WORKS CITED: PERIODICALS

When citing articles in periodicals, provide the following general categories of information:

Author’s last name, first name. “Article Title.” Periodical Title Date: inclusive pages.

A Signed Article in a Magazine or Newspaper
Elmer-Dewitt, Philip. “Battle for the Soul of the Internet.” Time 25 July 1994: 50-56.

For a newspaper that designates sections by letter, list the appropriate letter before the page number.

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. “It’s Not Just Anglo-Saxon.”
New York Times 4 May 1991:A23.

An Article That Skips Pages
When an article does not appear on consecutive pages, give only the first page number followed by a plus sign.

Miles, Jack. “A Bold Proposal on Immigration.”
Atlantic Monthly June 1994: 34+.

An Article with Continuous Pagination
Allen, Emily. “Staging Identity: Frances Burney’s Allegory of Genre.” Eighteenth-Century Studies 31 (1998): 433-51.


An Editorial or Work with No Listed Author
Begin with the title of the article and alphabetize while ignoring an initial, A, An, or The. If the work cited is an editorial, include the word Editorial after the title.

“Boy Named Beerhall, A” Editorial.
New York Times 19 Mar. 1993: A28.