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Article or Class Handout

Key Elements

  1. Author
  2. Article Title (in quotes)
  3. Publication Title (italicized)
  4. For Journals, Volume and Issue Number
  5. Publication Date (use year for journals)
  6. Page Number (p.) or Page Numbers (pp.)
  7. From Database: Database (italicized), Permanent Link
  8. From Web Site: Web Site Title (italicized) and either:
    • ​​DOI
    • Web Site URL (no http)

Journal Article

List the article title in quotes after the author. The journal title goes after the article title and is italicized.

Bordia comma Prashant comma and Nicholas DiFonzo period quotation mark Problem Solving in Social Interactions on the Internet colon Rumor as Social Cognition period quotation mark Social Psychology Quarterly comma vol period 67 comma no period 1 comma 2004 comma pp period 33-49 period

From Database

After the publication date, include the database in italics and then the DOI or permanent link to the article.

Beckhard comma Sven period quotation mark From Tuskegee to Togo colon The Problem of Freedom in the Empire of Cotton period quotation mark Journal of American History comma vol period 92 comma no period 2 comma 2005 comma pp period 498-526 period JSTOR comma https://doi.org/10.2307/3659276 period

Online

After the publication date, include the Web site name in italics, then the DOI. No DOI? Include the Web link to the article and the date you accessed it.

Connaway comma Lynn comma and Heather Wicht period quotation mark What Happened to the E-book Revolution? colon The Gradual Integration of E-books into Academic Libraries period quotation mark Journal of Electronic Publishing comma vol period 10 comma no period 3 comma 2007 period Michigan Libraries Digital Collections comma https://doi.org/10.3998/3336451.0010.302 period

Magazine Article

List the article title in quotes after the author. The magazine title goes after the article title and is italicized.

Whelan comma Debra Lau period quotation mark Facebook Book Clubs period quotation mark School Library Journal comma 1 June 2009 comma p period 16 period

From Database

After the publication date, include the database in italics and then the DOI or permanent link to the article.

Kirwan comma William E period quotation mark Investing in Student Success period quotation mark Change colon The Magazine of Higher Learning comma vol period 42 comma no period 3 comma MayslashJune 2010 comma pp period 14dash16 period EBSCOhost comma search.ebscohost.comslashlogin.aspx?direct=true&db=eft&AN=504424250&scope=site period

Online

After the publication date, include the Web site name in italics, then the DOI. No DOI? Include the Web link to the article and the date you accessed it.

Gladwell comma Malcolm period quotation mark The Courthouse Ring period quotation mark The New Yorker comma vol period 85 comma no period 24 comma 10 Aug period 2009 comma p period 26 comma www.newyorker.comslashmagazineslash2009slash08slash10slashthedashcourthousedashring period

Newspaper Article

List the article title in quotes after the author. The newspaper title goes after the article title and is italicized. If article isn't on consecutive pages, cite the section and page number where the article begins, then put "+" after the page number.

Ahrens comma Frank period quotation mark Washington Post Co period Returns to Profit with Cost Cutting period quotation mark Washington Post comma 1 Aug period 2009 comma pp period A11+ period

No Author

If there is no author, start with the article's title, omitting a, an, or the from the beginning.

Quotation mark Retirement Expert Urges Diversity in 401(k) Options period quotation mark USA Today comma 19 Jan period 2010 comma p period 4B period

From Database

After the publication date, include the database in italics and then the DOI or permanent link to the article.

Will comma George F period quotation mark Tweeting against Terrorism period quotation mark The Denver Post comma 22 Feb period 2015 comma p period 5D period LexisNexis Academic comma www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=5FCM-45X1-DY2D-H0HX&csi=144565&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true period

Online

After the publication date, include the Web site name in italics, then the DOI. No DOI? Include the Web link to the article.

Witt comma Gerald period quotation mark Knox County Schools Reserve Expected To Grow period quotation mark Knoxville News-Sentinel comma 29 Sep period 2016 comma www.knoxnews.com/news/local/knox-county-schools-reserve-expected-to-grow-3da854ca-79f2-252c-e053-0100007f25e7-395300581.html period

Class Handout

After the handout's title, include your course name, instructor, semester, and name of the college.

Quotation mark Literary Criticism period Quotation mark English Composition II comma taught by Rick Patton comma fall 2021 comma Pellissippi State Community College period

Quoting Another Source

Start with the quoted author. After the handout title, list the quoted source, the course title, your instructor, semester, and the college.

Poe comma Edgar Allan period quotation mark The Raven period quotation mark The Works of Edgar Allan Poe comma English 1010 comma taught by Terry Runger comma spring 2021 comma Pellissippi State Community College period

Online

After the handout title, add the description "Student handout" and the name of the college.

Quotation mark Colonization of North America period Quotation mark Early United States History comma taught by Leslie Coffman period Brightspace comma Pellissippi State Community College comma 15 Aug period 2021 comma https://elearn.pstcc.edu/d2l/le/content/ 8310823/viewContent/73908893/View period

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