Online Journal Articles

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Author. Title. Title of container, other contributors, version, number, publisher, publication date, location.If you are accessing a journal article directly from the journal’s website, you will most likely need just one container to present publication information.

Collins, Ross. "Writing and Desire: Synthesizing Rhetorical Theories of Genre and Lacanian Theories of the Unconscious." Composition Forum, vol. 33, spring 2016, compositionforum.com/issue/33/writing-desire.php.

NOTES: DOIs (digital object identifiers) are the preferred location element for online content. If there is not a DOI, a permalink is the next preferred choice followed by the URL. Unless the URL is hyperlinked, you do not need http:// or https:// included in the URL address.

A season in the ninth edition is in lowercase if it follows a comma.

Elements
Elements used in this citation example are author, title, title of container, number, publication date, and location.
A laptop with a journal article opened upIf you are accessing a journal article directly from the journal’s website, you will most likely need just one container to present publication information.

NOTE: MLA now requires full URLs for online material. However, if your article includes a DOI (digital object identifier), that information should be provided instead of the URL.

Collins, Ross. "Writing and Desire: Synthesizing Rhetorical Theories of Genre and Lacanian Theories of the Unconscious." Composition Forum, vol. 33, Spring 2016, compositionforum.com/issue/33/writing-desire.php.

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