Article in a magazine

Citation-sequence and citation-name

5. Stevens MH. Heavenly harbingers. Smithsonian. 2001 Nov:20, 22.

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  • Provide the year and month for monthly publications and the year, month, and day for weekly publications, followed by the page numbers of the article.

  • Use no spaces between the year, the colon, and the first page number.

  • Spell out a one-word magazine title. Use standard scientific abbreviations for magazine titles of more than one word.

Name-year

Stevens MH. 2001 Nov. Heavenly harbingers. Smithsonian. 20, 22.

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  • After the author’s name, give the year and the month for monthly magazines or the year, month, and day for weekly magazines.

  • Use three-letter abbreviations for all months.

  • Give the page numbers of the article after the magazine title.

  • Spell out a one-word magazine title. Use standard scientific abbreviations for magazine titles of more than one word.

  • CSE does not provide specific guidelines for the name-year reference list. You may use a hanging indent (as shown here) for readability.

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