University of
Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville
Essential Elements of a Journal or Magazine Citation
An average journal or magazine citation from an index or bibliography will
look something like this:
Rapple, Brendan A. "Humanists as Teachers of Science." College
Teaching 43/4 F' 95 146-150.
The most important element of the citation necessary to find the article in
the University Libraries is the title of the journal (College
Teaching in
the example). The date is second; if you have the title and the date, you
can get the call number and go to the shelves to look for the volume. The
other elements such as the author and volume are
also important, but it is the title of the journal or magazine that will be
listed in InfoLinks if we have it.
Click on Journals, Magazines
and Newspapers, then type the title of the journal into InfoLinks, to determine whether we have it in
the library, and what the call number is. If the screen shows a location
and call number, the issues are on the shelves; if they are current
issues, they might be in the Periodicals Room, and the record will say so.
If the entry says
"electronic resource", then we have some issues online in electronic
text. If issues are on microfiche or microfilm, the entry
will say PER-MFICHE or PER-MFILM. This is most common with newspapers, but
also includes some other titles.
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