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Referencing: Print, Online & Media Resources: Newspapers

APA Style

Reference: Author(s) Last name, Initials. (Year, Month Day of publication). Article title. Newspaper title. Retrieved from URL

Example: Kelly, M. (2010, May 22). Burden of Irish debt could yet eclipse that of Greece. The Irish Times. Retrieved from http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/0522/1224270888132.html

In-Text-Citation:

  • Author(s) Last name (year)
  • (Author(s) Last name, year)                

Example:

  • Kelly (2010) wrote that….
  • An article (Kelly, 2010) appeared at the time….

Source: UCD Library

Reference: Author(s) Last name, Initials. (Year, Month Day of publication). Article title. Newspaper title, Volume and/or Issue number (if applicable), pp. page numbers.

Example: Dempsey, A. (2003, August 19). A shoulder to lean on in the lonely crowd: Feet on the street, a new project by the Samaritans. The Irish Times, pp. 11.

In-Text-Citation:

  • Author(s) Last name (year)
  • (Author(s) Last name, year)

Example:

  • Dempsey (2003) wrote that...
  • An article (Dempsey, 2003) appeared at the time….

Source: UCD Library

Harvard Style

Reference: Author(s) Last name, Initials. (Year) ‘Article title’, Newspaper Title, day month of publication. Available at: URL (Accessed Day Month Year).

Example: Keenan, D. (2011) 'North voters go to polls today', Irish Times, 5 May. Available at: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0505/1224296146826.html. (Accessed 5 May 2011).

In-Text-Citation:

  • Author(s) Last name (Year)
  • (Author(s)  Last name, Year)

Example:

  • Keenan (2011) reported….
  • In the report (Keenan, 2011)….

Source: UCD Library

Reference: Author(s) Last name, Initials. (Year) ‘Article title’, Newspaper Title, date, page numbers.

Example: O'Dea, W. (2006) ‘Irish role in battle group concept will help to bolster UN’, Irish Times, 10 January, p.16.

In-Text-Citation:

  • Author(s) Last name (Year)
  • (Author(s) Last name, Year)

Example:

  • O’Dea (2006) proposed….
  • The article (O’Dea, 2006) argues….

Source: UCD Library

MHRA Style

There are two styles of MHRA referencing - footnotes/bibliography style and author/date style. This guide covers notes/bibliography style. For more information on both types of styles please see information here from the Univeristy of St. Andrews, and here from the MHRA style guide online. 

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Source: Swansea University

MLA Style

Reference: Author's Last name, First name. "Article Title." Newspaper Title, Day Month Year of Publication, pp. Page number(s). Platform/Container, Location/Link.

Example: Parker, George. "UK Promises no Return to 'Borders of the Past' in Ireland: Brexit Vote Aftermath." Financial Times, London, 26 July 2016, pp. 2+. Proquest, www.proquest.com/stable/1234567.

In-Text-Citation

  • (Author's Last name Page no)
  • (Page no)

Example:

  • Others (Parker 2) argue....
  • Parker (2) argues....

Source: UCD Library

Reference: Author's Last name, First name. "Article Title." Newspaper Title, Day Month Year of Publication, pp. Page number(s).

Example: Gleeson, Jim. "Towards Holistic Approach to School Discipline." Irish Times, 10 Feb. 2006, p. 16. 

In-Text-Citation:

  • (Author's Last name Page no)
  • (Page no)

Example:

  • Others (Gleeson 16) argue....
  • Gleeson (16) argues....

Source: UCD Library

Chicago Style - NOTE

Please note that there are two style of Chicago referencing: author/date style and notes/bibliography style. This guide covers notes/bibliography style. 

Chicago Style

In-Text Citation: Use a superscript number (like this: ¹) in the text at the place where you are indicating that you are citing from a source.

Footnote: #. Author(s) First name Last name, “Article title,” Newspaper, Month Day, Year, Page.

Bibliography: Author(s) Last name, First name and last author First name Last name. “Article title.” Newspaper, Month Day , Year.

Examples: 

In-Text Citation: In 2006, Aer Lingus announced a five-year plan to introduce fifty new aircraft.²

Footnote:  2. Emmet Oliver, "Aer Lingus to Strengthen Fleet," Irish Times, February 10, 2006, 14.

NOTE: When a source is referenced more than once on the same page a shortened form of footnote is used after the first reference, as seen below.

Subsequent footnote: 3. Oliver, "Aer Lingus".

Bibliography: Oliver, Emmet. "Aer Lingus to Strengthen Fleet." Irish Times, February 10, 2006.

Source: UCD Library

In-Text Citation: Use a superscript number (like this: ¹) in the text at the place where you are indicating that you are citing from a source.

Footnote: #. Author(s) First Name Last name, “Article title.” Newspaper, Day Month, Year published, accessed Day Month, Year, URL.

Bibliography: Author(s) Last name, First name and last author First name Last name. “Article title.” Newspaper, Month Day, Year published. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL.

Examples: 

In-Text Citation: The Irish Times reported on May 22 that Ireland's debt could actually exceed that of Greece.²

Footnote: 2. Morgan Kelly, “Burden of Irish Debt Could Yet Eclipse that of Greece.” Irish Times, May 22, 2010, accessed May 4, 2011, http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/0522/1224270888132.html.

NOTE: When a source is referenced more than once on the same page a shortened form of footnote is used after the first reference, as seen below.

Subsequent footnote: Kelly, "Burden"

Bibliography: Kelly, Morgan. “Burden of Irish Debt Could Yet Eclipse that of Greece.” Irish Times, May 22, 2010. Accessed May 4, 2011. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2010/0522/1224270888132.html.

Source: UCD Library

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