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Harvard OU Citation Guide: Newspapers

Material Type

Reference List Example

In Text Example

Newspaper: Print

Author, A. (year of publication) ‘Title of the article’, Title of the Newspaper, date, page number.

Mackay, C. (2002) ‘Alert over big cat’, The Daily Mirror, 4 July, p. 28.

(Mackay, 2002)

Newspaper: Electronic Database

Author, A. (year of publication) ‘Title of the article’, Title of the Newspaper, date [Online]. Available at Library Database (Accessed date).

MacLeod, D. (2007) ‘Oxbridge trainee teachers twice as likely to get jobs’, Guardian, 3 August [Online]. Available at Academic Search Premier (Accessed 3 August 2013).

(MacLeod, 2007)

Newspaper: Online

Author, A. (year of publication) ‘Title of the article’, Title of the Newspaper, date [Online]. Available at URL (Accessed date).

Hilts, P.J. (2010) 'In forcasting their emotions, most people flunk out',The New York Times, 16 February [Online]. Available at http://www.nytimes.com (Accessed 19 February 2012).

(Hilts, 2010)

Newspaper: no author

Newspaper Title (year of publication) 'Title of the article', date, page number.

The Times (2008) ‘Bank accounts’, 14 June, p. 7.

(The Times, 2008)