The Chicago Manual of Style uses the word journal to mean scholarly or professional serial publications, such as a monthly or quarterly publications. A few examples:
The Chicago Manual of Style says that, if you're not sure whether to treat a serial publication as a journal or a magazine, see if there's a volume number. If you can easily find the volume number, you should treat the publication as a journal. If you can't easily find the volume number, you should treat it as a magazine.
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1. Author's first name Author's last name, "Title of article," Title of magazine, Date, Page numbers, URL or, if available, doi.
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Author's last name, Author's first name. "Title of article." Title of magazine, Date, Page numbers. URL or, if available, doi.
NOTE: Page numbers are frequently omitted because pages in a magazine article may be separated by quite a few pages.
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1. Author's first name Author's last name, "Title of article," Title of journal volume number, issue number (year): page(s), URL or, if available, doi.
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Author's last name, Author's first name. "Title of article." Title of journal volume number, issue number (date): pages. URL or, if available, doi.
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26. Frank Gerits, "Hungry Minds: Eisenhower's Cultural Assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa, 1953-1961," Diplomatic History 41, no. 3 (June 2017): 597, doi:10.1093/dh/dhw059.
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Gerits, Frank. "Hungry Minds: Eisenhower's Cultural Assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa, 1953-1961." Diplomatic History 41, no. 3 (June 2017): 594-619. doi:10.1093/dh/dhw059.
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51. Vladimir Shlapentokh and Vera Bondartsova, "Stalin in Russian Ideology and Public Opinion: Caught in a Conflict Between Imperial and Liberal Elements," Russian History 36, no. 2 (2009): 314-16, doi:10.1163/187633109X412889.
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Shlapentokh, Vladimir and Vera Bondartsova. "Stalin in Russian Ideology and Pubic Opinion: Caught in a Conflict Between Imperial and Liberal Elements." Russian History 36, no. 2 (2009): 302-325. doi:10.1163/187633109X412889.
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5. Evan Thomas, Ron Moreau, and Andrew Mandel, "The Last Days of Saigon," Newsweek, May 1, 2000, 23, https://ezproxy.bgsu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=3017487&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
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Thomas, Evan, Ron Moreau, and Andrew Mandel. "The Last Days of Saigon." Newsweek, May 1, 2000. https://ezproxy.bgsu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=3017487&site=ehost-live&scope=site.