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Citing Items From Special Collections

Citing A Newspaper

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Example of a Newspaper Citation

General example (for Chicago)

Author's Last Name, First Name (if given). Item title. Format. Publisher city: Publishing company, copyright date (if given). Item # or Box/Folder # or Folder Name. Collection Name. Cal Poly Humboldt Library, Arcata, California.

APA

Montesino, D. (1987, May 6). Vice President: Vicki Allen defeats Adam Shin by 90 Votes in Run-Off Election. The Lumberjack, pg. 3, 15. Archives Pamphlet Collection. Cal Poly Humboldt Library, Arcata, CA. 

Chicago

Montesino, David . "Vice President: Vicki Allen defeats Adam Shin by 90 Votes in Run-Off Election." The Lumberjack, May, 6, 1987. Archives Pamphlet Collection. Cal Poly Humboldt Library, Arcata, CA. 

MLA

Montesino, D. Vice President: Vicki Allen defeats Adam Shin by 90 Votes in Run-Off Election. The Lumberjack Newspaper, vol. 63, no. 26, May 6, 1987. Archives Pamphlet Collection. Humboldt State University Library, Arcata, California. 

Newspaper Citation Format

APA

Author Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of publication, page number(s). Cal Poly Humboldt Library, Arcata, CA. 

Chicago

First Name Last Name. "Title of Article." Name of Newspaper, Month, Day, Year. Cal Poly Humboldt Library, Arcata, CA.

MLA

Author. Title of Article. Title of Publication, Other contributors, Version, Publisher, Publication Date, Cal Poly Humboldt Library, Arcata, California.