Research 3 Online

MLA: Avoiding Plagiarism and Documenting Sources

• Author's name (if given)
• Title of article in quotes
• Title of the periodical (underlined or italicized)
• Volume and issue number for journals only (Do not give volume and issue numbers for magazines or newspapers.)
• Date of publication
• Page numbers of article (and section number for newspapers)
• If your article is in an online database, you must also provide information about the database.
• • Name of database (underlined)
  • Name of service provider (e.g. EBSCOhost)
  • Name of library
  • City of library
  • Date of access
  • Uniform address in angle brackets < >

Periodical Examples:

Typical Newspaper Article

Post, Sarah. "Richland College Gets a Blanket of Green." Dallas Morning News 14 July 2002: 1Q.

Journal Article with 2 Authors

Tebbs, Jeffery and Sarah Turner. "College Education for Low-Income Students." Change 37.4 (2005):

34-43.

Magazine Article from a Database

Madison, Gray. "Jobs Decline for Black Men Without a College Education." Crisis Sept.-Oct. 2006: 9.

Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Richland Coll. Lib., Dallas. 30 Mar. 2007

<http://search.ebscohost.com>.

More Examples

• Our most popular databases: www.rlc.dcccd.edu/library/pdfs/dbcitations.pdf
• Opposing Viewpoints: www.rlc.dcccd.edu/library/pdfs/oppos.pdf
• Facts.com: www.rlc.dcccd.edu/library/pdfs/factscomcitations.pdf

Activity

Click on the Hot Spot Quiz below to label the fields in a magazine citation.

    

Click the Self Check below to test yourself.

 

Which citation is in the correct format? a. Dorothy Foltz-Gray.  "3 Secrets to a Good Night's Sleep."  Health Mar. 2007: 145-148. b. Dorothy  Foltz-Gray. Health.  "3 Secrets to a Good Night's Sleep" Mar. 2007: 145-148. c. Foltz-Gray, Dorothy. "3 Secrets to a Good Night's Sleep."  Health Mar. 2007: 145-148. d. Foltz-Gray, Dorothy. Health.  "3 Secrets to a Good Night's Sleep" Mar. 2007: 145-148.

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