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MLA Citation Examples

Review without a specific title

Elements:

  1. Reviewer.
  2. Review of Title of Work, by Author.
  3. Title of Journal,
  4. Volume number, issue number,
  5. Publication Date,
  6. Page number(s).
  7. Title of Database,
  8. DOI or URL.

Format:

Reviewer. Review of Title of Work, by Author. Title of Journal, vol. #, no. #, date, pp. #-#. Title of Database, DOI or URL.

Conn, David R. Review of The World as We Knew It: Dispatches from a Changing Climate, by Amy Brady and Tajja Isen. Library Journal, vol. 147, no. 4, Apr. 2022, p. 104. EBSCOhost, ezproxy.umgc.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=155859448&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Review with a title

Elements:

  1. Reviewer.
  2. "Title of Review."
  3. Review of Title of Work, by Author.
  4. Title of Journal,
  5. Volume number, issue number,
  6. Publication Date,
  7. Page number(s).
  8. Title of Database,
  9. DOI or URL.

Format:

Reviewer. "Title of Review." Review of Title of Work, by Author. Title of Journal, vol. #, no. #, date, pp. ##-##. Title of Database, DOI or URL.

Grimes, William. "Beyond Mandalay, the Road to Isolation and Xenophobia." Review of The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma, by Thant Myint-U. New York Times, 13 Dec. 2006, pp. E8+. ProQuest, ezproxy.umgc.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/433471566?accountid=14580.