IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Modern Language Association updated their guidelines on April 1, 2016. We have not yet updated this section of Resources for Researchers to reflect these changes. We have ordered a copy of the new guidelines and will update as soon as possible.
Basic Formats:
Newspaper
MLA Style
Format
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of the Article: Subtitle of the Article." Title of the Newspaper (Date), Edition: Section and Page Number. Medium of Publication.
Example
Gussow, Mel. "Puppets (Who Don't Eat) Present a History of Food." New York Times (25 Jun. 1988), 13. Print.
City of Publication For Newspaper Citations
According to the MLA Handbook: "If the City of publication is not included in the name iof the locally published newspaper, add the city in square brackets, not italicized.†(141) However, for national newspapers "such as The New York Times" you do not list the city.
Furthermore, for newspapers printed in English, you do not include the article (e.g. "The" in The New York Times. However, articles are included in non-English newspapers. The MLA Handbook uses Le monde as an example. (141)
