Q. How do I cite a Journal Article in MLA citation style?

A journal is usually a scholarly or professional publication that comes out several times a year. Each issue is identified by a volume number and an issue number (or sometimes a month or season).

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of the Article." Title of the Journal, vol, number, issue number, date, page (p. 28) or page range (pp. 28-35).

Journal Article with Volume and Issue Number

 Aspiz, Harold. “Walt Whitman: The Spermatic Imagination.” American Literature      
           vol. 56, no. 3, 1984, pp. 379-95.

Article from a library database

Gay, Peter. “On Not Psychoanalyzing Virginia Woolf." American Scholar, vol. 71, no. 2
           Spring 2002, pp. 71-75. Academic Search Premier.
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For more about citing sources in MLA format, see the MLA Citation Guide.