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Citing Archives: Newspapers

Using an item from the archives?

A credit line must be given for the publication, exhibition, presentation, or use of reproductions from the NBCA. Credit line to be written in the manner as follows:

Northern BC Archives, UNBC Accession No. ______.

Citing Newspapers

Chicago Style

Notes:

  1. “The Greatest Marine Disaster in History,” The Globe (Toronto), April 16, 1912, https://search.proquest.com/docview/1351176382?accountid=14601

Bibliography:

“The Greatest Marine Disaster in History.” The Globe (Toronto). April 16, 1912. https://search.proquest.com/docview/1351176382?accountid=14601.

Author-Date In-text:

(The Globe 1912)

Author-Date Bibliography:

The Globe (Toronto). 1912. “The Greatest Marine Disaster in History.” April 16, 1912. https://search.proquest.com/docview/1351176382?accountid=14601.

In newspaper articles with no author, the newspaper title takes the place of the author. Otherwise the format would be:

Author, A. (Year). "Article Title." Newspaper title (City if not in newspaper title). Date of article. URL

APA

In-text citation:

(“Greatest Marine Disaster,” 1912)

Reference list:

The Greatest Marine Disaster in History. (1912, April 16). The Globe, pp. 1-2. https://search.proquest.com/docview/1351176382?accountid=14601.

If the newspaper article has an author then the format would be: Author. A. (Year, Month Day). Article Title. Newspaper Title. URL.

Unidentified newspaper or magazine clipping in a file in an archival collection:

Bibliography:

On BC Rail, Tumbler Ridge Line; July 1986. (1990, October). [Clipping from an unidentified magazine]. David Davies Railway Collection (2013.6.22.2.2), Northern BC Archives, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC.

In-text citation:

("On BC Rail, Tumbler Ridge Line; July 1986," 1990)

For more guidance/examples, refer to the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association section on Archival Documents and Collections.

MLA

In-text citation:

(“Titanic Disaster”)

Bibliography:

Author, A. “Article Title.” Newspaper Title [City if not in newspaper title] Day Month Year: page number(s). Medium. Date accessed (if from web)

"The Titanic Disaster." Times [London] 16 Apr. 1912: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 Nov. 2017.

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