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Articles in a Database

Cite articles from a PTC databases (e.g. LexisNexis, ProQuest, JSTOR, etc.) the same as a print article. After the page numbers, list the title of the database in italics and then the DOI or URL. If a DOI is not provided, use the URL instead. Provide the date of access if you wish.

Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Day Month Year, pp. pages. Database name, URL or doi. Accessed date.

Example:

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Cite a newspaper article the same way you would a magazine article. However, there are different types of page numbers in a newspaper.

Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Periodical, Day Month Year, p. pages. 

Example:

*Remember that all citations need to be formated with a hanging indent where the first line is to the margin and the following lines are indented.

Print

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages.

Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. number, no. issue number, Year, pp. pages. 

Example:

Carpenter, Lucas. "It Don't Mean Nothin': Vietnam War Fiction and Postmodernism." College Literature, vol. 30, no. 2, 2003, pp. 30-50. 

This information was obtained from the Purdue Online Writing Lab website.

Articles in a Database

Cite articles from a PTC databases (e.g. LexisNexis, ProQuest, JSTOR, etc.) the same as a print article. After the page numbers, list the title of the database in italics and then the DOI or URL. If a DOI is not provided, use the URL instead. Provide the date of access if you wish.

Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. number, no. issue number, year, pp. pages. Database name, URL or doi. Accessed date.

Example:

This information was obtained from the Purdue Online Writing Lab website.