MLA Citation Style Simplified, Module 4: Journal article from the public access Web

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Example 6: Journal article from the public
access Web

Not all Web sites provide as much information as this journal article, which was accessed on October 29, 2003. Don't panic! In composing your citation, you are expected to include as much of the required information as you can find. Please note that on this page you see only the author, title, and URL.

Web journal article

To find out more, you would click on the Contents button on the screen to find information on the online journal which contains this article. You would see the following screen.

Web journal information

To create a citation, you would need to put together information from both screens.

Model template:

Author's Last Name, Author First Name. " Article Title."

Journal Title. Month or Season Year: pages or n. pag.

Access date <URL>.

Note: When no page numbers for an article are given, use the abbreviation n. pag. instead of the page numbers.

Template filled in:

Leary, William. "CIA Air Operations in Laos, 1955-1974:

Supporting the 'Secret War:'" Studies in Intelligence

Winter 1999-2000: n. pag. 29 Oct. 2003 <http://www.

odci.gov/csi/studies/winter99-00/art7.html>.