List the author's last name and first initial, separated by a comma. For example:
Smith, G.
List the date on which the article was published in parentheses. The format should be:
(Year, Month Day).
For example:
(2011, April 30).
List the title of the article, followed by a period. Only capitalize the first letter of the title, and the first letter of any proper nouns. For example:
China sends stern warning to North Korea.
List the title of the newspaper in italics, followed by a period.
List the URL of the article in the following format:
Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/business/global/11yuan.html?ref=china
Ensure that the finished reference entry appears in the following format:
Smith, G. (2011, April 30). China sends stern warning to North Korea. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/business/global/11yuan.html?ref=china
List the author's last and first name, separated by a comma. For example:
Smith, George.
List the title of the article in quotation marks, followed by a period. For example:
"China Sends Stern Warning to North Korea."
List the name of the newspaper in italics or underlined, followed by a period.
List the date on which the article was published in the following format:
Day Month Year.
Months other than May should be abbreviated down to three letters. For example:
30 Apr. 2011.
List the date on which you accessed the article in the following format:
Day Month Year.
For example:
17 Jun. 2011.
Ensure that the finished reference entry appears in the following format:
Smith, George. "China Sends Stern Warning to North Korea." New York Times. 30 Apr. 2011. 17 Jun. 2011.
MLA style no longer requires the use of URLs. However, if you wish, you may include the URL in angle brackets directly beneath your reference entry. For example:
Smith, George. "China Sends Stern Warning to North Korea." New York Times. 30 Apr. 2011. 17 Jun. 2011.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/business/global/11yuan.html?ref=china>