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. Only use them for online articles from places where content may change often, like a free website or a wiki.
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)
Articles from Library Databases
Do NOT include library database information in your magazine citation. If no DOI is available, treat the article as if it was from a print magazine and end the citation after the page numbers.
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. DOI if given
Note: If the magazine article does not have a DOI and is from a library database, end the reference after the page range. Do not include database information in the reference.
| Reference List 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. DOI if given
Note: Do not include library database information in the reference.
| Reference List Example |
Schaefer, N. K., & Shapiro, B. (2019, September 6). New middle chapter in the story of human evolution. Science, 365(6457), 981–982. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay3550 |
| In-Text Paraphrase |
(First author's last name & Second author's last name, Year) Example: (Schaefer & Shapiro, 2019) Note: Separate the authors' names by putting an ampersand (&) between them, not "and." |
| In-Text Quote |
(First author's last name & Second author's last name, Year, p. Page number quote is from) Example: (Schaefer & Shapiro, 2019, p. 981) |
Note: For Reference List entries, include all the same information (in the same order) as the examples above. For the final author listed, add an ampersand (&) after the comma and before the final author's last name.
| Reference List Example |
Kaiser, D., Buford, L.M., & Creager, A. (2012, June). The right way to get it wrong. Scientific American, 306(6), 70-75. |
| In-Text Paraphrase |
(First author's last name et al., Year) Example: (Kaiser et al., 2012) |
| In-Text Quote |
(First author's last name et al., Year, p. Page number quote is from) Example: (Kaiser et al., 2012, p. 75) |
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.
| Reference List Example |
Hessler, P. (2012, May 21). Identity parade: Life in a police lineup. The New Yorker, 88(14), 24-28. |
| In-Text Paraphrase |
(Author's Last Name, Year) Example: (Hessler, 2012) |
| In-Text Quote |
(Author's Last Name, Year, p. Page Number) Example: (Hessler, 2012, p. 25) |
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 if given), first page number-last page number if given. URL
Note: the words "Retrieved from" are no longer required before the URL.
| Reference List 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. 2) Note: When there are no visible page numbers on the online article, indicate which section (if given) and paragraph the quote came from in your in-text citation. |
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