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Before citing an article from a periodical, one needs to determine if the article is from a magazine or a scholarly journal. There are two general clues to look to in order to make this determination:
1. Frequency of publication. Journals are more likely to be monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly publications. If the periodical is published weekly, then it is a magazine and not a journal.
2. Pagination. Magazines are generally paginated by issue, i.e. with each new issue the page numbers start over with number one. Scholarly journals are paginated consecutively throughout the volume year. Page number does not begin with number one again until the first issue of the next volume year.
Examine your article and determine if it is a magazine article or not. If it is a scholarly journal, follow the link. Remember, book reviews and newspaper articles are cited differently than both magazine and journal articles. If you are using a full-text article found in a database, the format is different.
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Example:
Barone, M. (2006, December 25). The experience factor. U.S. News & World Report, 141, 26.
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Author:
Last name first, then initials for first and middle name. Does your article have multiple authors? - Pound, E. T., & Pasternak, D.
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Date of publication:
In parentheses. Year, followed by the complete spelling of month, then day. Give the date shown on the publication - month for monthlies or month and day for weekly publications. Close parentheses with a period - (2006, December 25).
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Title & subtitle of the article:
Title and subtitle are separated by a colon. Capitalize only the first word of the title and sub-title, and any proper nouns - The experience factor.
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Title & subtitle of magazine, and volume number:
Title & subtitle are separated by a colon. Capitalize 1st word of title and subtitle, proper nouns, and all important words. Italicize title, subtitle, and volume number. Separate title from volume number, and volume number from page numbers with a comma - U.S. News & World Report, 141,
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Page numbers:
If page numbers of an article run consecutively, separate beginning and ending page numbers with a hyphen. End citation with a period. If the pages of the article do not run consecutively, indicate the beginning page of the article followed by a + sign - 26.
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NOTE: For more information on magazine article citations, see page 241 in the 5th edition of the APA manual.
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