Generate Modern Language Association 9th Edition citations for Editorials

Magazine
Newspaper
In print
Published directly online
Originally in a magazine then published online
Published in an online database
In print
Published directly online
Originally in a newspaper then published online
Published in an online database

First

MI / Middle

Last / corp.

Suffix

+ Add another contributor
No additional publication information.
Magazine publication info

Volume

Issue

Day

Month

Year

Start

End

Pages are nonconsecutive
Newspaper publication info

Only include if city is not in newspaper name

Edition

Section

Day

Month

Year

Start

End

Pages are nonconsecutive
Online publication info

Day

Month

Year

Online database publication info

Library

City

Database

Service

Keyword
Path
URL

Glossary of Selected Terms

Annotation

A short review or description of what you are citing.

Date Accessed

When an online work was viewed.

Electronically Published

When content was published online or electronically. This date is not always present on a webpage.

Place of Publication

Location of the publisher. Depending on the source or style, you may or may not need to know the city, state, or country.

Publisher/Sponsor

Company, individual, or entity that helped get a work published or distributed.

Suffix

Letters/Abbreviations at the end of a name that tells us more about an individual. For example, Jr. (junior), III (third in family with a name), Esq. (esquire), etc.

Title

Name given to a source that identifies it.

URL

Link or address of a webpage. One example is http://www.citationmachine.net/.

Medium

How a source or content piece was distributed or presented. Here is one example: E-book: Other - PDF, CSV, Word Doc, etc.

Contributor

Someone or an organization that helped produce a certain work. For example, a film director, dance choreographer, orchestra conductor, etc.

Author

Creator (often writer) of a piece such as a book, script, play, article, podcast, comic, etc.