How to Cite a Magazine Article

Magazines are cited with the issue date; APA also wants the volume, issue and pages when the print issue has them. Examples for APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver, AMA, ACS, Nature, ASA, APSA, OSCOLA, the Bluebook and AGLC4 are below, each produced by the generator itself.

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APA 7th edition

References entry

Carr, N. (2008, July). Is Google making us stupid? The Atlantic, 302(1), 56–63.

In-text citation

(Carr, 2008, p. 57)
MLA 9th edition

Works Cited entry

Carr, Nicholas. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” The Atlantic, vol. 302, no. 1, July 2008, pp. 56–63.

In-text citation

(Carr 57)
Chicago 18th edition (notes and bibliography)

Bibliography entry

Carr, Nicholas. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” The Atlantic, July 2008.

Footnote

Nicholas Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?,” The Atlantic, July 2008, 57.

Later footnotes

Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?,” 57.
Chicago 18th edition (author-date)

References entry

Carr, Nicholas. 2008. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” The Atlantic, July.

In-text citation

(Carr 2008, 57)
Harvard (Cite Them Right)

Reference list entry

Carr, N. (2008) ‘Is Google making us stupid?’, The Atlantic, July, pp. 56–63.

In-text citation

(Carr, 2008, p. 57)
IEEE

References entry

[1] N. Carr, “Is Google making us stupid?,” The Atlantic, vol. 302, no. 1, pp. 56–63, Jul. 2008.

In-text citation

[1, p. 57]
Vancouver (NLM)

References entry

1. Carr N. Is Google making us stupid? The Atlantic. 2008 Jul;302(1):56-63.

In-text citation

(1)
AMA 11th edition

References entry

1. Carr N. Is Google making us stupid? The Atlantic. 2008;302(1):56-63.

In-text citation

1(p57)
ACS

References entry

(1) Carr, N. Is Google Making Us Stupid? The Atlantic. July 2008, pp 56–63.

In-text citation

1
Nature

References entry

1. Carr, N. Is Google making us stupid? The Atlantic vol. 302 56–63 (2008).

In-text citation

1
ASA 7th edition

References entry

Carr, Nicholas. 2008. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” The Atlantic, July, 56–63.

In-text citation

(Carr 2008:57)
APSA

Reference List entry

Carr, Nicholas. 2008. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” The Atlantic 302(1): 56–63.

In-text citation

(Carr 2008, 57)
OSCOLA

Bibliography entry

Carr N, ‘Is Google Making Us Stupid?’ (2008) 302 The Atlantic 56

Footnote

Nicholas Carr, ‘Is Google Making Us Stupid?’ (2008) 302 The Atlantic 56, 57.

Later footnotes

Carr (n 1) 57.
Bluebook

Bibliography entry

Nicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid?, 302 The Atlantic, July 2008, at 56.

Footnote

Nicholas Carr, Is Google Making Us Stupid?, 302 The Atlantic, July 2008, at 56.

Later footnotes

Carr, supra note 1, at 57.
AGLC4

Bibliography entry

Carr, Nicholas, ‘Is Google Making Us Stupid?’, The Atlantic (July 2008)

Footnote

Nicholas Carr, ‘Is Google Making Us Stupid?’, The Atlantic (July 2008) 57.

Later footnotes

Carr (n 1) 57.

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