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You can use a DOI or a URL when citing an electronic source. "A DOI, or Digital Object Identifier, is a string of numbers, letters and symbols used to permanently identify an article or document and link to it on the web. A DOI will help your reader easily locate a document from your citation. Think of it like a Social Security number for the article you’re citing — it will always refer to that article, and only that one (What is DOI and how do I use them in citations?)."
Using a DOI or URL is optional in MLA 8 (Should URLs be linked in works-cited-list entries?). The use of the DOI, if it is available is encouraged, though, in some situations, a URL may be helpful, if it is clickable (48).
Works Cited
"The DOI® System." Found, The International DOI Foundation, 4 Feb. 2019, https://www.doi.org/.
MLA Handbook. 8th ed., Modern Language Association of America, 2016.
"Should URLs be linked in works-cited-list entries?" The MLA Style Center, 10 Nov. 2016,
https://style.mla.org/linking-urls/.
"What is DOI and how do I use them in citations?" University Library, The University of Illinois at
Chicago, 2019, https://library.uic.edu/help/article/1966/what-is-a-doi-and-how-do-i-use-them-in-citations.
Accessed, 1 Feb. 2019
Article: Scholarly Journal
Basic Format:
Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial (or Middle Name). "Title of article." Title of Journal, Volume,
Issue, Year, pages.
Print Example:
Morales, Demori, Raysa. “Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiac Procedural Outcomes in Patients with
Trisomy 21 and Turner Syndrome." Congenital Heart Disease, vol. 12, no. 6, Nov. 2017, pp. 820–
827.
Example From a Database:
Ostendorf, Berndt. "From the Kingdom of Kongo to Congo Square: Kongo Dances and the Origins of the Mardi Gras Indians." Journal of African American History, vol. 103, no. 4, Fall 2018, pp. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1086/700207.
Article: Magazine
Basic Format:
Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial (or Middle Name). "Title of Article," Title of Periodical, Volume, Issue, Month Year, pages.
Example:
Isaacson, Walter. “Shaped by Water.” Time, vol. 192, no. 5/6, Aug. 2018, pp. 78–80.
Works Cited Citation:
Berry, Jason. "Leading A Revival: Bill Russell and the Discovery of Jazz." New Orleans Magazine, Jan.
2019, http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-Magazine/January-2019/Leading-A-Revival/.
Accessed 1 Feb. 2019.
