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MHRA referencing guide (Online)

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Print Source Footnote

Author(s) First names Surname, 'Article title', Newpaper name (in italics), Day Month Year, section name, Paragraph or Page numbers (preceded by p. or pp. or para).

Example:

First mention

Ben Chu, ‘What Was the Glorious Revolution, and Should It Be Taught In Schools?: The Big Question’, Independent, 12 March 2009, section Education News, pp. 34-35.

Subsequent mentions

Chu, pp. 34-35.

Print Source Bibliography

Author(s) Surname, First names, 'Article title', Newpaper name (in italics), Day Month Year

Example:

Chu, Ben, ‘What Was the Glorious Revolution, and Should It Be Taught in Schools?: The Big Question’, Independent, 12 March 2009

Online Source Footnote

Author(s) First names Surname, 'Article title', Newspaper name (in italics), Day Month Year. Database name <Database URL> (paragraph or page numbers).

Example:

Accessed via a newspaper database

Ben Chu, ‘What Was the Glorious Revolution, and Should It Be Taught In Schools?: The Big Question’, Independent, 12 March 2009. NexisUK <https://www.nexis.com> (para 7 of 15).

 

Author(s) First names Surname, 'Article title', Newspaper name (in italics), Day Month Year. <Resource URL> [accessed Day Month Year] (paragraph numbers).

Example:

Accessed via newspaper’s own website

Ben Chu, ‘What Was the Glorious Revolution, and Should It Be Taught In Schools?: The Big Question’, Independent, 12 March 2009. <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/the-big-question-what-was-the-glorious-revolution-and-should-it-be-taught-in-schools-1642996.html> [accessed 25 August 2024] (para 7 of 15).

Online Source Bibliography

Author(s) Surname, First names, 'Article title', Newspaper name (in italics), Day Month Year. <Database URL> 

Example:

Accessed via a newspaper database

Chu, Ben, ‘What Was the Glorious Revolution, and Should It Be Taught In Schools?: The Big Question’, Independent, 12 March 2009. <https://www.nexis.com>

 

Author(s) Surname, First names,  'Article title', Newspaper name (in italics), Day Month Year. <Resource URL> [accessed Day Month Year]

Example:

Accessed via newspaper’s own website

Chu, Ben, ‘What Was the Glorious Revolution, and Should It Be Taught In Schools?: The Big Question’, Independent, 12 March 2009. <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/the-big-question-what-was-the-glorious-revolution-and-should-it-be-taught-in-schools-1642996.html> [accessed 25 August 2024]