2009: 643-44. Science Online. Web. 29 Apr. 2005.
- Shapiro, Bruce. "The Executioner's Last Song." Nation 13 Apr. 2009: 5. Academic Search Premier. Web. 8 June 2009.