CBE Citation Style for Newspaper Articles

CBE Style for Newspaper Articles: Name-Year System

This PDF document provides examples of how to properly format newspaper article citations in a References list. (To view this document, you will need the Adobe Reader software - a free download available from http://www.adobe.com .)

In-text Parenthetical References

A standard in-text parenthetical reference for a newspaper article includes the author's last name and the publication date. If the quotation or idea you are using comes from a specific section and page in your source, you should indicate that as well. The period goes after the reference. For example,

"Wearing an adult seat belt cut a child's risk of injury by 38 percent, but using a booster seat with a belt cut it by 78 percent" (Wald 2003, p A25).

If you use a signal phrase that includes the author's name, the in-text parenthetical reference would list only the publication date and section and page number. For example,

According to Matthew Wald (2003, p A25), "Wearing an adult seat belt cut a child's risk of injury by 38 percent, but using a booster seat with a belt cut it by 78 percent."

For a newspaper article with

you will use

Your in-text parenthetical reference would look like this:

two authors

both authors' last names.

(Leary and Durbin 1998, p B21)

three or more authors

the first author's last name followed by "and others."

(Gardiner and others 2003)

no author

Anonymous.

(Anonymous 2000, p D8)
(Anonymous 2002)

no page numbers (such as HTML full-text articles from databases)

a paragraph number.

(Durand 1999, par 5)

Formatting Long Quotes CBE Style

If a quote you are using in your paper is longer than three lines, you need to insert it as a block quote. The CBE style manual recommends indenting the quote and formatting it with a smaller font than the rest of the paper.

On a new line, indent one-half inch from the left margin (one tab). If the paper is to be double spaced, also double space the quote. If your paper is to be single spaced, single space the quote as well. Adjust the font size to be smaller than the paper text - for example, if the paper is in 12 point font, use 10 point for the block quote. Do not include quotation marks.

Place the in-text parenthetical reference at the end of the last line of the quotation. Insert the period before the reference. Below is an excerpt from a research paper that includes a block quote.

	When a child has outgrown his/her car seat, what's next? Should the child use an adult seat belt or what's referred to as a "booster seat?" A recent study indicates that booster seats are the safer choice.
		In a car crash, a child in a booster seat has less than half the risk of injury of a child wearing only an adult seat belt, a study of more than 3,600 crashes has found. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, covered more than 4,200 children who were too big for child car seats but too short for adult seat belts. Wearing an adult seat belt cut a child's risk of injury by 38 percent, but using a booster seat with a belt cut it by 78 percent. (Wald 2003, p A25)
	Not only will using a booster seat keep a child safe in the event of an accident, but it will also keep the driver of the vehicle out of trouble with the law.

CBE Style for Newspaper Articles: Name-Year System