How to Format a Citation for the Illinois Reporter

When you are writing an academic paper, it is imperative that you cite any outside information that you are using in the paper at the place you use it as well as in a "works cited" page located at the end of the paper. When using the most common formatting, MLA, there are very specific rules for such citations. Citing the Illinois Reporter, for example, will be subject to the rules for citing a print or an online newspaper, depending on which one you are using.

Instructions

  1. In-Text Citation

    • 1

      Insert a space and a set of parenthesis at the end of your sentence between the last word and the period.

    • 2

      In the parenthesis, add the author's last name.

    • 3

      Add a space and the page number where the information you are citing was located. If there is none, omit this step.

    • 4

      Your final citation should look something like the following example: According to many critics, Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" album is "her best yet" (Smith 9).

    Online Article Citation in Works Cited

    • 5

      Format your page so it has a hanging indent (your first line will start flush with the left margin and any additional lines will be indented). Begin your citation by entering the author's name with the last name first, followed by a comma, the first name and the middle name or initial, if there is one, and end with a period. Example: Smith, Bob E.

    • 6

      Add the title of the article. Any nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs and subordinate conjunctions should be capitalized, and any coordinating conjunctions, articles and prepositions should be lowercase. The title should be enclosed with quotation marks, titles within the overall title should be appropriately capitalized and enclosed with single quotation marks, and a period should conclude the overall title inside of the quotation marks. Example: "A Review of Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way'."

    • 7

      Add the title of the newspaper in italics with proper capitalization, followed by no punctuation, just a space.

    • 8

      Add the date the article was published. Any months besides May, June, and July should be abbreviated. The date should be ordered day, month and year, with the only punctuation other than the period following the abbreviated month being a period after the date. Example: 15 Sept. 2011.

    • 9

      Add "Web" after the date, followed by a period. Make sure the "w" is capitalized.

    • 10

      Add the date you accessed the article in the same format as the date the article was published, followed by a period. Example: 30 Nov. 2011.

    • 11

      Your final citation should look something like the following example: Smith, Bob E. "A Review of Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way'." 15 Sept. 2011. Web. 30 Nov. 2011.

    Print Article Citation in Works Cited

    • 12

      Follow steps 1 through 4 from the instructions on citing an online article, ending step 4 with a colon instead of a period. Example: 15 Sept. 2011:

    • 13

      Add the page number the article was found on. If there is more than one, include them all. If the article is on several pages in a row, use the first and last pages, separated by a dash. If the article begins on one page and continues on a later page, indicate both pages, separated by a comma. End the page number(s) with a period. Example: A7, A9.

    • 14

      Add "Print" after the page number, followed by a period. Make sure the "p" is capitalized.

    • 15

      Your final citation should look something like the following example: Smith, Bob E. "A Review of Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way'." 15 Sept. 2011: A7, A9. Print.

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