Citing Periodical Articles
The pieces of information you need to cite a periodical could include:
- author(s),
- title of the article,
- title of the periodical,
- publication date,
- volume and issue numbers,
- page numbers,
- edition (sometimes newspapers have early and late editions, or West Coast and East Coast editions),
- database information (if a database is used).
Examples: Click on each element in the citations below (the elements are differentiated by alternating colors) for information on each.
Magazine Article from a Library Database
MLA style
Donnelly,
Sally B. "More
Guns in the Air." Time 14
Feb. 2005:
13.
Expanded
Academic ASAP.
Thomson
Gale. Northern
Virginia Community College Lib., Annandale, VA.
2
October
2006 <http://find.galegroup.com/itx>.
APA style
Donnelly, S. B. (2005, February 14). More guns in the air. Time, 165, 13. Retrieved Oct. 2, 2006,
from Expanded Academic ASAP database.
Journal Article from
a Library Database
MLA style
Menesini,
Ersilia, Elena Melan, and Barbara Pignatti.
"Interactional
Styles of Bullies and
Victims Observed in a Competitive
and a Cooperative Setting." Journal
of Genetic Psychology
161.3
(2000):
261-.
Expanded
Academic ASAP. Thomson
Gale. Northern
Virginia Community
College Lib., Annandale,
VA. 4
Oct. 2006 <http://find.galegroup.com/itx>.
APA style
Menesini,
E., Melan, E., & Pignatti, B.
(2000).
Interactional
styles of bullies and victims observed
in a competitive and cooperative
setting. Journal
of Genetic Psychology,
161(3),
261-.
Retrieved
May 4, 2006, from
Expanded Academic database.
Newspaper Article from a Library Database
MLA style
Will,
George F.
"'Don't
Ask, Don't Tell' Hypocrisy." Editorial.
Washington
Post 11
Dec. 2005, Final
edition.: B07.
Proquest.
Northern
Virginia Community College Lib., Annandale, VA. 2
Oct.
2006 <http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb>.
APA style
Will,
G. F. (2005,
December 11). 'Don't
ask, don't tell' hypocrisy [Editorial].
Washington
Post,
p.
B7. Retrieved
Oct. 2, 2006
from
Proquest database.
Note that the citations provided in periodical databases are not always correct. They can be a good starting point, but be sure to doublecheck the details in a style manual or on a style website.:
1. Style manual
- MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (call number LB2369 .G53 2003); in the INDEX, look up "Magazine Articles" or "Newspaper Articles" or "Journal Articles" or "Library Subscription Service" (if the article's from a library database), then look for the "in works cited" section.
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (call number BF76.7 .P83 2001); in the TABLE OF CONTENTS, check the "Reference List" chapter for the Periodicals section and the Electronic Media section.
2. Online citation sites: http://www.nvcc.edu/library/bow_citingref.htm
