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In text

(Slapper, 2005)

(The Economist, 2006)

In the reference list

Print newspaper article

Required elements:

Family name of author, Initials. Year (in brackets) Title of article or column header. Full Title of Newspaper (in italics), day and month, page numbers.

Example:

Slapper, G. (2005) Corporate manslaughter: new issues for lawyers. The Times, 3 Sep. p.4.

Online newspaper article

Required elements:

If the name of the journalist or writer is shown, start with this. If not, start with the name of the online newspaper site. Give the title and date of the item or article, and, as for other online sources,  the URL address where the article is available and the date you accessed it.

Examples:

Woolcock, N. (2018) Sit more exams to beat stress, schools minister Nick Gibb tells GCSE pupils. Times Online, 8 Feb. Available at: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/sit-more-exams-to-beat-stress-schools-minister-nick-gibb-tells-gcse-pupils-63n02jt8d [Accessed 8 February 2018].

The Economist (2006) Mini-grids may be the best way to illuminate the “bottom billion”. 24 Jul. Available at: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/07/12/mini-grids-may-be-the-best-way-to-illuminate-the-bottom-billion  [Accessed 18 July 2018].

For further information, look at the Harvard guide.

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