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About Print Periodicals

Print periodicals include journals, newspapers, magazines, etc., in physical print (not online). 

Some important details to consider when documenting print periodicals

  • Authors: If there is more than one author, follow the models for a book with multiple authors
  • Titles: Capitalize article titles and subtitles as you would in an edited collection. Use quotation marks around article titles. Italicize periodical titles.
  • Volume, Issue, Date, and Pages: Give Arabic Numbers for the volume, even if a journal uses Roman numerals. If an issue number is given, there’s no need to include the month or season in your documentation. Magazines and newspapers are documented by date only. Journal and magazine articles need a specific page number; notes for newspapers do not. For the Bibliography, give the full page range for journal and magazine articles that are paged consecutively; omit this information for newspapers and magazine articles that include pages that continue at the back of an issue.

The below examples provide a template for the different kinds of books you may encounter. Pay attention to punctuation within the citations.

Examples

Note

  1. Author’s First Name Last Name, “Title of Article,” Title of Journal volume number, no. issue number (Year): Page Number(s).

Bibliography

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal volume number, no. issue number (Year): Page range.

Note

  1. Author’s First Name Last Name, “Title of Article,” Title of Magazine, Month Day, Year, Page Number(s).

Bibliography

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article,” Title of Magazine, Month Day, Year, Page range (if consecutive).

Note

  1. Author’s First Name Last Name, “Title of Article,” Title of Newspaper, Month Day, Year, edition (if any), sec. section number (If any).

Bibliography

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Newspaper, Month Day, Year, edition (if any), sec. section number (if any).

Note

  1. “Title of Article,” Title of Newspaper, Month Day, Year, edition (if any), sec. section number (if any).

Bibliography

Title of Newspaper. “Title of Article.” Month Day, Year, edition (if any), sec. (if any).