How to Cite a Publicaton in a Magazine

Although magazines may not be as common a research source as newspapers or scholarly journals, magazines may contain valuable information about the news as it happens, and can also be an excellent primary source for an exploration of American culture. Whatever your reason for turning to a magazine as a source of information, you will need to cite the article in the text and in your works-cited page. APA (American Psychological Association) and MLA (Modern Language Association) citation formats each have their own separate rules for the citation of magazine articles.

Instructions

  1. APA Style

    • 1

      Cite within the text whenever you paraphrase or quote from a magazine. Your in-text citation should be composed of the author's last name, the year the article was published and the page on which the quotation appears. These elements should be separated by commas, and "p." should precede the page number. The entire citation should be placed within parentheses. For example:

      (Greene, 2004, p. 54)

    • 2

      Position your citation outside of quotation marks, but before punctuation such as commas and periods. For example:

      An article in Time magazine likened the budget battle to "a feast for crows" (Greene, 2004, p. 54), and many legislators would remember that phrase for years to come.

    • 3

      Format your works-cited entry according to the following template:

      Author's Last , F. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of magazine (in italics), volume (in italics), page numbers.

      For example:

      Greene, T. (2004, January 17). Making the budget work. Time, 246, 50--56.

    MLA Style

    • 4

      Cite within the text whenever you paraphrase or quote from a magazine. Your in-text citation should be composed of the author's last name and the page on which the quotation appears. No punctuation should appear in your citation. The entire citation should be placed within parentheses. For example:

      (Greene 54)

    • 5

      Position your citation outside of quotation marks, but before punctuation such as commas and periods. For example:

      An article in Time magazine likened the budget battle to "a feast for crows" (Greene 54), and many legislators would remember that phrase for years to come.

    • 6

      Format your works-cited entry according to the following template:

      Author's Last , First. "Title of Article." Title of magazine (in italics) Day Mon. Year: page numbers. Medium of Publication.

      For example:

      Greene, Thomas. "Making the Budget Work." Time 17 Jan. 2004: 50--56. Print.

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