MLA Citation Guide (8th Edition): Newspaper Articles

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Title of website, Name of Newspaper, Date of Publication, URL. Accessed access date.

Note: If the author's name is not listed, begin the citation with the title of the article.

Litz, Sarah. "All the Fires: What You Need to Know on Size, Containment." RGJ, Reno Gazette-Journal, 12 July 2017, www.rgj.com/story/news/2017/07/12/farad-fire-updates-size-containment-hills-burn-west-verdi/471293001/. Accessed 12 July 2017.

Note: This entry has no page numbers, so this information is left out of the citation.

(Author's Last Name)

Note: This entry has no page numbers, so this information is left out of the citation.

Note: If there is no author listed, the in-text citation would include the first word or words of the title of the article in quotation marks, e.g. ("All the Fires").

Newspaper Article From a Library Database

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Name of Newspaper [city of newspaper if city name not in name], Date of Publication, p. Page number if given. Name of Database, Permalink URL.

Note: If the author's name is not listed, begin the citation with the title of the article.

Worthington, Danika. "Dinosaur Find in Thornton: Triceratops Skull, Skeleton Found at Site of New Police, Fire Station." Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2017. NewsBank, frccwc.idm.oclc.org/login?url=infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/166A95ADA5DEAFD8?p=NewsBank.

Note: If an article ends with a question mark or exclamation mark (!), you do not need to add a period to mark the end of the title.

(Author's Last Name Page Number)

Note: If an article is only one page long, you do not need to provide the page number in the in-text citation.

Note: If there is no author listed, the in-text citation would include the first word or words of the title of the article in quotation marks, e.g. ("Companies").

Newspaper Article in Print

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Name of Newspaper, Date of Publication, p. Page number.

Note: If the author's name is not listed, begin the citation with the title of the article.

Cook, Lorne. "EU Warns 3 Nations of Legal Action." San Francisco Chronicle, 14 June 2017, p. A4+.

Note: If the article appears on non-consecutive pages (e.g., the article starts on page 4 then continues on page 12), write the first page number and a plus (+) sign. E.g., 4+

(Author's Last Name Page Number)

Note: If there is no author listed, the in-text citation would include the first word or words of the title of the article in quotation marks, e.g. ("EU Warns").