Is your source a magazine, or a journal? A magazine article is intended to be read by a general audience, may be less authoritative, and probably does not have footnotes or an extensive bibliography. A scholarly journal uses language specific to the topic, has fewer graphical elements and advertisements, and is well referenced with notes and a bibliography. Journal articles are generally reviewed for accuracy by subject experts - this is known as "peer review." See the magazine section for magazine citation examples.
1. Author Firstname Lastname, "Article Title: Subtitle," Journal Title volume #, no. issue # (Month, year): page(s) used.
2. Author Lastname, "Article Title," page(s) used.
Author Lastname, Firstname. "Article Title: Subtitle." Journal Title volume #, no. issue # (Month, year): inclusive page number(s).
Include the volume and issue number if available. Do not use "Vol." in the citation, only include the number of the volume. The note should indicate only the page(s) specifically referenced; the bibliography should include the range of the first and last pages of the entire article.
1. James J. Cramer, "James J. Cramer Waves Goodbye," Lapham's Quarterly 1, no. 2 (2008): 159.
2. Cramer, "Cramer Waves Goodbye," 160.
Cramer, James J. "James J. Cramer Waves Goodbye." Lapham's Quarterly 1, no. 2 (2008): 159 - 160.
Include the volume and issue number if available. Do not use "Vol." in the citation, only include the number of the volume - the example above illustrates the correct way to cite volume 1, issue number 2. The note should indicate only the page(s) specifically referenced; the bibliography should include the range of the first and last pages of the entire article.
3. Robin Downey and Rose Geransar, "Stem Cell Research, Publics' and Stakeholder Views," Health Law Review 16, no. 2 (Spring 2008): 72.
4. Downey and Geransar, "Stem Cell Research," 80.
Downey, Robin, and Rose Geransar. "Stem Cell Research, Publics' and Stakeholder Views." Health Law Review 16, no. 2 (Spring 2008): 69 - 86.
If an article has more than three authors, in the note you may choose to include only the first author followed by et al. which means "and all the others." Include all author names in the bibliography. Be sure to list authors in the order they appear in the article.
5. Jeffrey Cohn, "How Wild Wolves Became Domestic Dogs," Bioscience 47, no. 11 (December 1997): 726, JSTOR.
6. Cohn, "Wild Wolves," 727.
Cohn, Jeffrey. "How Wild Wolves Became Domestic Dogs." Bioscience 47, no. 11 (December 1997): 725-728. JSTOR.
If your instructor requires it, include the name of the database you used and the date of access. Do not use "vol" - the example above is from volume 47 number 11.
7. Barry R. McCaffrey, "Afghanistan: We Cannot Allow Ourselves to Fail," American Diplomacy, July 30, 2008, http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2008/0709/comm/mccaffery_afghanistan.html.
8. McCaffrey, "Afghanistan."
McCaffrey, Barry R. "Afghanistan: We Cannot Allow Ourselves to Fail." American Diplomacy, July 30, 2008. http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/20080709/comm/mccaffery_afghanistan.html.