First, grab your article. You’ll need the author’s name (last name first, like a phone book from the 90s). Then, the title of the article in quotation marks.
Next up: the name of the newspaper, in italics. Then the date of publication (day, month, year—but abbreviate the month). Finally, the page number—or, if it’s online, the URL or database name.
Let’s see it in action. Say you found a great article by Jane Doe called “Giant Squirrel Stole My Lunch.” It was in The Daily Pecan on October 12, 2026, page A7.
Your citation would look like this:
Doe, Jane. “Giant Squirrel Stole My Lunch.” The Daily Pecan, 12 Oct. 2026, p. A7.
See? No big deal. That period at the end is just the robot’s way of saying, “Citation complete. Awaiting snacks.”
