To cite peer-reviewed articles in APA format, include the author's last name, first initial, publication year, article title, journal name in italics, volume number in italics, issue number in parentheses, page numbers, and DOI or URL if available.
In MLA format, the correct way to cite a source title is to italicize it.
To cite articles in APA format, include the author's last name and initials, publication year, article title, journal name, volume number, issue number, and page range. For example: Smith, J. (2019). How to Cite Articles. Journal of Research, 25(3), 50-65.
In APA format, a book title should be italicized.
To cite multiple articles from one website in APA format, list the author's last name, first initial, publication date, article title, website name, and URL. Separate each citation with a semicolon.
To cite scholarly articles in MLA format, include the author's last name, first name. Title of the article in quotation marks. Title of the journal in italics, volume number, issue number, year of publication, page numbers. For online articles, include the URL and date accessed.
To cite articles with no author in APA format, start the reference with the title of the article in place of the author's name. Use title case for the title of the article and italicize it. Follow the title with the publication date, the name of the publication, and the URL if it is an online article.
To cite two articles by the same author in APA format, list the author's last name followed by a comma and initials. Then, include the publication year in parentheses for each article. Differentiate the articles by adding lowercase letters (a, b, etc.) after the year in both the in-text citation and the reference list.
To cite a newspaper article in APA format, include the author's last name, first initial, publication date, article title, newspaper name in italics, and the URL or DOI if available. For example: Smith, J. (2021, January 15). "New Study Shows Effects of Climate Change." The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/article123.
To cite articles in an essay in MLA format, include the author's last name and page number in parentheses at the end of the sentence where the information is used. Also, include a Works Cited page at the end of the essay listing the full citation for each article used, including the author's name, article title, publication date, and source.
To cite an APA book title in text, you should italicize the title.
To cite newspaper articles in APA format, include the author's last name, first initial, publication date, article title, newspaper name in italics, and the URL or DOI if available. For example: Smith, J. (2021, January 15). "New Study Shows Effects of Climate Change." The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/article123.
One popular site for generating MLA citations is EasyBib. Simply enter the information for the source you want to cite, and EasyBib will format it into the correct MLA citation for you.