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ARTICLES!

Article Citations

Print Articles

Basic Format:

Author(s) name. (Year). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume number(issue number), page(s). DOI (if available) 

Example:

Haefeli, E. (2021). How the old world ended: The Anglo-Dutch- American revolution, 1500-1800. Early American

     Literature, 56(2), 588. 

Electronic Articles

Basic Format:

Author(s) name. (Year). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume number(issue number), page(s). DOI (if available)

  • if DOI isn't available, use the URL

Example w/ DOI:

Kovalenko, Y. (2019). The features of audiovisual structure in films with jazz and pre-jazz music. Journal of History,   

     Culture & Art Research / Tarih Kültür ve Sanat Arastirmalari Dergisi, 8(1), 205–211.                                                      

     https://doi.org/10.7596/taksad.v8i1.1928

Example w/ URL:

Rychagov, S. N., Abkadyrov, I. F., Bukatov, Y. Y., Nuzhdayev, I. A., & Feofilaktov, S. O. (2018). Geological -

     geophysical model of the Nizhne-Koshelevskoe vapor-dominated geothermal deposit, the largest in Kamchatka.   

     Doklady Earth Sciences, 482(1), 1142+. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A561118930/AONE?

     u=pit59917&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=aed60c0a

Print Magazine Article

Basic Format:

Author's name. (Date). Article title. Magazine title, issue number, page numbers.

Example:

Goodell, Jeff. (2022, October). The climate bill finally passed. The fight has just begun. Rolling Stone, 1368, 32-33.

Online Magazine Article

Basic Format w/ DOI:

Author's name. (Date). Article title. Magazine title, issue number, page numbers. DOI

  • DOI starts with https://doi.org/
  • if no DOI, use the URL from the database instead

Example w/ DOI:

Alsup, R. E. (2009). Liberation psychology: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s beloved community as a model for social

     creativity. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 49(4), 388–408. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167809335361

Example w/ URL:

Loers, D. L. (2021). Liberation psychology: Theory, method, practice, and social justice. CHOICE: Current Reviews

     for Academic Libraries, 58(10), 1031. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A663350036/LitRC?

     u=pit59917&sid=ebsco&xid=ea92388e

Print Newspaper Articles

Basic Format:

Author's name. (Date). Article title. Newspaper title, page number(s).

Example:

Gelles, D. (2022, September 15). Billionaire gives away his company to fight climate change. New York Times, B1–

     B6.

Online Newspaper Articles

Basic Format:

Author's name. (Date). Article title. Newspaper title. URL

Example:

Hrabchuk, K., & Khurshudyan, I. (2022, October 13). As morale suffers, Russia and Ukraine fight a war of mental

     attrition. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/13/ukraine-morale-war-soldiers-

     exhausted/

NOTE ON CAPITALIZATION: USE SENTENCE CASE FOR ARTICLE TITLES AND TITLE CASE FOR PERIODICAL TITLES.