How to Cite a Journal Article
How to Cite a Journal Article
Author’s last name, First name (if available). “Title of article.” Title of Journal, Issue number, Date, Page range. Online database/container, URL of page. Date of access.
Example:
Academic article about George Washington's military decisions during the Revolutionary War (accessed through JSTOR)
Grades 9-12
This is what goes in your Works Cited:
Herrera, Ricardo A. “‘Our Army Will Hut This Winter at Valley Forge’: George Washington, Decision Making, and the Councils of War.” Army History, no. 117, 2020, pp. 6–27. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26939904. Accessed 28 Oct. 2021.
This is what your in-text citation should look like when you paraphrase or quote from this article:
...the army for basic needs" (Herrera 9).
In this example, the in-text citation tells your reader that the quote/paraphrase came from page 9 of Herrera's article.