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MLA Style Guide, 9th Edition: Journal Article

Journal Article

Material Type In-text Citation Works Cited
Article from a print journal (Dukes 1)   

Dukes, Charlene. "Recognizing our Camelot Moment." Community College Journal, vol. 86 no. 5, Apr./May 2016, p. 1. 

Article from a scholarly journal in a database

(Tucker et al. 159)

Tucker, Virginia M., et al. “Learning Portals: Analyzing Threshold Concept Theory for LIS Education.” Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, vol. 55, no. 2, Apr. 2014, pp. 150-65. Academic OneFile, db12.linccweb.org/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA369065399&v=2.1&u=lincclin_ircc&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=481641178d785366b35d618e23308ebf.

In this example, [Academic OneFile] is the database and second container so it is italicized.

Article from a scholarly journal on the Internet

(Houtman 7-9)

Houtman, Eveline. “Mind-Blowing: Fostering Self-Regulated Learning in Information Literacy Instruction.”  Communications in Information Literacy, vol.9, no. 1, 2015, pp. 6-18. www.comminfolit.org/index.php?journal=cil&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=v9i1p6&path%5B%5D=203​.

Article with no author ("Estate" 102) "The Estate Tax Debate." The Wilson Quarterly, vol. 25, no.1,  2001, pp. 100-2. Humanities Source, db12.linccweb.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hus&AN=503839172&site=ehost-live.