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Intellectual History Courses for Humanistic Studies

Sophomore Intellectual History Courses in Humanistic Studies

Citing Journal Articles

Here are some very basic examples of citing journal articles using three commonly used styles.  This is by no means comprehensive.  Please refer to the individual manuals for further assistance.

Examples used from PURDUE OWL

Information needed for all citation styles, to cite journal articles

from IUPUI campus guides

CHICAGO/TURBIAN: JOURNAL ARTICLES

PRINT JOURNALS:

Last name, First Name. "Title of article." Title of Journal Volume Number, issue number (Year): Page Numbers.

EXAMPLE:

MacDonald, Susan Peck. “The Erasure of Language.” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 585-625.

ELECTRONIC JOURNALS: Same as print but add when accessed and URL or DOI.

Bent, Henry E. "Professionalization of the Ph.D. Degree.” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 0-145. Accessed December 5, 2008. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1978286.

Kossinets, Gueorgi, and Duncan J. Watts. “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network.” American Journal of Sociology 115 (2009): 405–50. Accessed February 28, 2010. doi:10.1086/599247.

MLA: JOURNAL ARTICLES

PRINT JOURNALS:

Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Periodical Day Month Year: pages. Medium of publication.

EXAMPLES:

Poniewozik, James. "TV Makes a Too-Close Call." Time 20 Nov. 2000: 70-71. Print.

ELECTRONIC JOURNALS: Same as print, provide the medium of publication that you used (in this case, Web) and the date of access.

Wheelis, Mark. "Investigating Disease Outbreaks Under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention." Emerging Infectious Diseases 6.6 (2000): 595-600. Web. 8 Feb. 2009.

Langhamer, Claire. “Love and Courtship in Mid-Twentieth-Century England.” Historical Journal 50.1 (2007): 173-96. ProQuest. Web. 27 May 2009.

MLA Article examplefrom Washington State University

APA: JOURNAL ARTICLES

WITH DOI:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy 

WITHOUT DOI (URL)

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number. Retrieved from http://www.journalhomepage.com/full/url/

EXAMPLES:

Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13.

Kenneth, I. A. (2000). A Buddhist response to the nature of human rights. Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 8. Retrieved from http://www.cac.psu.edu/jbe/twocont.html

Brownlie, D. (2007). Toward effective poster presentations: An annotated bibliography. European Journal of Marketing, 41, 1245-1283. doi:10.1108/03090560710821161

 

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