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MLA Style Guide

Guide for using the Modern Language Association (MLA) style manual.

Journal Article (physical or scanned version) - MLA 9, pp 319

Template for Journal Article

Last name, First name. "Title of Article in Quotation Marks with Nouns and Verbs Capitalized." Title of Journal in Italics and Nouns and Verbs Capitalized, vol. number, issue number, year, pp. inclusive page numbers of article.

Works Cited Page

Leyerle, Blake. "John Chrysostom on the Gaze." Journal of Early Christian Studies, vol. 1, 1993, pp. 159-74.

Citations (in-text)

(Leyerle 163)

Journal Article (from a database/online) - MLA 9, pp 320

Template for Journal Article

Last name, First name. "Title of Article in Quotation Marks with Nouns and Verbs Capitalized." Title of Journal in Italics and Nouns and Verbs Capitalized, vol. number, issue number, year, pp. inclusive page numbers of article. Name of Database in Italics, URL or DOI of the article.

Works Cited Page

Leyerle, Blake. "John Chrysostom on the Gaze." Journal of Early Christian Studies, vol. 1, 1993, pp. 159-74. Atla Religion Database with ATLAPlus, web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=3&sid=79a9e547-0edc-4ff5-bd72-2913cae9d6c6%40sessionmgr103&hid=128&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN= ATLA0000866017&db=rfh

Citations (in-text)

(Leyerle 163)