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Articles from Magazines: Examples for Works Cited Lists

 Article from a printed magazine

APA

 Gawande, A. (2001, July 9). The man who couldn't stop eating.
           The New Yorker, 77, 66-75.

Important Elements:

  • Author

  • Title of article

  • Title of magazine

  • Volume number (if needed)

  • Date of Publication

  • Pagination 

Note: Spacing is important.  Consult individual guides for exact spacing.

Chicago


Gawande, Atul.  "The Man Who Couldn't Stop Eating."
     The New Yorker, 9 July 2001, 66-75. (Documentation One)

Gawande, A.  2001.  The man who couldn't stop eating.
     The New Yorker, 9 July, 66-75.  (Documentation Two)

MLA

Gawande, Atul.  "The Man Who Couldn't Stop Eating."
            The New Yorker  9 Jul. 2001: 66-75.

Turabian

Gawande, Atul.  "The Man Who Couldn't Stop Eating."
            The New Yorker, 9 July 2001, 66-75.

 

Article from an online magazine

APA  Saletan, W. (2001, August 16). The ethicist's new clothes.  Slate.
       
Retrieved August 17, 2001, from
        http://slate.msn.com/framegame/entries/01-08-16_113959.asp

Important Elements:

  • Author
  • Title of article
  • Title of magazine
  • Volume/issue number (if needed)
  • Date of Access
  • Address of Site 

Note: Spacing is important.  Consult individual guides for exact spacing.

Chicago
 No example given in the latest edition. 
MLA

Saletan, William.  "The Ethicist's New Clothes."  Slate
          16 August 2001.  17 August 2001
          <http://slate.msn.com/framegame/entries/01-08-16_113959.asp>.       

Turabian Saletan, William.  "The Ethicist's New Clothes."  Slate, 16 August
         2001.  Magazine on-line.  Available from http://slate.msn.com/    
        framegame/entries/01-08-16_113959.asp.  Accessed  17 August 2001.

 The 6th edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations provides limited examples of citing electronic resources.  The citation above is adapted from those examples.

 

Full-text article from a database

APA Gore, R. (2001, April). Pharaohs of the sun.  National Geographic,
           199
. Retrieved August 21, 2001, from Expanded Academic
            ASAP database.

Important Elements:

  • Author
  • Title of article
  • Title of magazine
  • Date of publication
  • Volume number (if required)
  • Pagination (if given)
  • Vendor/supplier of database
  • Database name
  • Accession number of article (if required)
  • Date of access

Note: Spacing is important.  Consult individual guides for exact spacing.

Chicago Gore, Rick.  "Pharaohs of the Sun."  National Geographic
   April 2001.  In Expanded Academic ASAP [database online].
   Gale Group.  Accessed 22 August 2001.  Available:
   Duke University Libraries.  (Documentation one)

Gore, Rick.  2001. Pharaohs of the sun. National Geographic,
    April.  In Expanded Academic ASAP [database online].
    Gale Group.  Accessed 22 August 2001.  Available:
    Duke University Libraries.  (Documentation two)

The latest edition of The Chicago Manual of Style provides few examples of how to cite electronic documents.  The citations above are adapted from those examples.

MLA

 Gore, Rick.  "Pharaohs of the Sun."  National Geographic  Apr. 2001. 
            Expanded Academic ASAP.  Gale Group.  Duke U Lib.,
            Durham.  21 Aug. 2001.
              

Turabian Gore, Rick.  "Pharaohs of the Sun."  National Geographic,
           April 2001.  Database on-line.  Available from Expanded
           Academic ASAP, Article A73661449.  Accessed 22
           August 2001.

The latest edition of A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations provides only a few examples of citations for electronic resources.  The citation above is adapted from those examples.


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  Special thanks to Kelley A. Lawton and Laura Cousineau at the Duke University Libraries and Van E. Hillard at the Duke University Writing Program for permission to copy and adapt these citation pages.