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MLA Style Guide: Newspaper Article

Newspaper Article

Material Type In-text Citation  Works Cited
Print newspaper article (printed on consecutive pages)
(Kissinger C2)  

Kissinger, Henry. "The China Challenge." Wall Street Journal, 14-15 May 2011, late ed., pp. C1-C2.

 

Print newspaper article (printed on non-consecutive pages)

(Williams 14)  

Williams, Joy. "Rogue Territory." The New York Times Book Review, 9 Nov. 2014, pp. 1+.

If the article is printed on non-consecutive pages, write the first page number and a plus sign.

Online newspaper article (Internet, freely available)  

(Bump)

 

Bump, Phillip. "Donald Trump Starts the General Election behind Hillary Clinton by a Mile." Washington Post, 4 May 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/05/04/donald-trump-starts-the-general-election-trailing-hillary-clinton-by-a-mile/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory.

Online newspaper article (library database)
(Shah and Mashal A9(L))  

Shah, Taimoor, and Mujib Mashal. "Afghanistan Seeks to Take Key Highway From Taliban." New York Times, 3 May 2016, p. A9(L). Academic OneFile, db12.linccweb.org/login?url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA451215075&v=2.1&u=lincclin_ircc&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=62afe201771ff9ebca6b9e7da6e53468.