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Citing Articles from a Popular Magazine

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 journal section for journal citation examples.

Basic Template for a Magazine Article:  

First Note

1. Author Firstname Lastname, "Article Title: Subtitle," Magazine Title, Month day, year, page(s) used.

Subsequent Note

2. Author Lastname, "Article Title," page(s) used.

Bibliography

Author Lastname, Firstname. "Article Title: Subtitle." Magazine Title. Month day, year.

Examples: Magazine Articles

First Note

1. Bryan Walsh and Tiffany Sharples, "Sizing Up Carbon Footprints," Time, May 15, 2008.

Subsequent Note

2. Walsh and Sharples, "Sizing Up Carbon Footprints."

Bibliography

Walsh, Bryan, and Tiffany Sharples. "Sizing Up Carbon Footprints." Time. May 15, 2008.


Include authors in the order they are listed. If there are more than three authors, include only the first author's name followed by et al in the note. Include all authors in the bibliography. In a bibliography, the first author in the list is entered as last name, first name.

First Note

3. Andy Greenberg, "Is WikiLeaks A Media Organization? The First Amendment Doesn't Care," Forbes, April 21, 2011, 22, EBSCO MAS Ultra.

Subsequent Note

4. Greenberg, "Is WikiLeaks A Media Organization?" 22.

Bibliography

Greenberg, Andy. "Is WikiLeaks A Media Organization? The First Amendment Doesn't Care." Forbes, April 21, 2011, 22. EBSCO MAS Ultra.


In the example above, 22 is the page number of the article.

First Note

5. Daniel Gross, "Money Talks," Slate, December 14, 2007, http://www.slate.com/id/2180063/.

Subsequent Note

2. Gross, "Money Talks."

Bibliography

Gross, Daniel. "Money Talks." Slate, December 14, 2007. http://www.slate.com/id/2180063/.