Bibliographic Entries for Magazine Articles

Bibliographic Entries for Magazine Articles

Note: The following sample entries are designed to show the sequence of information, capitalization, and punctuation. In your bibliography, you will doublespace the entries and indent second and subsequent lines of each entry in accordance with formatting conventions explained elsewhere.

Information:
Author: Terrence Henry
Article Title: Al Qaeda's Resurgence
Magazine Title: Atlantic Monthly
Page Numbers: 54-55
Publication Date: June 2004
Volume Number: 293

MLA Format:
Henry, Terrence. "Al Qaeda's Resurgence." Atlantic Monthly June 2004: 54-55.
or:
Henry, Terrence. "Al Qaeda's Resurgence." Atlantic Monthly June 2004: 54-55.

APA Format:
Henry, T. (2004, June). Al Qaeda's resurgence. Atlantic Monthly, 293, 54-55.
or:
Henry, T. (2004, June). Al Qaeda's resurgence. Atlantic Monthly, 293, 54-55.

CBE Format:
Henry T. Al Qaeda's resurgence. Atlantic Monthly 2004 June: 54-55.

AMA Format:
Henry T. Al Qaeda's resurgence. Atlantic Monthly. June 2004; 293: 54-55.

Information:
Authors: Peter T. Sherman, Perri K. Eason
Article Title: Climb Every Waterfall!
Magazine Title: Natural History
Page Numbers: 33-34, 36-37
Publication Date: October 2004
Volume Number: 113
Issue Number: 8

MLA Format:
Sherman, Peter T., and Perri K. Eason. "Climb Every Waterfall!" Natural History Oct. 2004: 34+.
or:
Sherman, Peter T., and Perri K. Eason. "Climb Every Waterfall!" Natural History Oct. 2004: 34+.

APA Format:
Sherman, P. T., & Eason, P. K. (2004, Oct.). Climb every waterfall! Natural History, 113 (8), 34-37.
or:
Sherman, P. T., & Eason, P. K. (2004, Oct.). Climb every waterfall! Natural History, 113 (8), 34-37.

CBE Format:
Sherman PT, Eason PK. Climb every waterfall! Natural History 2004; Oct:34-37.

AMA Format:
Sherman PT, Eason PK. Climb every waterfall! Nat Hist. October 2004; 113:34-37..

Information:
Author: Judith Thurman
Article Title: The Candidate's Wife
Magazine Title: The New Yorker
Page Numbers: 124-135
Publication Date: September 27, 2004

MLA Format:
Thurman, Judith. "The Candidate's Wife." The New Yorker 27 Sept. 2004: 124-35.
or:
Thurman, Judith. "The Candidate's Wife." The New Yorker 27 Sept. 2004: 124-35.

APA Format:
Thurman, J. (2004, Sept. 27) The candidate's wife. The New Yorker,124-135.
or:
Thurman, J. (2004, Sept. 27) The candidate's wife. The New Yorker,124-135.

CBE Format:
Thurman J. The candidate's wife. The New Yorker 2004 Sep 27:124-35.

AMA Format:
Thurman J. The candidate's wife. The New Yorker. September 27, 2004:124-35.

Practice creating bibliographic entries with the following information:

Author(s)	Title/Subtitle of Article	Page Numbers	Title of Magazine	Date of Publication	Volume No./Issue
Doug Scott	Forty Wild Years	26-33	Sierra	September/October 2004	89/5
Timothy Gower	Drink Yourself Skinny	104-105	Men's Health	December 2004	19/10
Rod Nordland, Babak Dehghanpisheh,	Free to be Angry	27	Newsweek	January 31, 2005	145/5

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Updated by A. L. Trupe Oct. 3, 2004