APA - American Psychological Association
Citing Sources within Your Document
Journals, Magazines and Newspapers
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1. Journal Articles with Continuous Pagination
Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, & followed by last names and initials of other authors if any. (Year of Publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume, Page Numbers.
Example:
Martin, J. (1997). Inventing sincerity, refashioning prudence:The discovery of the individual in Renaissance Europe. American Historical Review, 102, 1309-1342.
2. Journal Articles with Non-Continuous Pagination
Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, followed by last names and initials of other authors if any. (Year of Publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume Number (Issue Number), Page Numbers.
Example:
Meyer, D. S. (1992). Star wars, Star Wars, and American political culture. Journal of Popular Culture, 26(2), 99-115.
Note: APA carefully notes that it is generally preferable to read and cite original articles or documents, however, writers sometimes find the need to cite an abstract rather than the original source they describe.
Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, & followed by last names and initials of other authors if any. (Year of Publication). Title of abstract [with "Abstract" in brackets if it does not appear in the periodical title]. Title of Abstract Collection, Volume Number if applicable, Abstract Number.
Example:
Mortimer, James A. & Pirozzolo, Francis J. (1985). Remote effects of head trauma. Alzheimer's disease: Abstracts ofthe psychological and behavioral literature, 201.
Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, & followed by last names and initials of other authors if any. (Year of Publication, Month and Day of Publication). Title of article. Title of Magazine, Volume Number, page numbers.
Example:
Lankford, K. (1998, April). The trouble with rules of thumb.Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, 52, 102-104.
Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, & followed by last names and initials of other authors if any. (Year, Month and Day of Publication). Title of article. Title of Newspaper, page numbers, continued page numbers [if article is on non-consecutive pages].
Example:
Brody, J. E. (1995, February 21). Health factor in vegetables still elusive. New York Times, p. C1.
Note: See APA's Publication Manual for formats of film and video reviews.
Format:
Last Name of Reviewer, Initials of Reviewer. (Year of Publication of the Review). Title of the review [Review of the book Title of the book]. Title of the Periodical in Which the Review is Published, Volume (Issue Number), Page Numbers.
Example:
Rose, T. (1998, February 24). Blues sisters [Review of the book Blues legacies and black feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey,Bessie Smith, and Billie Holliday]. Village Voice, 8, 139-141.