In our citation examples, we use the following color coding:
- Red – Author
- Blue – Title of book/article/charter/webpage
- Pink – Date
- Orange – Website/Publisher
- Turquoise – Place of publication
- Green – Title of journal
- Black – Volume/Issue
- Sienna – Pages
- Gray – URL/database/website where the source is retrieved
Print journal article
Example:
Karlsson, Margareta, and Sandra Pennbrant. “Ideas of Caring in Nursing Practice.”
Nursing Philosophy 21, no. 4 (2020): 1-12.
Footnote citation:
1. Margareta Karlsson and Sandra Pennbrant, “Ideas of Caring in Nursing Practice,”
Nursing Philosophy 21, no. 4 (2020): 5.
Print journal article (no author)
Example:
“Photo Story: BDJ Cafe.” British Dental Journal 231, no. 9 (2021): 543.
Footnote citation:
1. “Photo Story: BDJ Cafe,” British Dental Journal 231, no. 9 (2021): 543.
Print newspaper article
Example:
Higgins, Marguerite. “Obesity Policy Will Benefit Trial Lawyers; Enables Fast-Food
Lawsuits.” The Washington Times, December 22, 2023.
Footnote citation:
1. Higgins, Marguerite, “Obesity Policy Will Benefit Trial Lawyers; Enables Fast-Food
Lawsuits,” The Washington Times, December 22, 2023, 3.
Online article from a database
Example:
Prosen, Mirko. “Nursing Students’ Perception of Gender-Defined Roles in Nursing: A
Qualitative Descriptive Study.”BMC Nursing 21, no. 1 (2022): 104-112.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00876-4.
Footnote citation:
1. Mirko Prosen, “Obesity Policy Will Benefit Trial Lawyers; Enables Fast-Food
Lawsuits,” The Washington Times, (2022): 107,
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-022-00876-4.
Online article from a database (no author)
Example:
“Placeholder Prescriptions Undoing Years of Progress in Fight against Antibiotic
Resistance.” British Dental Journal of Higher Education 231, no. 11 (2021): 668.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-021-3748-7.
Footnote citation:
1. “Placeholder Prescriptions Undoing Years of Progress in Fight against Antibiotic
Resistance,” British Dental Journal Chronicle of Higher Education 231, no. 11 (2021): 668,
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-021-3748-7.
Full text newspaper/newswire from a database
For online articles, add DOI (Digital Object Identifier, https://doi.org/10.000.000) and URL.
Example:
Bassi, Margherita. “The Eight Best Bagels in NYC, According to the City’s Bagel
Ambassador.” BBC News, April 14, 2024. EBSCOHost.
Chavkin, Sasha, Caitlin Gilbert, Anjali Tsui, and Anahad O’Connor. “As Obesity Rises, Big
Food and Dietitians Push ‘Anti-Diet’ Advice.” The Washington Post, April 3, 2024.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/04/03/diet-culture-nutrition-influencers-general-mills-processed-food/.
Footnote citation:
1. Margherita Bassi, “The Eight Best Bagels in NYC, According to the City’s Bagel
Ambassador,” BBC News, April 14, 2024, EBSCOHost.
2. Chavkin, Sasha et al., “As Obesity Rises, Big Food and Dietitians Push ‘Anti-Diet’
Advice,” The Washington Post, April 3, 2024, https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/04/03/diet-culture-nutrition-influencers-general-mills-processed-food/.
Full text from a newspaper, newswire (no author)
Example:
The Exponent. “Lafayette Walmart Remodeled with Community-Inspired Mural.” April 12,
2024.
http://www.purdueexponent.org/features/article_6gh3a2814-cd52-5f16-87b3-7c013123133e8f.html.
Footnote citation:
1. “Lafayette Walmart Remodeled with Community-Inspired Mural,” The Exponent,
April 12, 2024,
http://www.purdueexponent.org/features/article_6gh3a2814-cd52-5f16-87b3-7c013123133e8f.html.