Access Date
For all content found on the Web, you must list the date you first viewed the resource. This comes last in a citation.
Authors/Editors
An author can be a person but can also be an organization, or company. These are called group or corporate authors.
City of Newspaper
If the name of the city in which the newspaper is published is not evident from the title of the newspaper then provide the city in square brackets after the title of the newspaper.
E.g., When citing the Toronto Star, it is evident that the newspaper is published in Toronto. However, if citing The Gazette, it is not evident from the title that it is published in Montreal, so include [Montreal] after writing The Gazette.
Database Names
The name of the database will usually apear at the top of the search screen. Note that ProQuest and EBSCOhost are NOT database names, they are database providers. The name of the database will appear separately.
If you have used the function to search multiple databases at once and therefore do not know the individual database name, enter the name of the database provider (e.g. ProQuest) as the database.
Dates
The format of all dates is: Day Month (shortened) Year. For example, 5 Sept. 2012.
Page Numbers
If no page number is listed, write n. pag. in the Works Cited list.
If the entire article is only one page, do not include a page number in the in-text citation.
If the article appears on non-consecutive pages (e.g., the article starts on page 5 then continues on page 12), write the first page number and a plus (+) sign. E.g., 5+
Titles
Capitalize the first letter of every important word in the title. You do not need to capitalize words such as: in, of, or an.
If there is a colon (:) in the title, include what comes after the colon (also known as the subtitle).
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle, if Any." Name of Newspaper [city of newspaper if city name not in name], Date of Publication, p. Page number if given. Name of Database.
For in-text citations, use (Author's Last Name Page Number)
| Works Cited Example |
Mashberg, Tom. "The Artwork Is Still Gone, But the Walls Are Waiting." The New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024. ProQuest eLibrary, https://explore.proquest.com/elibrary/document/2968693233?accountid=25324. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Mashberg) |
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle, if Any." Name of Newspaper [city of newspaper if city name not in name], Date of Publication, URL. Access date.
For in-text citations, use (Author's Last Name Page Number)
| Works Cited List Example |
Tribble, Ivan. "Bloggers Need Not Apply." The Chronicle of Higher Education, 8 July 2005, chronicle.com/article/Bloggers-Need-Not-Apply/45022. Accessed 23 Sept. 2024. Note: This entry has no page numbers, so this information is left out of the citation. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Tribble) Note: This entry has no page numbers, so this information is left out of the citation. |
Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle, if Any." Name of Newspaper [city of newspaper if city name not in name], Date of Publication, p. Page numbers.
For in-text citations, use (Author's Last Name Page Number)
Note: If an article is only one page long, you do not need to provide the page number in the in-text citation.
| Works Cited List Example |
Anton, Salem. "So, Did They Live Happily Ever After?" The Globe and Mail [Toronto], 27 Dec. 1997, pp. D1+. Note: If the article appears on nonconsecutive pages, indicate this by adding a "+" after the first page. Note: If the newspaper's name does not include the city in which it is produced, add it in brackets. Note: If an article's title ends with a question mark or exclamation mark, you do not need to add a period to mark the end of the title. |
| In-Text Citation Example |
(Anton D1+) |
If there is no named author, start the citation with "Title of Article."
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