Periodicals

BASIC FORMAT FOR AN ARTICLE

For most articles, you'll need to provide information about the author, the article title and any subtitle, the periodical title, any volume or issue number, the date, and inclusive page numbers.

Weinberger, Jerry. "Pious Princes and Red-Hot Lovers: The Politics of
     Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet." Journal of Politics 65 (2003): 370-75.

A FEW DETAILS TO NOTE

• AUTHORS: If there is more than one author, list the first author last-name-first and the others first-name-first.
• TITLES: Capitalize the first and last words of titles and subtitles and all principal words. Do not capitalize a, an, the, to, or any prepositions or coordinating conjunctions unless they begin a title or subtitle. For periodical titles, omit any initial A, An, or The.
• DATES: Abbreviate the names of months except for May, June, or July: Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec. Journals paginated by volume or issue call only for the year (in parentheses).
• PAGES: If an article does not fall on consecutive pages, give the first page with a plus sign (55+).

18. ARTICLE IN A JOURNAL PAGINATED BY VOLUME

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal
     Volume (Year): Pages.

Bartley, William. "Imagining the Future in The Awakening." College
     English 62 (2000): 719-46.

19. ARTICLE IN A JOURNAL PAGINATED BY ISSUE

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Journal
     Volume. Issue (Year): Pages.

Weaver, Constance, Carol McNally, and Sharon Moerman. "To
     Grammar or Not to Grammar: That Is Not the Question!" Voices
     from the Middle 8.3 (2001): 17-33.

20. ARTICLE IN A MONTHLY MAGAZINE

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine
     Month Year: Pages.

Fellman, Bruce. "Leading the Libraries." Yale Alumni Magazine
     Feb. 2002: 26-31.

21. ARTICLE IN A WEEKLY MAGAZINE

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine
     Day Month Year: Pages.

Cloud, John. "Should SATs Matter?" Time 12 Mar. 2001: 62+.

22. ARTICLE IN A DAILY NEWSPAPER

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Newspaper
     Day Month Year: Pages.

Springer, Shira. "Celtics Reserves Are Whizzes vs. Wizards." Boston Globe
     14 Mar. 2005: D4+.

If you are documenting a particular edition of a newspaper (indicated on the front page), specify the edition (late ed., natl. ed., etc.) in between the date and the section and page reference.

Margulius, David L. "Smarter Call Centers: At Your Service?" New York
     Times 14 Mar. 2002, late ed.: G1+.

23. UNSIGNED ARTICLE

"Title of Article." Name of Publication Day Month Year: Page(s).

"Laura Bush Ponders Trip to Afghanistan." New York Times 2 Dec. 2003:
     A22.

24. EDITORIAL

"Title." Editorial. Name of Publication Day Month Year: Page.

"Gas, Cigarettes Are Safe to Tax." Editorial. Lakeville Journal 17 Feb.
     2005: Acit_cit_10.

25. LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title (if any)." Letter. Name of
     Publication Day Month Year: Page.

Festa, Roger. "Social Security: Another Phony Crisis." Letter. Lakeville
     Journal 17 Feb. 2005: Acit_cit_10.

26. REVIEW

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title (if any) of Review." Rev. of Title
     of Work, by Author's First and Last Names. Title of Periodical Day
     Month Year: Pages.

Lahr, John. "Night for Day." Rev. of The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. New
     Yorker 18 Mar. 2002: 149-51.