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Citing Scholarly Journal Articles

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.

Basic Template for a Scholarly Article:  

First Note

1. Author Firstname Lastname, "Article Title: Subtitle," Journal Title volume #, no. issue # (year): page(s) used.

Subsequent Note

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

Bibliography

Author Lastname, Firstname. "Article Title: Subtitle." Journal Title volume #, no. issue # (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. The month or season of publication can usually be omitted from the date except when an issue number is not provided.

 

Examples: Journal Articles

First Note

1. James J. Cramer, "James J. Cramer Waves Goodbye," Lapham's Quarterly 1, no. 2 (2008): 159.

Subsequent Note

2. Cramer, "Cramer Waves Goodbye," 160.

Bibliography

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.

 

First Note

3. Robin Downey and Rose Geransar, "Stem Cell Research, Publics' and Stakeholder Views," Health Law Review 16, no. 2 (2008): 72.

Subsequent Note

4. Downey and Geransar, "Stem Cell Research," 80.

Bibliography

Downey, Robin, and Rose Geransar. "Stem Cell Research, Publics' and Stakeholder Views." Health Law Review 16, no. 2 (2008): 69 - 86.

 

If an article has more than two authors, in the note include only the first author followed by et al. which means "and all the others." Be careful with the punctuation - there is no period after et! Write out up to six authors in the bibliography; if more than six names, only the first three are listed, followed by “et al.”  Be sure to list authors in the order they appear in the article.

 

First Note

5. Jeffrey Cohn, "How Wild Wolves Became Domestic Dogs," Bioscience 47, no. 11 (1997): 726, JSTOR.

Subsequent Note

6. Cohn, "Wild Wolves," 727.

Bibliography

Cohn, Jeffrey. "How Wild Wolves Became Domestic Dogs." Bioscience 47, no. 11 (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.

 

First Note

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.

Subsequent Note

8. McCaffrey, "Afghanistan."

Bibliography

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.