LibAnswers: Referencing

Print newspapers

Articles should be formatted as below in your reference list:

Author(s) (Year) ‘Article title’. Newspaper title, Day and Month, Page(s), use p. or pp.

Example

Mansell, W. and Bloom, A. (2018) '£10,000 carrot to tempt physics experts', The Guardian, 20 June, p. 5.

Online newspapers

If you are specifically using the online version of a newspaper, which often varies from the print edition (for example no pagination), then you would reference it using the URL.

Example

Roberts, D. and Ackerman, S. (2013) 'US draft resolution allows Obama 90 days for military action against Syria', The Guardian, 4 September. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/04/syria-strikes-draft-resolution-90-days (Accessed: 9 September 2018).