How to Cite Online Newspaper Articles
Citing a resource is the proper way to give credit to the source from which the information was gathered. When preparing a document, any outside source should be properly cited, including newspaper articles. One of the most common citation styles is MLA.
- Cite the article author's last name, this should be followed by a comma and then the first name. Put a period after the name (Doe, Jane.). When there is no article author information provided, you can omit this step and just begin with step 2.
- Cite the title of the article in quotation marks, place a period before the ending quotation mark ("So This Is How You Site an Article: 101.").
- Underline the title of the newspaper that the article was pulled from. If it is a local newspaper, you can underline the city name and in state in brackets ([Los Angles, CA]). However, you don't want to include a period with this step after the title of the newspaper or city and state citations.
- For an online newspaper, you'll need to include the date when you accessed the article after the publication date (11 Oct. 2011:). You also need to include a line break that is followed by the website of the article in brackets followed by a period (<www.readmynewspaper.com>).
- Cite the exact page numbers that the article can be found on as well. If the article spans across multiple pages, cite the first page number and the last page number separated by a hyphen. (C6-8).