Format

Citation for PRINTED PERIODICAL Source

General format

Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical Issue Number Date: Page numbers.

Magazine or newspaper article, with author

Morrow, Lance. (1991, February 4). The fog of war. Time, 136, 61-62.

Tuck, Simon. (2005, June 17). CRTC turns radio on its head with landmark satellite ruling. Globe and Mail, pp. B1, B3.

Give the periodical title in full, in upper-case and lower-case letters, and use italics. Give the volume number in italics, but do not use the abbreviation "Vol." before the number. Use the abbreviation "p." or "pp." for newspaper articles, but not for magazines and journals. If an article is not printed on consecutive pages, give all page numbers, separated by commas.

Magazine or newspaper article, with no author

Let go of the tension in your life. (2005, April/May). Connect Magazine, 11.

Canadians Abroad Deserve Better. (2005, June 17). [Letter to the editor]. Toronto Star, p. A24.

Identify if the article is an editorial.

Review of a book, movie, etc.

McQuillin, A. (2005, May). [Review of the book In praise of slowness: How a worldwide movement is challenging the cult of speed].

                   Shambala Sun, 45.

Omit the name of the author of the work being reviewed. Identify the medium in brackets.

Article in a scholarly journal with continuous pagination

Bakaršić, K. (1994, Autumn). The libraries of Sarajevo and the book that saved our lives.  

                      New Combat: A Journal of Reason and Resistance, 13-15.

Omit A, An, or The in the journal title.

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Article in a scholarly journal that pages each issue separately

Albada, K. F. (2000). The public and private dialogue about the American family on television.

                      Journal of Communication 50 (4), 79-110.

To identify different issues of a journal that does not number page continuously throughout the year, include the volume number in italics followed by the issue number in parentheses.

Abstract in an abstracts journal

McCabe, D. L. (1993). Faculty responses to academic dishonesty: The influence of student honour codes. Research in Higher Education 34,

               647-58. Abstract obtained from Current Index to Journals in Education 1994, 26. Abstract No. EJ471027.

Format

Citation for ELECTRONIC PERIODICAL Source

General format

Author(s). “Title of Article.” Source of article. Date of source: page numbers. Product name. Date of access <electronic address of subscription service>.

Magazine article found in an online subscription database

Lanken, D. When the earth moves. (1996, March-April) Canadian Geographic, 66-73. Retrieved November 10, 2004,

                        from Canadian Reference Centre EBSCOhost database <http://www.search.epnet.com>

Newspaper article found in an online subscription database

Angier, N. (1993, April 13). Chemists learn why vegetables are good for you. Toronto Star. Retrieved October 12, 2004,

                      from Virtual News Library database <http://www.virtualnews.com>

Reference article found in an online subscription database

Benjamin Franklin. (2003). Discovering World History. Retrieved March 20, 2005, from Galenet database <http://www.galenet.gale.com>

Magazine article found on the Web

Abilock, D. (1997, November-December). The gestalt of online searching. Multimedia Schools [online]. Retrieved October 1, 2003, 

                        from <www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/nov97/ story.htm>

Notice the information that may be omitted for articles found without using a subscription database

Article found in an online scholarly journal

Tolson, N. (1998). Making books available: The role of early libraries, librarians, and booksellers in the promotion of

                      African American children's literature. African American Review 32, 9-12. Retrieved October 1, 2002,

                      from JSTOR database <http://www.jstor.org/search>

Online abstract

Nastali, D., & Boardman, P. (2001). Searching for Arthur: Literary highways, electronic byways, and cultural back roads.

                     Arthuriana 11(4), 108-22. Abstract retrieved October 1, 2002, from <http://www.smu.edu/arthuriana/>

Online government publication

U.S. Centre for Disease Control. National Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2002, June).

                   Diabetes Public Health Resource FAQs About Diabetes. Retrieved May 25, 2004, from <http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/faqs.htm>