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How to Cite a Magazine Article

Magazine articles and popular periodicals.

What You'll Need

Article Title

Short title

Author(s)

Magazine Name

Date Published

Volume

Issue

Pages

URL

Record the issue date rather than volume/issue numbers, as magazines often use dates. Note page numbers for print or URL for online.

Example Citations

APA 7th edition

Weiser, M. (1991, September). The computer for the 21st century. Scientific American, 265(3), 94–104. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0991-94

In-text (Weiser, 1991)

MLA 9th edition

Weiser, Mark. “The Computer for the 21st Century.” Scientific American, vol. 265, no. 3, Sept. 1991, pp. 94-104, https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0991-94.

In-text (Weiser)

Chicago 18th edition (notes and bibliography)

Weiser, Mark. “The Computer for the 21st Century.” Scientific American 265, no. 3 (1991): 94–104. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0991-94.

Footnote Mark Weiser, “The Computer for the 21st Century,” Scientific American 265, no. 3 (1991): 94–104, https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0991-94.

Harvard (Cite Them Right 12th edition)

Weiser, M. (1991) ‘The computer for the 21st century’, Scientific American, September, pp. 94–104. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0991-94.

In-text (Weiser, 1991)

IEEE

[1]

M. Weiser, “The Computer for the 21st Century,” Scientific American, vol. 265, no. 3, pp. 94–104, Sep. 1991. doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0991-94.

In-text [1]

Numbered by order of appearance in your document.

Vancouver

Weiser M. The computer for the 21st century. Scientific American. 1991 Sep;265(3):94-104.

In-text (1)

Numbered by order of appearance in your document.