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Periodicals
Citing Sources
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Print Newspapers
 
Format

Example

Article author:
Last name, First initial (if no author, enter article title instead)
Roecks, G
Publication date:
year, month day
1998, July 27

Article title:

Article title, capitalizing only the first and proper nouns (if no author, leave this field blank and see exceptions)
Spending public money in private schools

Periodical title:

Name of Newspaper
The Carlton Times Observer

Page reference:

p. followed by one number or pp. followed by more than one number
pp. 7-8
The citation looks like this...
Roecks, G. (1998, July 27). Spending public money in
     private schools. The Carlton Observer, pp.7-8.

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Magazines or Journals

Format Example
Article author:
Last name, First initial

(if no author, enter article title instead)

 Fetid, S
Publication date:
year, month day 1998, June 25
Article title:
Article title, capitalizing only the first and proper nouns (If no author, leave this field blank and see exceptions) Trouble fermenting in cheese industry
Periodical title:
Name of Magazine Limburger Bugle
Volume:
# 7

Issue:

# 6
Page reference:
#-# or #,# 4, 18
The citation looks like this...
Fetid, S. (1998, June 25). Trouble fermenting in the cheese
     industry. Limburger Bugle 7 (6), 4, 18.
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Online Newpapers
(Proquest and other online newspaper databases)

Format
 Sample

Article author
Last name, First initial

(if no author, enter the article title instead )

 Silverstein, T

Publication date
year, month day
 2003, September 25

Article title
Article title, capitalizing only the first and proper nouns (If no author, leave this field blank and see exceptions)
 Pressure point

Periodical title
Name of Newspaper
 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Page range or 
number of pages
p. followed by one number or pp. followed by more than one number or the number of pages ex.: [8 pages]
 pp. 1C, 3C

Retrieval date
month day, year
 September 30, 2003
The citation looks like this...
Silverstein, T. (2003, September 25 ). Pressure point.
     Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, pp.1C, 3C. Retrieved
     September 30, 2003, from http://proquest.umi.com

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Online Magazines
(EBSCO and other online magazine databases)

Format Sample

Article author:

Last name, First initial (if no author, enter the article title instead ) Smith, M

Publication date:

year, month day 1995, February 13

Article title:

Article title, capitalizing only the first and proper nouns (If no author, leave this field blank and see exceptions) Building your own home

Periodical title:

Name of Magazine  Builder's World

Volume and issue:

#(#) 35(12)

Page reference:

#-# or #,# 78-80

Retrieval date:

month day, year February 14, 2000
The citation looks like this...
Smith, M. (1995, February 13). Building your own home.
     Builder's World, 35(12),78-80. Retrieved February 4,
     2000, from http://www.search.epnet.com

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EXCEPTIONS

Article without an author: Begin with the article title, followed by the date in parentheses. The periodical title follows with the page number as above.  After you cut and paste the citation to your reference page, be sure to delete the extra period between the date and periodical title.  (see sample below)

Weekly magazine publications do not have issue numbers like monthly magazines.

When citing a weekly magazine enter only the volume number.  DO NOT use parenthesis. 

*Use the complete publication date given on the article.
*Whenever possible the URL should link directly to the article.

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