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Example
Ashenmacher, Will. "Reversing the Sands of Time: After Years of Neglect and Abuse,
Park Point's Dune Ecosystem is Making a Comeback Thanks to the Work of
Volunteers." Duluth News-Tribune 31 May 2006, 1A.
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Author
Last name, then first and middle. Avoid initials, if possible. End with a period. Does your article have multiple authors? - Ashenmacher, Will. |
Title & subtitle of the article
The title & subtitle are separated by a colon. Capitalize the first and last words of the title and subtitle, and all proper nouns and important words. Place article title & subtitle in quotations and end with a period - "Reversing the Sands of Time: After Years of Neglect and Abuse, Park Point's Dune Ecosystem is Making a Comeback Thanks to the Work of Volunteers."
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Title & subtitle of newspaper
The title & subtitle are separated by a colon. Capitalize the first and last words of the title and subtitle, and all proper nouns and important words. Underline newspaper title & subtitle - Duluth News-Tribune |
Date of publication
If weekly, day of month followed by abbreviation of month. Click here for the proper abbreviations to use. Year is followed by a comma to separate it from the page numbers - 31 May 2006, |
Edition and section (applicable for example with the New York Times)
Indicate the edition of the paper, use lowercase letters and abbreviate. If the paper has a section (this example does not) it is separated from the edition with a comma, and abbreviated. [For example: late ed., sec. 2:] - natl. ed.: |
Page numbers
Identify the section with appropriate letter. Since articles in newspapers seldom run with consecutive page numbers, indicate an article of more than one page length by adding the + sign after the initial page. End citation with a period. For example: A1+ - 1A. |
**If you got this article from an online database such as America's Newspapers, you are not done! See the Full-text Articles from Online Databases for the second half of your citation. [The above information is based on p. 185-187 of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th edition).
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