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 numbering 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 magazine article, follow this link. Remember, book reviews and newspapers articles are cited differently than both magazine and journal articles.
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Example:
Foley, M., Prax, B., Crowell, R., & Boone, T. (1996). Effects of assistive devices on
cardiorespiratory demands in older adults. Physical Therapy, 76, 1313-1319.
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Author:
Last name first, then initials for first and middle name. Does your article have multiple authors? - Foley, M., Prax, B., Crowell, R., & Boone, T.
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Year of publication:
In parentheses. Close parentheses with a period - (1996).
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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 - Effects of assistive devices on cardiorespiratory demands in older adults.
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Title & subtitle of journal, 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 - Physical Therapy, 76,
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Issue number (or supplement information):
If a volume is paginated continuously throughout, do not include the issue number. If each issue (e.g. Winter Quarter, or February) begins paging at 1, include issue number within parentheses. Do not italicize issue number. If the issue is a supplement, note that: e.g. 24 (Suppl. 2) - Issue number not included in this example since the volume is continuously paginated, if not, it would have appeared as this - Physical Therapy, 76 (12),
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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 - 1313-1319.
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**If you got this article from an online database such as Academic Search Premier, you are not done! See the Full-text Articles from Online Databases for the second half of your citation.
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