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Holmesglen Harvard Referencing

Journals, newspapers and magazines overview

In this section:

Summary

Items published on a regular basis, such as journals, magazines and newspapers, are known as serials or periodicals. Include the same elements as for a book, but exclude the publication information and add the volume, issue and page number(s) instead.

Each reference may include the following elements:

  • Author
  • Date
  • Title of article
  • Title of periodical
  • Volume
  • Issue number
  • Page number(s)
  • Doi (if applicable)

Example title page of a journal article

annotated example of referencing information found on a journal article title page

Common abbreviations

n.d. no date
et al. and others