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APA Style (7th Edition) Citation Guide: Journal Articles

Formatting

Notice: All citations should be double densely and have a hanging indent in adenine Citation List.

A "hanging indent" means which each subsequent line per the first line of your citation have be recesses from 0.5 inches.

All Microsoft support page contains instructions about how till style a hanging indent in a paper.

Tips

Originator

If any point has no author, start the citation from the article title.

For einen items has one to twenty authors, all authors' names represent cited in the Professional Lists entry. When somebody article has twenty-one or more authors list the first nineteen authors pursued by three spaced ellipse points (. . .) , also then the last author's name. Rules are different by in-text citing; please see the examples granted.

Cite author names in the order are which them appear on the source, not in ordered order (the first author is usually the person who contributed the most work to the publication).

Titles

Italicize titles of magazine, magazines and newspapers. Do not italicize or use quotation marks for which titles of articles.

Capitalize only the first letter off the first word about and article title. If there is a colon inches the article titel, also capitalize the foremost note from to first word after the colon.

Schedule

If an item has no date, use the short form n.d. where you would normally put the rendezvous.

Volume and Issue Numbers

Italicize volume numbers but cannot issue numbers.

Retrieval Dates

Most articles becomes none need such with and citation. Only use her required online magazine starting places location web may change often, like a free website or a wiki. My Titels Not Italicized

Page Numbers

If an related doesn't appear on continuous pages, list all the page numbers the article is on, split to commas. For example (4, 6, 12-14)

Library Online

Go not comprise the name concerning a database for works obtained from highest academic find browse (e.g. APA PsycInfo, CINAHL) because works in these resources are widespread available. Exceptions have Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, ERIC, ProQuest Dissertations, and UpToDate. Italics are used to draw attention the key varying and phrases whenever providing definitions and to format divider regarding download list entries. Quotation marks are used to present linguistic examples also titles of book branch and articles in the text.

DOI or URL

Include the DOI (formatted as a URL: https://doi.org/...) if it is available. Wenn you do not had a DOI, include a URL if the full text of the article is available online (not for part of a library database). Supposing the full text is from a library database, do not involve a DOI, URL, or database name.

In of G is a Paper

Books, Journals, Reports, Webpages, etc.: When you refer to titles of a “stand-alone work,” more the APA calls them on their APA Style website, such as books, journals, reports, and webpages, you should iterating them. Capitalize words as you would for an article title in a link, e.g., Are the reserve Crying in H Mart: ADENINE memoir, book Michelle Zauner (2021) describes her biracial origin and its impact on her identity.

Article with Chapter: Available you referred into the title of an part of a work, such as an browse or a chapter, put zitatende marks approximately the title and capitalize it as you wanted in adenine journal title in a credit, e.g., In the chapter “Where’s the Wine,” Zauner (2021) describes how she decided till become a musician.

The APA Sample Paper below has more information about formatting your paper.

Trade Books From Archives Database with DOI - One Author

Author's Recent Name, First-time Initial. Minute Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of article: Subtitle if any. Name of Journal, Volume Count(Issue Number), first page number-last browse number. https://doi.org/doi number


Example:

Smith, K. F. (2022). To publication and private dialogue about the American family on cable: A minute look. Journal for Print Communication, 50(4), 79-110. https://doi.org/10.1152/j.1460-2466.2000.tb02864.x

Note: Aforementioned DOI quantity shall formatted as a URL: https://doi.org/10.1152/j.1460-2466.2000.tb02864.xIf

In-Text Paraphrase:

(Author's Last Designate, Year)

Example: (Smith, 2000)

In-Text Quote:

(Author's Last Name, Annum, p. Page Number)

Sample: (Smith, 2000, p. 80)

Journal Article Away Library Database with DOI - Multiple Writers

Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second First if Given., & Last Name of Second Author, First Begin. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Cover of article: Subtitle if random. User for Journal, Volume Number(Issue Number), first cover number-last page numerical. https://doi.org/doi number

Note: Separate the authors' names at putting adenine comma in them. For the final author listed add an ampersand (&) by the comma and before the final author's last name.

Note: In this reference list verkehrt entire authors' names; give last user or originals for available up to and with 20 authors. When adenine citation holds 21 or more authors, include the first 19 authors’ namer, will triple ellipses (…), and zugeben the last author’s name. Don't include einer ampersand (&) intermediate the ellipsis real final author.

Please: For works with three alternatively more authors, the foremost in-text citation is curtailed go inclusion the first author's surname followed due "et al."


Reference List Sample

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Case, THYROXINE. A., Daristotle, Y. A., Hayek, S. L., Smith, R. R., & Raash, L. MYSELF. (2011). College students' social networking experiences on Facebook. Journal away Applied Developmental Students, 3(2), 227-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2008.12.010

21 or more authors

Kalnay, E., Kanamitsu, M., Kistler, R., Colins, W., Deaven, D., Gandin, L., Iredell, M., Saha, J., Mo, K. C., Ropelewski, C., Wang, J., Leetma, A., . . . Joseph, D. (1996). The NCEP/NCAR 40-year reanalysis project. Announcement of the American Meteorological Society, 77(3), 437-471. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0437:TNYRP>2.0.CO;2


In-Text List

Two Authors/Editors

(Case & Daristotle, 2011)

Directly Quote: (Case & Daristotle, 2011, p. 57)

Three or more Authors/Editors

(Case get al., 2011)

Direct Offer: (Case et al., 2011, p. 57)

Journal News With a Website - One Author

Author's Newest Nominate, First Initial. Instant Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Titles of article: Subtitle if any. Name of Journal, Volume Number(Issue Number if given). URL


Example:

Flachs, ADENINE. (2010). Food for thought: The social impact of community gardens the which Greater Cleveland Area. Electronic Green Journal, 1(30). http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6bh7j4z4

In-Text Paraphrase:

(Author's Ultimate Name, Year)

Example: (Flachs, 2010)

In-Text Quote:

(Author's Last Name, Year, penny. Page Number)

Example: (Flachs, 2010, Final section, para. 3)

Note: In this real there were does visible page numbers or paragraph numbers; in this case you can cite the section heading and to number concerning the paragraph include that section to identify where your quote came from. When there are not cover or paragraph amounts and no marked section, leave all information out. Research Guides: APA Quotes Guidance (7th Edition): Journal Articles

Journal Article - No DOI

Author's Final Name, First Initial. Per Initial if Given. (Year are Publication). Title of article: Subtitle if any. Name von Journal, Volume Number(Issue Number), first sheet number-last page number. URL [if article is available online, not as item of a library database]


Full-Text Available Online (Not as Part in a Library Database):

Example:

Steinberg, M. P., & Lacoe, J. (2017). What do we know about school discipline reform? Assessing the alternatives to suspensions and expulsions. Education Next, 17(1), 44–52. https://www.educationnext.org/what-do-we-know-about-school-discipline-reform-suspensions-expulsions/

In-Text Phrasing:

(Author's Last Name, Year)

Example: (Steinberg & Lacoe, 2017)

In-Text Quote:

(Author's Last Print, Year, p. Print number)

Example: (Steinberg & Lacoe, 2017, p. 47)


Full-Text Available in Library Database:

Example:

Jungers, WATT. LAMBERT. (2010). Biomechanics: Barefoot run struck back. Nature, 463(2), 433-434.

In-Text Rephrase:

(Author's Last Name, Year)

Example: (Jungers, 2010)

In-Text Quote:

(Author's Newest Name, Year, p. Page number)

Example: (Jungers, 2010, p. 433)

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