Citing Sources Tutorials

Citing Blog Articles from a Website

How do I know if the original source is a blog?

• A blog is an online source that is:
  • Composed of dated "posts"
  • Usually posted in reverse chronological order
  • May contain "blog" in the title
  • May be created using a blog service such as Blogger or WordPress (seen in URL).

If you're not sure, search for the publication title as an exact phrase in Google Advanced Search.

Citing Journal Articles from a Website

How do I know if the original source is a journal?

• Look for these words in the title: Journal, Review, Studies, Research, Quarterly, or Annals
• Look for Volume and Issue Number
• Look for a month or season in the publication date

​If you're not sure, search for the publication title as an exact phrase in Google Advanced Search or JournalSeek.

Citing Magazine Articles from a Website

How do I know if the original source is a magazine?

• Look for these words in the title: Magazine, Digest, Illustrated, Popular,  or Weekly
• Look for a month or season in the publication date
• Look for a Subscribe option on the website

If you're not sure, search for the publication title as an exact phrase in Google Advanced Search.

Citing Newspaper Articles from a Website

How do I know if the original source is a newspaper?

• Look for these words in the title: Chronicle, Daily, Enquirer, Express, Gazette, Herald, News, Post, Record, Telegraph, or Times
• Look for a place (city) in the title e.g., New York Times
• A section in the page number e.g., A10
• Look for a month and day in the publication date

Check the beginning and the end of the article to note any mention of print publication information.  For example, a newspaper article from The New York Times that was also published on their website would say, "A version of this article appears in print on..."

If you're not sure, search for the title as an exact phrase in Google Advanced Search.

Citing Original Content published on a Website

How do I know if the content was published specifically for the website?

• Go to the website's About Us page to discover more about the site
• If you see the following, then your content IS NOT original to the site and you should select the corresponding tab above:
  • Look for these words in the title: Journal, Review, Studies, Research, Quarterly, or Annals (Journal articles)
  • Look for these words in the title: Magazine, Digest, Illustrated, Popular,  or Weekly (Magazine articles)
  • Look for a day and/or month or season in the publication date (Journal or Magazine articles)
  • Look for these words in the title: Chronicle, Daily, Enquirer, Express, Gazette, Herald, News, Post, Record, Telegraph, or Times (Newspaper articles)
  • Look for a place (city) in the title e.g., New York Times (Newspaper articles)
  • A section in the page number e.g., A10 (Newspaper articles)

If you're not sure, search for the publication title as an exact phrase in Google Advanced Search.

Citing Reference Articles from a Website

How do I know if the original source is a reference source?

• Look for these words in the title: Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Factbook, Gazetteer, Handbook, Yearbook

If you're not sure, search for the publication title as an exact phrase in Google Advanced Search, Amazon Advanced Book Search, or the Library of Congress catalog. 

Citing Videos from a Website

This tutorial is only for citing videos or video clips accessed through a website.  If you are citing the transcript of a video clip or a sound recording only, this is not the tutorial to follow.

Citing Tips:

• Make the following selections in NoodleTools:
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  •  (for full videos/films)  OR   (for shorter clips or portions of full recordings) OR 

​​                         (for TV episodes published online)