How to Cite Your Work | Giving Credit | Citation Styles

Take Note

Taking note of the following elements as you find things will help when it comes time to finish your citations! 

Pro-Tips

• Most databases provide generated citations for articles, but it’s good practice to review them for formatting accuracy before use
• Check that citation’s style guide for how article and journal titles should be capitalized
• DOIs (digital object identifiers): A DOI is an unique link to only that article, often listed on the information page for that article in a database
  • If the DOI is not listed in the information, check the first and last pages of the PDF
  • If the DOI listed is not a link (such as 10.1111/var.12154), add https://doi.org/ before it and test it in an alternate browser window
• URLs: Each citation style has special rules for non-DOI links, so refer to that style guide for instructions
   

Example Citations (Scroll Down)

Take Note

• Author(s): Maggie Tate
• Article title: Re-presenting invisibility: ghostly aesthetics in Rebecca Belmore’s Vigil and The Named and the Unnamed
• Journal title: Visual Studies
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 1
• Date published: March, 2015
• Page range of the whole article: 20-31
• DOI: 10.1080/1472586X.2015.996388
• Date of access: 3/9/2020

MLA - 8th Ed.

For this style: Double-spaced and hanging indent in the works cited page. This example is for a basic article with one author from an academic journal. For more extensive advice, see the Purdue Online Writing Lab’s MLA Works Cited Page: Periodicals page.

Last, First. "Article Title." Journal Title, vol. Volume, no. Issue, Year, pp. Page range, DOI/URL. Accessed Date of access.

Example:
Tate, Maggie. “Re-presenting Invisibility: Ghostly Aesthetics in Rebecca Belmore’s Vigil and The Named and The Unnamed.” Visual Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2015, pp. 20-31, www.doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2015.996388. Accessed March 9, 2020.
 

APA - 7th Ed.

For this style: Double-spaced and hanging indent in the references page. This example is for a basic article with one author from an academic journal. For more extensive advice, see section 10.1 in Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition.

Last, First Initial. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), Page range. DOI.

Example:
Tate, M. (2015). Re-presenting invisibility: ghostly aesthetics in Rebecca Belmore’s Vigil and The Named and the Unnamed. Visual Studies, 30(1), 20-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2015.996388
 

Chicago - 17th Ed.

For this style: Single-spaced (with blank space between each citation) and hanging indent in the bibliography. This example is for a basic article with one author from an academic journal. For more extensive advice, see sections 14.168 - 14.187 in The Chicago Manual of Style Online.

Last, First. “Article Title.” Journal Title Volume, no. Issue (Date published): Page range. DOI.

Example:
Tate, Maggie. “Re-presenting Invisibility: Ghostly Aesthetics in Rebecca Belmore’s Vigil and The Named and The Unnamed.” Visual Studies 30, no. 1 (March 2015): 20-31. www.doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2015.996388.