Online articles

Use these guidelines when citing journal articles found full-text within an online periodical index. When using MLA style to cite full- text periodical articles from an electronic source, include the following information:

• author(s)
• full title of the article (include subtitle if present)
• title of the journal, magazine, or newspaper
• volume and issue numbers of the journal or magazine
• date of the publication (which may include month and day)
• page numbers
• for a work from a subscription service: the name of the service
• name of any company, institution, or organization sponsoring or associated with the Web site
• date when the researcher accessed the source
• electronic address, or URL, of the source or, for a subscription service, the URL of the service's main page (if known) or the keyword assigned by the service
  
  

Examples:


Journal articles

Olsson, Lars. "Labor migration as a prelude to World War I. 
         International Migration Review 30 1996): 875-900. Expanded 
         Academic Index. Information Access. University of Minnesota Lib., 
         Minneapolis. 10 April. 1999.  <http://infotrac.
         galegroup.com>.      

Magazine articles

Sagrow, Michael.  "An Art Wedded to Truth." The Atlantic Monthly  
         274 Oct 1994: 116-121.   Expanded Academic Index. Information 
         Access. University of Minnesota Lib., Minneapolis. 10 Jan. 1999. 
         <http://infotrac.galegroup.com>.

Newspaper articles

Friedman, David. "Public Health: the Danger of Hyping Hazards." 
         Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 1999:  M1. LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe.   
         University of Minnesota Lib., Minneapolis.  5 Aug. 1999.  
         <http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/>.