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Visual Arts Subject Guide

General format for articles

FORMAT For NOTE:  The title of the magazine is in italics, the title of the article is in normal font. First line is indented, subsequent lines are level with margin.

               Author's Given name Family name, (comma and double quotation marks) "Title of Article: (colon) subtitle," (comma and closing double quotation marks) Title of Magazine (in italics) volume number (comma) issue number (opening bracket) Year of Publication (closing bracket)(colon) page number/s. (full stop) 

 

FORMAT for ADDITIONAL (SHORTENED) NOTE: Author's Family name (comma) and double quotation marks) "Shortened Article Title,"  (comma and closing double quotation marks) page number/s. (full stop)

 

FORMAT for BIBLIOGRAPHY:  first line is not indented, subsequent lines are indented.

Author's family name, (comma) Given name/s. (full stop and double quotation marks) "Title of Article: (colon) subtitle." (full stop and closing double quotation marks) Title of Magazine (in italics) volume number (comma) issue number (opening bracket) Year of Publication (closing bracket)(colon) page number/s. (full stop) 

Article in a scholarly journal

NOTE

          8. Celia Walker, "The Fragility of the Urban Forest," Imprint 53, no. 3 (2018):13-17.

SHORTENED NOTE

         10. Walker, Fragility, 13-17.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Walker, Celia. "The Fragility of the Urban Forest." Inprint 53, no. 3 (2018): 13-17.

Article accessed from an online database

HINT: Often the database provides a citation, which you can copy and paste. Check the punctuation as this sometimes varies.

NOTE

         7.  Paul L. Grigaut, "Rococo," Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 40, no. 3/4 (1960): 59. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41504276.

SHORTENED NOTE

         11. Grigaut, "Rococo", 61.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Grigaut, Paul L. "Rococo." Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 40, no. 3/4 (1960): 59-62. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41504276.

Article in a popular magazine or newspaper

For newspapers and more frequently published magazines, give the date rather than volume and issue number

NOTE

          8. Luke Slattery, "Designed to Stand Out," Weekend Australian, 22-23 Sept 2018, 21.

SHORTENED NOTE

         10. Slattery, "Designed to Stand Out," 21.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Slattery, Luke. "Designed to Stand Out." Weekend Australian, 22-23 Sept 2018, 21.

Article with no known author

NOTE

          "The Medici Family," The Illustrated Magazine of Art  2, no. 9 (1853): 177-78. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20538103.

SHORTENED NOTE

         10. "The Medici Family", 178.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

"The Medici Family." The Illustrated Magazine of Art  2, no. 9 (1853): 177-78. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20538103.