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APA Citation Help: Articles

Articles and Periodicals

Note: Citations with more than one line of text should have a hanging indent of 1/2 inch or 5 spaces.

Important Elements:

  • Author (last name, initials only for first & middle names)
  • Date of publication of article (year and month for monthly publications; year, month and day for daily or weekly publications)
  • Title of article (capitalize only the first word of title and subtitle, and proper nouns)
  • Title of Periodical in italics (i.e., Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Newsweek, New York Times)
  • Volume number if given
  • Page numbers of article if given
  • For articles retrieved online, include URL or DOI, if available

Template

Author, A.A. (date). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), page range. DOI or URL

Examples:

Journal Article

McCauley, S. M. & Christiansen, M. H. (2019). Language learning as language use: A cross-linguistic model of child language development. Psychological Review, 126(1), 1-51. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000126

Article in a newspaper

Guarino, B. (2017, December 4). How will humanity react to alien life? Psychologists have some predictions. The Washington Post. https://washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/04/how-will-humanity-react-to-alien-life-psychologists-have-some-predictions

Article in a magazine

Bergeson, S. (2019, January 4). Really cool neutral plasmas. Science, 363(6422), 33-34. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aau7988

Editorial

Cuellar, N. G. (2016). Study abroad programs [Editorial]. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 27(3), 209. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659616638722

Some examples courtesy of APA Publication Manual

 

 

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