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Not sure whether your article is from a magazine? Look for these characteristics:
Popular magazines:
Trade magazines:
Author
If a magazine article has no author, start the citation with the article title.
If a magazine article is written by "Anonymous", put the word "Anonymous" where you'd normally have the author's name.
Titles
Italicize titles of magazines. Do not italicize the titles of articles.
Capitalize only the first letter of the first word of the article title. If there is a colon in the article title, also capitalize the first letter of the first word after the colon.
Dates
If an article has no date, use the short form n.d. where you would normally put the date.
Volume and Issue Numbers
Italicize volume numbers but not issue numbers.
Retrieval Dates
Most articles will not need these in the citation since you only need to provide a retrieval date when citing from places where content may change often and without notice.
Page Numbers
If an article doesn't appear on continuous pages, list all the page numbers the article is on, separated by commas. For example (4, 6, 12-14)
Note: All citations should be double spaced and have a hanging indent in a Reference List.
A "hanging indent" means that each subsequent line after the first line of your citation should be indented by 0.5 inches.
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication, Month Day if Given). Title of article: Subtitle if any. Name of Magazine, Volume Number(Issue Number), first page number-last page number.
Example |
Abramsky, S. (2012, May 14). The other America 2012. Nation, 294(20), 11-18. |
In-Text Paraphrase |
(Author's Last Name, Year) Example: (Abramsky, 2012) |
In-Text Quote |
(Author's Last Name, Year, p. Page Number) Example: (Abramsky, 2012, p. 14) |
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given., & Last Name of Second Author, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication, Month Day if Given). Title of article: Subtitle if any. Name of Magazine, Volume Number(Issue Number), first page number-last page number if given.
Note: Must spell out up to twenty author names. Separate the authors' names by putting a comma between them. For the final author listed add an ampersand (&) after the comma and before the final author's last name.
Example |
Gross, A., & Murphy, E. (2010, January/February). Seal of disapproval. E: The Environmental Magazine, 21(1), 34-37. |
In-Text | See chart |
Article title: Subtitle if any. (Year of Publication, Month Day if Given). Name of Magazine, Volume Number(Issue Number), first page number-last page number if given.
Example |
Syria's free army. (2012, June 11). Newsweek, 159(24). Note: No page numbers were provided for this article. |
In-Text Paraphrase |
("One two or three words from title," Year) ("Syria's," 2012) |
In-Text Quote |
("One two or three words from title," Year) ("Syria's," 2012, para. 1) Note: This entry has no page numbers, so a paragraph number is used instead.
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Anonymous. (Year of Publication, Month Day if Given). Article title: Subtitle if any. Name of Magazine, Volume Number(Issue Number), first page number-last page number if given.
Note: If and only if the work is signed "Anonymous", use Anonymous where you'd normally put the author's name. If the work has no named author but is not signed "Anonymous", follow the example for Unknown Author.
Example |
Anonymous. (2011). I was going to cheat. Glamour, 109(2), 166-167. |
In-Text Paraphrase |
(Anonymous, Year) Example: (Anonymous, 2011) |
In-Text Quote |
(Anonymous, Year, p. Page Number) Example: Anonymous, 2011, p. 166) |
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of article: Subtitle if any. Name of Magazine, Volume Number(Issue Number if given), first page number-last page number if given. URL
Example |
Freedman, D. H. (2012, June). The perfected self. The Atlantic. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/06/the-perfected-self/8970/4/?single_page=true Note: If no volume, issue and/or page numbers are provided, skip them in the citation. |
In-Text Paraphrase |
(Author's Last Name, Year) Example: (Freedman, 2012) |
In-Text Quote |
(Author's Last Name, Year, p. Page Number or Paragraph Number or Section Heading) Example: (Freedman, 2012, para. 1) Note: This entry has no page numbers, so a paragraph number is used instead. |