MHRA Referencing Guide: Newspaper

Format

Author first name and last name, 'Title of Article', Title of Publication, Date of issue, Section of publication (where relevant), page number/s.

First Footnote

Amber-Leigh Woolf, ‘Web Trigger Warnings ‘Do Little’: Study’, The Press, 02 April 2019, p. 6.

Second and Subsequent Footnote

Woolf

Bibliography

Woolf, Amber-Leigh, ‘Web Trigger Warnings ‘Do Little’: Study’, The Press, 02 April 2019

Notes

• 'The' and 'A' is normally omitted from publication titles when citing English language newspapers, with exceptions such as The Times.
• If article has no author, use article title in place of author name.
• If the item has no title, create one and put it in square brackets to indicate it is not the official title, e.g. [Excerpts from Piano Forte, Kirstine Moffat, University of Otago Press]

Format

Author first and last name, 'Title of Article', Title of publication, Date of issue <URL to article> [accessed date].

First Footnote

Mark Houlahan and others, 'Dear Hamilton…', Waikato Times, 30 August 2014, <http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/hamiltons-150th/10438588/Dear-Hamilton> [accessed 26 July 2016].

Second and Subsequent Footnote

Houlahan

Bibliography

Houlahan, Mark, and others. 'Dear Hamilton…', Waikato Times, 30 August 2014, <http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/hamiltons-150th/10438588/Dear-Hamilton> [accessed 26 July 2016].

Notes

• Insert in name of database (e.g. in Papers Past) after date of issue if applicable