How to Cite the Federalist Papers

MLA Format

• 1

  Begin the citation by citing the author, last name first.

• 2

  In quotation marks, enter the title of the article.

• 3

  Enter the name of the newspaper that the article was published in, and underline it. If "the" or "a" is the first word of the newspaper's name, omit it.

• 4

  Cite the date that the article was published, printing the date first, followed by the abbreviated name of the month, and then the year. Your final citation should appear as follows:

  Madison, James. "The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." New York Daily Advertiser. 22 Nov 1787.

APA Style

• 5

  Begin the citation by entering the authors last name, followed by the first initial of his first name.

• 6

  In parenthesis, enter the date the article was published, entering the year first, then the name of the month written in full, followed by the date.

• 7

  Cite the name of the article.

• 8

  Enter the name of the newspaper, in italics, followed by the page number that the article appears on. Your final citation should read as follows:

  Madison, J. (1787, November 22). The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection. New York Daily Advertiser, p. 1.