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MLA Citation Guide (9th ed.)

Short Stories and Literary Essays

Short Story (Print Publication) 

Example: Johnston, Aviaq. "The Haunted Blizzard." Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories, compiled by Neil Christopher, Inhabit Media, 2019, pp. 1-9.
Elements: Author. "Title of source." Title of container, contributor, publisher, publication date, location. 


Literary Essay (Print Publication) 

Example: Lewis, C.S. "The Alliterative Metre." Selected Literary Essays, edited by Walter Hooper, Cambridge UP, 1979, pp. 15-26.
Elements: Author. "Title of source." Title of container, contributor, publisher, publication date, location. 

 

Short Story (Digital Publication) 

Example: Allegra, Donna. "The Dead Mother's Club."  Telling Moments: Autobiographical Lesbian Short Stories, edited by Lynda Hall, U of Wisconsin P, 2003, pp. 75-86, ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/macewan-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3445111.
Elements: Author. "Title of source." Title of container, contributor, publisher, publication date, location. 

 

Literary Essay (Digital Publication)

Example: Wandler, Cynthia Scott. "Wonderberry Jam." The Hopper, 2016, www.hoppermag.org/wonderberry-jam.
Elements: Author. "Title of source." Title of container, publication date, location. 

Scholarly Articles

Scholarly Article (Print Publication) 

Example: Cervone, Daniel, et al. "The Individual STEM Student in Context: Idiographic Methods for Understanding Self-Knowledge and Intraindividual Patterns of Self-Efficacy Appraisal." Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 112, no. 8, Nov. 2020, pp. 1597-1613.
Elements: Author. "Title of source." Title of container, version, number, publication date, location. 


Scholarly Article (Digital Publication) 
Note that scholarly articles published only digitally are different from print articles which can be accessed in a digital version, as in the example below. 

Example: Foster, Meg. "Bandits, Heroes and Villains: A View from a Settler Colony." History Compass, vol. 22, no. 5, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12801. Accessed 14 June 2024.
Elements: Author. "Title of source." Title of container, version, number, publication date, location. Access date. 

Magazine Articles

Magazine Article (Print Publication)

Example: Klemetti, Erik. "Earth's Core is Changing." Discover, Jan.-Feb. 2024, pp. 42-43.
Elements: Author. "Title of source." Title of container, publication date, location. 


Magazine Article (Digital Publication) 

Example: Mwai, Kui. "Why so Many People (Myself Included) are Experiencing Family Estrangement." Vogue, 2 May 2024, https://www.vogue.com/article/why-so-many-people-are-experiencing-family-estrangement.
Elements: Author. "Title of source." Title of container, publication date, location. 

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper Article (Print Publication)

Example: Dey, Esha. "Tesla Valuation 'Detached From Reality' as AI Competitors Prove Credentials." Edmonton Journal, 4 May 2024, p. NP7.
Elements: Author. "Title of source." Title of container, publication date, location. 


Newspaper Article (Digital Publication) 

Example: Singleton, Aaron. "Opinion: What the Alberta NDP needs from its next leader." Edmonton Journal, 3 May 2024, https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-what-albertas-ndp-needs-from-its-next-leader.
Elements: Author. "Title of source." Title of container, publication date, location. 
 
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