Citing a Magazine Article

from an Online Database

Basic, informational articles written

for the general public

Source citation information

is at the beginning and/or

end of the article

If you are not sure of the source,

perform an

Advanced Search in Google

searching for the periodical title

as an exact phrase

Current Events is a magazine

Select Magazine

then click

Create Citation

Select Database

Citation has 3 parts:

Database

Article

Magazine

Database

Fill in the Database

information

Article

Fill in the Article

information

Magazine

Fill in the Magazine

information

Write a brief annotation

evaluating the source

and explaining its value

to your research.

Here is the

completed citation.

You can always go

back and edit.