Enter the author's last name first, then first name and/or initial, with a period at the end. If there is no author listed, exclude this information and begin with the article title.
Enter the article title in quotes with the first letter of all primary words capitalized. Place a period at the end of the article title inside the closing quote.
Enter the publication title in italics. Enter the publication date or date range in day, month, year format followed by a colon, then the page numbers followed by a period.
Enter the medium of publication. For a paper newspaper, this will be "Print," for an online newspaper article, this will be "Web."
Enter the date you accessed the information followed by a period for online citations only.
Write the elements in the format below:
Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Article Title." Publication Title Publication Date or Date Range: Page or Pages. Mode of Publication. Date Information Accessed (Online Only).
Use this example for online articles ("n.pag." means no page number is available):
Greenhouse, Steven. "Making the Most Out of Less." New York Times 02 March 2011: n. pag. Web. 03 March 2011.
Use this example for print articles:
Greenhouse, Steven. "Making the Most Out of Less." New York Times 02 March 2011: p. 12. Print.