This document provides instructions and examples for citing magazine articles found in different contexts using MLA style. It addresses citing magazines found in print, on websites, published directly online, and in databases. The structure and components of the citations vary depending on how and where the magazine article was accessed.

1. Citing a magazine - MLA
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Magazine: A publication that is issued periodically and contains items such
as articles, essays, poems, or pictures
Structure: Last, First M. “Article title.” Magazine Day Month Year: Page(s).
Print.
Cover Magazine Title
Date of publication
OCTOBER 2008
Article page
Author: Davy Rothbart
Article Title: How I Caught up with Dad
108 Start page End page: 113 Found by flipping through the magazine
Citation: Rothbart, Davy. “How I Caught up with Dad.” Men’s Health Oct.
2008: 108-13. Print.
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2. Citing a published magazine found on a website - MLA
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Structure: Last, First M. “Article title.” Magazine Day Month Year: Page(s).
Website. Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
*Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher
Website: Google books
Data accessed: Depends on the day
When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must be considered unique
Note: When citing sources reproduced online from their in print version, it is not necessary to
include online information such as the website publisher or the date of electronic publication
Citation: Rothbart, Davy. “How I Caught up with Dad.” Men’s Health Oct.
2008: 108-13. Google books. Web. 16 Mar. 2010.
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3. Citing a magazine article published directly or
simultaneously online – MLA
Structure: Last, First M. “Article.” Website / Magazine name. Website
publisher, Date published. Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
*Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher
Website / Magazine Publisher: Conde Nast Digital
The magazine name is the same Looking at the bottom of the page we find that
as the website name Conde Nast Digital publishes the online version of the
New Yorker
Article
Authors
August 28, 2006 Date of Electronic publication
Data accessed: Depends on the day
When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must be considered unique
Online Magazine or Website? Because we cannot identify separate in print publication
information, we can assume this source was published either online only, or simultaneously online
and in print. We therefore do not need to account for standard magazine publication information, but
instead, mainly website information. Such information will help your reader identify the source
Citation: Nasar, Sylvia, and David Gruber. "Manifold Destiny." The New Yorker.
Conde Nast Digital, 28 Aug. 2006. Web. 30 Mar. 2010.
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4. Citing a published magazine found in a database - MLA
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Structure: Last, First M. “Article title.” Magazine Day Month Year: Page(s).
Database. Web. Date accessed. <URL>.
Database *Note: URL is optional. Consult your teacher
Magazine
Date originally
published
Article title
According to magazine, official
title is: China’s export prospects:
Fear of the dragon
Data accessed: Depends on the day
When did you access the source? Web sources may change and must be considered unique
Author: Not available
Page numbers: Not available
Oftentimes there are no page identifiers for online sources
Citation: “China’s Export Prospects: Fear of the Dragon.” The Economist 9 Jan.
2010. Lexis Nexus Academic. Web. 20 Mar.2010.
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