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Holmesglen Harvard Referencing

Newspapers and magazines format

Newspapers 

 

Reference elements 

 

In-text citation

  Format Example
Paraphrase

(Author Year)

OR

Author (Year)

... emission cuts ... (Millar 2009).

OR

Millar (2009) explains how emission cuts ... 
Quote

(Author Year:Page)

OR

Author (Year:Page) '...'

'... the offender ...' (Robinson 2014:2).

OR

Robinson (2014:2) said '... the offender ...'
Note:
  • Quotes for web sources do not require a page number. 
  • For sources where page number information is not available, cite the author(s) and year only.

 

Reference 

 

Electronic
  Format Example
Online

Author, AA (Day Month Year) 'Title of article: subtitle of article', Title of Newspaper, accessed Day Month Year.

Robinson, L (13 December 2014) 'Racist attack on bus: offender's Youth Justice Conference', The Sydney Morning Herald, accessed 4 May 2022.          
Online from a database Author, AA (Day Month Year) 'Title of article: subtitle of article', Title of Newspaper:page-page. Crowe, D (19 June 2019) 'Shift on refugee program amid crisis in Venezuela', The Age:5.
Note:
  • For online newspaper and magazine articles, hyperlink the title. Include the date you accessed the article at the end of the reference.
 
Print
Format Example
Author, AA (Day Month Year) 'Title of article: subtitle of article', Title of Newspaper:page-page. Millar, R (23 March 2009) 'State emission cuts futile', The Age:1.
Note:
  • Provide the exact date for an article from a daily or weekly newspaper or magazine.

Magazines 

 

Reference elements 

 

In-text citation

  Format Example
Paraphrase

(Author Year)

OR

Author (Year)

... stress of police work (McCubbin 2015).

OR

McCubbin (2015) says that ...
Quote

'...' (Author Year:Page)

OR

Author (Year:Page) '...'

'In the playground ...' (Smith 2016:10).

OR

Smith (2016:10) says that '... the playground ...' 
Note:
  • Quotes for web sources do not require a page number. 
  • For sources where page number information is not available, cite the author(s) and year only.

 

Reference 

 

Electronic
  Format Example
Online

Author, AA (Day Month Year) 'Title of article: subtitle of article', Title of Magazine, accessed Day Month Year. 

Huston, M (7 February 2020) 'HiTOP is a new map of mental illness', Psychology Today, accessed 5 May 2022.
Online from a database Author, AA (Day Month Year) 'Title of article: subtitle of article', Title of Magazine:page-page.  Dingman, H (1 June 2019) 'The best free PC games', PCWorld:84-98.
Note:
  • For online newspaper and magazine articles, hyperlink the title. Include the date you accessed the article at the end of the reference.

 

Print
Format Example
Author, AA (Day Month Year) 'Title of article: subtitle of article', Title of Magazine:page-page. McCubbin, J (21 May 2015) 'Police look to the future to stop crime', Police Life:22-23.
Note:
  • Provide the exact date for an article from a daily or weekly newspaper or magazine.

Practice exercise