Rules for Formatting Periodicals
(newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals)
Citations for periodical include the following:
Author, Title and subtitles of the article, Name of the periodical (italics), volume and issue number (for scholarly journals), date or year of publication, page numbers and medium
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Articles from Newspapers
(Fisher 21).
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Lyons, Bill. “Philadelphia Sports.” The Inquirer 12 Feb. 2002, late ed.: F1+. Print. Fisher, Julieta Dias. “Irish Schools.” New York Times 12 Jan. 2001: C 21. Print. Author’s last name, first name. “Title of the Article.” Name of the Newspaper Date (edition, if applicable): section pages. Medium. |
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Weekly Magazine (Gilligan 20). |
Gilligan, Kim. “Health and Fitness.” Sports Illustrated 21 Mar. 2008: 20. Print. Author’s last name, first name. “Title of the Article.” Name of the Magazine Date: pages. Medium. |
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Monthly/Quarterly Magazine (Callaway 64). |
Callaway, Rob. “Bowling is Fun.” Entertainment Today June 2008 64. Print. Author’s last name, first name. “Title of the Article.” Name of the Magazine Month year: page. Medium. |
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Article with an anonymous author (“The Fabulous” 11). |
“The Fabulous Decade.” Time 10 Jan. 1996: 12-14. Print. “Title of the Article.” Name of the Magazine Date: pages. Medium. |
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Scholarly Journal (Finn 8). |
Finn, Ann. “Kate O’Brien: The Feminist James Joyce.” Irish Literature Review 42.7 (2007): 5-10. Print. Author’s last name, first name. “Title of the Article.” Name of the Journal Volume. Issue (Date): Pages. Medium. |
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Review (Killian 78). |
Killian, Joan. “Public Relations in School Media Centers.” Rev. of Tooting Your Own Horn, by Julieta Dias Fisher and Ann Hill. Library Talk 12 Nov. 2002: 75-81. Print. Reviewer’s last name, first name. Title of the Review. (if given) Rev. of Name of the Work Being Reviewed, by the name of the author being reviewed. Name of the Magazine Date: Pages. Print. |