MLA & APA Citation Guide 

A citation for a news article should include the following:

• Author's name
• Full date of article's publication (year, month, day)
• Title of article
• Title of newspaper
• Page number(s) of article (if available)

For articles accessed online, you may also need:

• The article's DOI (if available)
• The URL of the newspaper's home page

- Capitalize only the first word of the article's title and subtitle as well as any proper nouns.

- Do not use quotation marks around the article title.

- Italicize the title of the newspaper and capitalize all main words.

- If your citation includes a DOI or URL, do not end the citation with a period.

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Article in a Print Newspaper

If an article appears on discontinuous pages, list each of the page numbers on which it appears.

Example:

Hickman, H. (2009, September 10). Forum gives insight to candidates' views. Knoxville

         News Sentinel, pp. A1, A11.

Newspaper Article, No Author

Begin the citation with the title of the article.

Example:

Roane announcement set. (2009, September 13). Knoxville News Sentinel, p. B2.

Newspaper Article Accessed Online

APA style does not distinguish between articles accessed through a database and articles accessed via the Web. The exact citation formation will depend on whether the article has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) available.

• If the article DOES have a DOI, place it at the end of the citation.
• If the article DOES NOT have a DOI, give the URL of the newspaper home page (not the database in which it was retrieved).

Example:

Hu, W. (2009, September 11). Foreign languages fall as schools look for cuts. The New

         York Times. Retreived from http://www.nytimes.com

What Is a Digital Object Identifier?

A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a unique set of numbers and letters that can be assigned to a particular article to help identify it. Unlike a URL or Web address, an article's DOI always remains the same. Each article has a unique DOI - think of it as a "digital thumbprint."

How are DOIs used in APA citations?

DOIs are used in APA citations to help scholars find cited articles more efficiently. Unlike URL links and Web addresses, which can break or change, a DOI provides a consistent way to look up a referenced article. If you have a DOI for your article, include it at the end of the citation.

Where can I find an article's DOI?

Not all articles are assigned DOIs yet, but if available, the DOI will usually be included with the rest of the electrontic citation information for your article. This may be on the first or last page of the article, or there may be a separate link to citation information. You can also check the CrossRef database to see if a DOI is available for your article.

More about DOIs

DOI Flowchart