Citing an Article


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Article Contents

  1. periodicals & articles
  2. journals & magazines
  3. choosing a database
  4. searching an index
  5. subject search
  6. keyword search
  7. locating an article
  8. citing an article
     standard citation styles
  9. finding articles activity

Citing Articles from Journals and Magazines

When listing sources you've used in your research, be sure to use a conventional bibliographic style. Most subject disciplines have a standard style that writers are expected to use. Each style will specify a uniform way of citing sources that will:

Give an orderly appearance to your bibliography, and
Provide all the essential elements of information that a reader will need to locate the source.

An article citation must include:

Author
Title
Source - Periodical title, volume, and pages for articles
Date

Elements of an Article Citation:

See examples from Infotrac.