Harvard Templates

Newspapers

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Online Version

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Author(s) (Year of publication) 'Article title', Newspaper Title (Edition if required), Day and Month, Page reference (if available). Available at: DOI

or

Author(s) (Year of publication) 'Article title', Newspaper Title (Edition if required), Day and Month, Page reference (if available). Available at: URL (Accessed: Date).

Example

Citation
Paraphrasing / Summarising

(Carrington, 2024)

Carrington (2024) suggests that ...

Quoting

"..." (Carrington, 2024)

According to Carrington (2024) "..."

Reference List

Carrington, D. (2024) 'Microplastics found in every human placenta tested in study', The Guardian, 27 February. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/27/microplastics-found-every-human-placenta-tested-study-health-impact (Accessed: 27 February 2024).

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Newspaper Title (Edition if required) (Year of publication) 'Article title', Day and Month, page reference (if available). Available at: DOI

or

Newspaper Title (Edition if required) (Year of publication) 'Article title', Day and Month, page reference (if available). Available at: URL (Accessed: Date).

Example

Citation
Paraphrasing / Summarising

(The Guardian, 2024)

An article in The Guardian (2024) suggests that ...

Quoting

"..." (The Guardian, 2024)

According to an article in The Guardian (2024) "..."

Reference List

The Guardian (2024) 'Japan's moon lander survives two-week lunar night after wonky landing', 26 February. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/26/japan-moon-lander-survive-lunar-slim-spacecraft (Accessed: 27 February 2024).

Print Version

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Author(s) (Year of publication) 'Article title', Newspaper Title (Edition if required), Day and Month, Pages.

Example

Citation
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... (McKay, 2024).

As reported by McKay (2024)...

Quoting

"..." (McKay, 2024, p. 9)

As reported by McKay (2024, p. 9) "..."

Reference List

McKay, D. (2024) 'Thief broke in to make Pot Noodle', Press and Journal (Aberdeen), 10 February, p. 9.

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Newspaper Title (Edition if required). (Year of publication) 'Article title', Day and Month, Pages.

Example

Citation
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... (The Times, 1941)

According to a report in The Times (1941)...

Quoting

"..." (The Times, 1941, p. 41)

According to a report in The Times (1941, p. 41) "..."

Reference List

The Times (1941) 'Mr. Churchill and America', 10 January, p. 41.

From Library Databases

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Reference newspaper articles from Lexis+ in the same way as print newspaper articles if a page number is given on the article. Otherwise, reference as an online newspaper article.

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Reference magazine and newspaper articles from International Newsstream in the same way as print newspaper articles if a page number is given on the article. Otherwise, reference as an online newspaper article.