How to Cite a Article

General articles not fitting specific article subtypes.

What You'll Need

Article Title
Author(s)
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Note the article title, publication name, date, and page numbers or URL. Check for a DOI if the article is from an academic source.

Example Citations

APA
Weng, L. (2018). The Attention Mechanism Explained. In Lil’Log. https://lilianweng.github.io/posts/2018-06-24-attention/
In-text (Weng, 2018)
MLA Handbook (in-text citations)
Weng, Lilian. “The Attention Mechanism Explained”. Lil’Log, 24 June 2018, https://lilianweng.github.io/posts/2018-06-24-attention/.
In-text (Weng)
CMOS 17e with Bluebook (notes and bibliography [14.19])
Weng, Lilian. “The Attention Mechanism Explained”. In Lil’Log. Preprint, June 24, 2018. https://lilianweng.github.io/posts/2018-06-24-attention/.
Footnote Lilian Weng, “The Attention Mechanism Explained”, in Lil’Log, preprint, June 24, 2018, https://lilianweng.github.io/posts/2018-06-24-attention/.

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