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Legal Citations: Newspapers

Newspapers - Print

Author's Last Name,

First Middle or Initial ,

 "Title of Article", Newspaper, edition

(date of

publication)
 

 pages.

Your citation should look like:

Brozan, Nadine, “Where Home is a Real Sanctuary”, New York Times, (16 June 2002), D11+.

“Cold Weather Chills Home Building in Many States”, Wall Street Journal, eastern ed., (14 Feb. 2002), B17.

“Home Building was Off in April”, New York Times, (17 Apr. 2002), C14.

Note:

  • If the geographic location is required to identify the specific newspaper, indicate it within square brackets [ ] in the title.
    • Ex. The [Montreal] Gazette, or Business Times [of Singapore].

Newspapers from a Library Database

Author's Last Name, First Middle or Initial, "Title of Article", Newspaper,

(date of

publication),

pages.
 

 online: Name of database, <URL or DOI number>.

Your citation should look like:

Dockery, Paula, “Fracking could Become a Disaster Here in Florida”, South Florida Sun-Sentinel [Fort Lauderdale], (16 June 2002),  D11+. online: ProQuest Newsstand, <search.proquest.com/docview/1766901883?accountid=27045>.

Lang, Marissa, "Same-Sex Couples Shatter Marriage Records in Utah", The Salt Lake Tribune, (27 Dec. 2013), State News. online: LexisNexis Academic, <www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=5B50-6Y01-JCB3-411J&csi=270944,270077,11059,8411&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true>.

Note:

  • If the geographic location is required to identify the specific newspaper, indicate it within square brackets [ ] in the title.
    • Ex. The [Montreal] Gazette, or Business Times [of Singapore].

Newspapers - Online

Author's Last Name, First Middle or Initial, "Title of Article", Newspaper,

(date of online

publication),		 online: <URL>.

Your citation should look like:

Shukamn, David, “What is Fracking and Why is it Controversial?”, BBC News, (16 Dec. 2015), online: <www.bbc.com/news/uk-14432401>.

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