A titlean article is any type of work that is published in a periodical, book, magazine, newspaper, or journal. Citing titlean articles can help readers to locate the source you are using in your writing, and it can also serve as a reference for future readers who want to learn more about the topic.
When citing an article, you must include information about the authors of the work in your citation. This includes their last name and first initial, the date of publication, and the title of the work.
If the article has more than one author, list all the authors’ names in parentheses. APA style does not abbreviate the list of authors in the reference list unless there are seven or more authors.
In APA style, the authors’ names are listed in order of publication, beginning with the author who wrote the article. The date of publication is given in brackets after the article’s title. Likewise, the journal’s or periodical’s title is given in italics, followed by the volume number and issue number, then the year and page numbers.
The journal’s title is also given in quotation marks to set it apart from the article’s title, and it is used as part of a full citation. This way, the reader can distinguish the article’s title from that of the journal without having to look up a specific citation in the text.
MLA style has a similar format for article titles. This format is found in section 4.22 of the Publication Manual. It is a good idea to consult the Publication Manual when determining how to cite an article in MLA style.
Depending on the citation system you use, you must italicize the title of the article as well as that of the journal. The italicization is a way to distinguish the two from each other and also makes it easier for readers to locate the sources you are using in your writing.
Some scholarly journals are also containers, as is collections of short stories or poems, television series, and even websites. Whenever you cite a container, you must also cite the article’s title in italics and its volume and issue numbers.
A newspaper article can be cited in the same manner as a magazine or journal article, but note that some newspapers have more than one edition published each day (e.g., an early and late edition) and that some are divided into sections, in which case you need to cite the appropriate section after the newspaper’s title. If the article is from a less well-known or local newspaper, you must cite the city in which it was printed in brackets after the paper’s title.
In addition, if you use material from an online source, provide the URL of the site, or web address. This can be a helpful tool for readers to find the source they are looking for, especially if the URL is not available on the web. Moreover, if you have used an online source that is not available in print, you should always give the most up-to-date URL, so that the readers can access the source in a more convenient manner.
