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• Cite by title if no author or editor is given.
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• The authors' names are given as they appear on the publication you have used, i.e., use full first name where provided or first name initials where initials only are provided.
• Titles are given maximal capitalisation (title case)
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Standard format for citation
In print:
Article Author, Given Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle." Title of Newspaper, Date Month. Year, Section, inclusive page numbers. |
From a full text database:
Article Author, Given Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle." Title of Newspaper, Date Month. Year, Section, inclusive page numbers. Database Name, doi or internet address. |
From the internet:
Article Author, Given Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle." Title of Newspaper, Date Month. Year, Section, inclusive page numbers, internet address. |
Newspaper article in print
Author full first name provided
Buchanan, Rachel. "Truth and Valour: Anzac Day, the Myth." The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 Apr. 1999, Good Weekend, pp. 43-44.
Author first names' initials only provided
Kissane, K. "Kiss or Kill: Who is the Victim When a Battered Woman Kills?" The Age, 5 Sept. 1998, Extra, p. 6.
Newspaper article in print: No author
"Iona Yields Its Secret: The Last Resting Place of Kings." The Times (London), 6 July 2010, p. 28.
Newspaper article from a full text database
Brown, Malcolm. "Prolific Writer Was Inspired by Landscape." The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 June 2010, p. 24. Factiva, //global-factiva-com.libproxy.murdoch.edu.au.
Wierzbicka, Anna. "The Humanities Battle to Gain a Scientific Edge." The Australian, 7 July 2010, p. 24. Factiva, global-factiva-com.libproxy.murdoch.edu.au.
Newspaper article from the internet
Brevis, Stephen. "Music the Force Behind Star Wars." The West Australian, 7 July 2010, thewest.com.au.
Wakin, Daniel J. "After Music From a Bridge, Why Not a Tower?" The New York Times, 8 July 2010, artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/after-music-from-a-bridge-why-not-a-tower/.