Introduction
Bibliographic entries for newspapers share much of the same structure as journals and magazines. The author, headline, publisher, and especially the day/year are all central elements to a proper newspaper note-style citation. If the online edition of a paper was consulted as the reference, a URL should be included at the end of the citation.
Bibliographic citations of newspaper should include most or all of the following elements. Remember that each element is separated by a period (unless shown otherwise below):
As with all other citations, the publication date of the reference will be placed directly after the title when using Author-Date style.
Basic Layout
(Footnote/Endnote)
Author Lastname, Firstname Middle. “Article Title:Subtitle.” Column Name. Title of Magazine. publication Month/Day/Year. URL.
(Author-Date)
Author Lastname, Firstname Middle. Publication year. “Article Title:Subtitle.” Column Name. Title of Magazine. publication Month/Day. URL.
Examples
(FN/EN)
Fields, Marguerite. “Want to Be My Boyfriend? Please Define.” Modern Love. New York Times. May 4, 2008.
(A-D)
Fields, Marguerite. 2008. “Want to Be My Boyfriend? Please Define.” Modern Love. New York Times. May 4.
(FN/EN)
Bosman, Julie. “Jets? Yes! Sharks? ¡Sí! In Billingual ‘West Side.’” New York Times. July 17, 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/theater/17bway.html.
(A-D)
Bosman, Julie. 2008. “Jets? Yes! Sharks? ¡Sí! In Billingual ‘West Side.’” New York Times. July 17. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/theater/17bway.html.