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1. Presenter: Dr. MiahRashiduzzaman DOCUMENTATION CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS Source: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7th edition

2. CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS • Print periodicals-newspapers, magazines, journals appear regularly at fixed intervals. • Newspapers and magazines usually appear daily, weekly, or monthly and include varied forms of writing on diverse topics. • Journals are usually issued no more than four times a year and address a discrete domain of scholarly, professional, or aesthetic concern through critical or creative writing. Introductory

3. CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS: basic elements • Entries for publications in print periodicals consist of several elements in a prescribed sequence. Here is a list: 1. Author's name 2. Title of the article (in quotation marks) 3. Name of the periodical (italicized) 4. Series number or name (if relevant) 5. Volume number (for a scholarly journal) 6. Issue number (if available, for a scholarly journal) 7. Date of publication (for a scholarly journal, the year; for other periodicals, the day, month, and year, as available) 8. Inclusive page numbers 9. Medium of publication consulted (Print) 10. Supplementary information Elements

4. CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS: Author's name • Take the author's name from the beginning or the end of the article (see fig. 1). Reverse the name for alphabetizing, adding a comma after the last name. Put a period after the complete name. • Author cited: Piper, Andrew. Fig.1. author & title Journal

5. CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS: Title of the article • State the full title of the article, enclosed in quotation marks (not italicized). • Unless the title has its own concluding punctuation (e.g., a question mark), put a period before the closing quotation mark. Piper, Andrew. “Rethinking the Print Object: Goethe and the Book of Everything.” • NB: Take the author's name and the title from the article itself not from the journal cover or the table of contents. Journal Continued

6. CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS: Publication Information • Publication information includes the journal title, volume number, issue number, and year of publication. • Take the information from the cover or title page of the journal. (see fig. 2.) • Omit any introductory A, An, or The in the journal title, and italicize the journal title. Place a period between the volume and issue numbers. • A colon, the inclusive page numbers for the entire article, and the medium of publication consulted normally conclude the citation: Critical Inquiry 34.2 (2008): 313-35. Print. Fig.2. publication information Journal Continued

7. CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS: Publication Information Piper, Andrew. “Rethinking the Print Object Goethe and the Book of Everything.” PMLA 121.1 (2006): 124-38. Print. • Some scholarly journals do not use volume numbers at all, numbering issues only. Cite the issue numbers of such journals alone. Kafka, Ben. “The Demon of Writing: Paperwork, Public Safety and the Reign of Terror.” Representations 98 (2007): 1-24. Print. • In citing a journal with numbered series, write the number (an Arabic digit with the appropriate ordinal suffix: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.) and the abbreviation ser. between the journal title and the volume number. Striner, Richard. “Political Newtonism: The Cosmic Model of Politics in Europe and America.” William and Mary Quarterly 3rd ser. 52.,4 (1995): 583-608. Print. Journal Continued

8. CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS: Newspaper Article • To cite an English-language newspaper, give the name as it appears on the masthead but omit any introductory article (New York Times, not The New York Times). • Retain articles before the names of non-English language newspapers (Le monde). • If the city of publication is not included in the name of a locally published newspaper, add the city in square brackets, not italicized, after the name; “ Star-Ledger [New York].” • Next give the complete date—day, month, and year. Abbreviate the names of all months except May, June, and July. • Do not give the volume and issue numbers even if they are listed. Newspaper

9. CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS: Newspaper Article • If an edition’s named on the masthead, add a comma after the date and specify the edition (e.g., natnl. ed., late ed.), because different editions of the same issue of a newspaper contain different material. • Follow this with a colon and the page number / numbers. Then state the medium of publication consulted. • For sections labeled with letters and paginated separately, the section letter is sometimes part of each page number: "A1," "B1," "C5," "D3." Copy the page number or numbers exactly. Jeromack, Paul. “This Once, a David of the Art World Does Goliath a Favor.” New York Times 13 July 2002, late ed.: B7+. Print. Jeromack, Paul. “This Once, a David of the Art World Does Goliath a Favor.” New York Times 13 July 2002, New England ed.: AI 3+. Print. Newspaper Continued

10. CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS: Newspaper Article • If a section is paginated separately and given a section number or letters but not as part of the page numbers, put a comma after the date (or after the edition, if any) and add the abbreviation sec., the appropriate letter or number, a colon, the page number or numbers, and the medium of publication. Haughney Christine. “Women Unafraid of Condo Commitment.” New York Times 10 Dec. 2006, late ed., sec. 11:1+. Print. • For sections paginated separately and designated only by title, not by number or letter, give the title before the abbreviation sec. Dwyer, Jim. “Yeats Meets the Digital Age, Full of Passionate Intensity.” New York Times 20 July 2008, early ed., Arts and Leisure sec.: 1+. Print. • When a newspaper article is printed on more than one inconsecutive pages, cite the first page and put a “+” sign next to it. Newspaper Continued

11. CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS: magazine Article • To cite a weekly or fortnightly magazine, give the complete date (as seen above), followed by a colon, the inclusive page numbers of the article, and the medium of publication consulted. • In case of inconsecutive pages, write only the first page number and a plus sign, leaving no intervening space. • Do not give the volume and issue numbers even if they ate listed (see fig. 3). McEvoy, Dermot. “Little Books, Big Success.” Publishers Weekly 30 Oct. 2006: 26-28. Print. Weintraub, Arlene, and Laura Cohen. “A Thousand-Year Plan for Nuclear Waste.” Business Week 6 May 2002: 94-96. Print. Magazine

12. CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS: magazine Article • Fig. 3. The publication information for a magazine. • To cite a monthly or two-monthly magazine give the month or months and year. • For inconsecutive pages, write only the first page number and a plus sign, leaving no intervening space. • Do not give the volume and issue numbers even if they are listed. Kates, Robert W. “Population and Consumption: What We Know, What We Need to Know.” Environment Apr. 2000: 10-19. Print. Laskin, Sheldon H. “Jena: A Missed Opportunity for Healing.” Tikkun Nov.-Dec. 2007: 29+. Print. Magazine Continued

13. CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS: Miscellaneous • For a signed review with title: Mendelsohn, Daniel. “September 11 at the Movies.” Rev. of United 93, dir.Paul Greengrass, and World Trade Center, dir. Oliver Stone. New York Review of Books 21 Sept. 2006: 43-46. Print. • For a signed review without title: Bordewich, Fergus M. Rev. of Once They Moved like the Wind: Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars, by David Roberts, and Brave A People: Indian Heroes Not Forgotten, by Frank Waters , Smithsonian Mar. I 994 : 125-31. Print. • If the review is neither titled nor signed: Rev. of Oxford Bible Atlas, 4th ed., by Adrian Curtis. Kirkus Reviews 1 Sept. 2007: 4. Print. • For an abstracts journal: Pineda, Marcela. “Desire in Postmodern Discourse: An Analysis of the Poetry of Cristina Peri Rossi.” Diss. indiana U, 20C4. DAI 65.12 (2005): item DA3156288. Print. Review & Abstract

14. CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS: Miscellaneous • If no author's name is given for the article you are citing, begin the entry with the title. Ignore any initial A, An, or The when you alphabetize the entry. Do not include the name of a wire service or news bureau. “Where Angels No Longer Fear to Tread.” Economist 22 Mar.2008: 89+. Print. • If you are citing a signed editorial, begin with the author's name, give the title, and then add the descriptive label Editorial, neither italicized nor enclosed in quotation marks. Conclude with the appropriate publication information. If the editorial is unsigned, begin with the title and continue in the same way. Gergen, David. “A Question of Values.” Editorial. US News and World Report 11 Feb. 2OO2: 72. Print. “It's Subpoena Time.” Editorial. New York Times 8 June 2OO7,late ed.: A28. Print. Anonymous Article & Editorial

15. CITING PERIODICAL PRINT PUBLICATIONS: Miscellaneous • To identify a letter to the editor, add the descriptive label Letter after the name of the author, but do not italicize the word or place it in quotation marks. Safer, Morley. Letter. New York Times 31 Oct. 1993, late ed., sec. 2: 4. Print.