Identifying a Magazine Article
Magazine articles look very different depending on where you read them. If you read a magazine article from the publisher’s website, it will likely contain lots of eye-catching images. If you locate a magazine article from a library database, it may or may not contain all of the photos. So, you have to look for other clues.
Take a look at the following examples:
Magazine article found online:
Magazine Article from a library database without images:
Key Takeaway
Still not sure if your source is a journal or magazine? Look up the title in Wikipedia for more information.
Works cited entries for the examples above:
“Have a Pet-Safe Halloween.” Taste of Home, Oct. 2024, p. 16. Gale OneFile: Popular Magazines, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A809088098/PPPM=mcc_pv&sid=bookmark-PPPM&xid=208b1d36. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
Stone, Adam. “The End of Discipline in the Classroom.” Teach, Jan.-Feb. 2020. issuu.com/teachmag/docs/teach_janfeb2020.
