Of course, there are different types of newspapers, and some of those require a specific approach if you want to cite newspaper article MLA in a proper manner. There are minor but important differences in the ways you cite all those types of newspaper articles, but you should not be afraid of those changes. The structure of the bibliography entries remains mostly untouched, but you still need to pay attention to the slight variations between how you cite all those different types of articles.
Newspaper Article from a Library Database
Referencing the newspaper from a library database is probably one of the most complicated types of referencing, so why not address it first? This type of entry to your bibliography would require more additional info put in it, so you should keep your eyes peeled for all the tiny little details. The template for the library database citation looks like this:
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Newspaper [City if any], vol. Volume Number, no. Issues Number, Date, p. Page Number. Name of Database.
This is how you craft a proper bibliography entry for this type of source, which is fairly easy. The MLA in-text citation news article, in this case, looks exactly the same as we have shown above: (Last Name 11).
Multivolume and Multi-Issue Newspapers
This one is fairly simple; all you need to do is add the numbers of volumes and issues used in your paper. The bibliography entry would look like this:
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Newspaper [City if any], vol. 1-10, no. 1-5, Date, p. Page Number. Name of Database.
Website Newspaper Articles
This one is fairly simple as you need to add a URL and the access date to properly cite this kind of source. A fairly straightforward kind of citation:
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Website, Date of Publication, www.website.com. Accessed Day Month Year.
Printed Newspaper Articles
Citing the printed article is exactly like we discussed earlier and the MLA in text citation newspaper would also look the same:
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article: Subtitle if Any.” Name of Newspaper, Date of Publication, p. Page Number.
As you see, this one is quite simple and straightforward so you do not need to bother much.
No Author or Several Authors
- In case there’s no author, you can just skip the author’s name and start your bibliography entry with the title of the article:
“Title of Article.” Name of Newspaper, Date of Publication, p. Page Number.
- In case there are two authors, you give the last name and the first name of the first author followed by the first name and the last name of the second author:
Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. “Title of Article: Subtitle if Any.” Name of Newspaper, Date of Publication, p. Page Number.
- The in-text citation would look like that: (Last Name and Last Name 11).
If there are three or more authors, you just write the last name and the first name of the first author followed by et al.
Last Name, First Name, et al. “Title of Article.” Name of Newspaper, Date of Publication, p. Page Number.