Authors are free lance writers or magazine staff members. Authors may mention sources, but rarely cite them in notes or bibliographies. Individual issues contain many advertisements. There is no peer review process. Articles are reviewed by editors or publishers.
Illustrations are numerous and colorful.
Articles are meant to inform and entertain an educated audience. MLA handbook for writers of research papers . Modern Language Association of America, 1999. But if you must have general help, see How to Cite Sources and Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources . Reader, Avid, and Perma Bound.