I’m trying to locate what format your second question is referring to, but the only one I can find with parentheses around the date is the “Book Review” format, where they are needed. Did I miss something?

One other format, this time for a Kindle book:

a. t`.` $Ed. and trans. $u4*~.~ $Ed++. $e. $Trans. $u3*~. ~ l:~ ~u, d. u12. u18. u13. $Kindle Book.$

I’ve started using them often enough to need it. After much wrangling (and help from Jon!), this now works, at least on my end.

One other thing to note: if one simple renames an unused field in the preferences -> Refs -> Reference Types list to “Print Magazine” using your scheme, you will get a listing for “Print Magazine” when you create a new record. Took me a depressingly long time to figure that out.

One other question: why the parentheses around dates: a. “t.” f v.i` (`d`)`: p-. u1. u18. u2. ? Unless my copy of Rules for Writers is wrong, you don’t need them.

Cheers.

I’ve added a Print Magazine type, since web magazines are already accurately formatted using the “Internet” type.

To change the type name, just go to the “Refs” tab in the preferences, scroll down the “Reference Types” lists, click “Unused 20″, wait a moment, and click again. (Double clicking won’t work.)

I am also a user of DevonThink Pro, so thank you for the link.

a. "t." f v.i ``d``: p-. `Print.`

(According to this site.)

Unfortunately, I can’t figure out how to change the “type” name from “Unused 20″ to “magazine” or something more obvious, although there must be a way to do it.

I’m spending steadily more time with Bookends, Devonthink Pro (as described by Steven Berlin Johnson, and Word), so this format is really, really useful.

I’ve updated the formats and the post to reflect a new Internet reference type, which should be able to accurately accommodate all different kinds of internet media. I’ve elected to format it a little differently than the post you referenced. As of the 7th edition, MLA no longer recommends the inclusion of the URL where the information was accessed, so it is not a required element (though if you do include a URL it will appear in the bibliography by default). Also, instead of enclosing “Weblog entry” in square brackets between the work’s title and the site name, it strikes me that the “Medium” field might be the appropriate place to (optionally) note that the source was a weblog post, a weblog comment, a YouTube video, etc.

(This site does a nice job of giving an example of MLA citation for blogs.