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APA Journal article citation

NOTE: To standardize citations, all DOIs need to be proceeded by https://doi.org/ before the DOI number

REFERENCE (ONE AUTHOR)

(For more examples, see p. 317 of the 7th edition)

[ APA Citing Example - Journal article with DOI ]

Author(s) Last Name, First Initial (and middle initial if provided). (Year of Publication). Title of Article. Journal Title, Volume Number(issue number if provided), Page numbers. DOI

 

Robbins, R. (2015). Social conversation and its relationship to sleep behavior among college students. Sleep Health, 1(4), 304-310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2015.09.012

 

IN TEXT 

Parenthetical: (Robbins, 2015).

Narrative: Robbins (2015)

REFERENCE (TWO AUTHORS)

Kowalski, R. M., & Limber, S. P. (2013). Psychological, physical, and academic correlates of cyberbullying and traditional bullying. Journal of Adolescent Health, 53(1), S13-S20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.201209.018

IN TEXT 

Parenthetical citation: (Kowalski & Limber, 2013).

Narrative citation: Kowalski and Limber (2013)

REFERENCE (21 or more authors)

Acconcia, T. V., Agocs, A. G., Barile, F., Barnafoldi, G. G., Bellwied, R., Bencedi, G., Bencze, G., Berenyi, D., Boldizsar, L., Chattopadhyay, S., Cindolo, F., Cossyleon, K., Chinellato, D. D., D'Ambrosio, S., Das, D., Das, K., Das-Bose, L., Dash, A. K., De Cataldo, G., . . . Yoo, I.;-K. (2014). A very high momentum particle identification detector. The European Physical Journal Plus, 129(5), 91- . https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2014-14091-5

IN TEXT (3 or more authors)

Parenthetical citation: (Acconcia et al., 2014).

Narrative citation: Acconcia et al. (2014) 

REFERENCE (ONE AUTHOR)

(For more examples, see p. 317 of the 7th edition)

[ APA Citing Example - Journal article without DOI from a database or print version ]

Author(s) Last Name, First Initial (and middle initial if provided). (Year of Publication). Title of Article. Journal Title, Volume Number(issue number if provided), Page numbers. 

 

Almazroui, K.M. (2015). learning together through retrospective miscue analysis: Salem's case study. Reading Improvement, 52(2), 72-84.

 

  IN TEXT  

    Parenthetical citation: (Almazroui, 2015).
    Narrative citation: Almazroui (2015)

 

(For more examples, see p. 317 of the 7th edition)

REFERENCE (ONE AUTHOR)

[ APA Citing Example - Journal article without DOI, with a nondatabase URL  ]

Author(s) Last Name, First Initial (and middle initial if provided). (Year of Publication). Title of Article. Journal Title, Volume Number(issue number if provided), Page numbers. URL

 

Stamps, D. (2019). Is it really representation? A qualitative analysis of Asian and Latino characterizations in broadcast television. American Communication Journal, 21(1), 1-12. http://www.ac-journal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Stamps-.pdf

 

IN TEXT  

    Parenthetical citation: (Stamps, 2019).
    Narrative citation: Stamps (2019)

 

REFERENCE (TWO AUTHORS)

[ APA Citing Example - Journal article without DOI, with a nondatabase URL  ]

Author(s) Last Name, First Initial (and middle initial if provided). (Year of Publication). Title of Article. Journal Title, Volume Number(issue number if provided), Page numbers. URL

 

Akin, D., & Huang, L. M. (2019). Perceptions of college students with disabilities. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 32(1), 21033. https://www.ahead.org/professional-resources/publications/jped/archived-jped/jped-volume-32

 

IN TEXT  

    Parenthetical citation: (Akin & Huang, 2019).
    Narrative citation: Akin and Huang (2019)

REFERENCE (TWO AUTHORS)

Napoli, P. M., & Napoli, A. B. (2019). What social media platforms can learn from audience measurement: Lessons in the self-regulation of "black boxes". First Monday, 24(12), 488-497. https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/
article/view/10124/8288

IN TEXT 

Parenthetical citation: (Napoli & Napoli, 2019).

Narrative citation: Napoli and Napoli (2019)

Proceedings

NOTE: To standardize citations, all DOIs need to be proceeded by https://doi.org/ before the DOI number

REFERENCE

(For more information, see p. 332 of the 7th edition or Conference Proceedings References)

     [ APA conference proceedings ]

Author(s) Last Name, First Initial and Middle Initial if provided. (Year of Publication, Month Day). Title of paper. Proceedings title, (pp. page numbers). Publisher. DOI

 

Dabney, M. H., Dean, B. C., & Rogers, T. (2013, march). No sensor left behind: Enriching computer education with mobile devices. In Proceedings of the 44th ACM technical symposium on computer science education (pp. 627-632). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2445196.2445378

IN TEXT  

     Parenthetical citation: (Dabney et al., 2013).

     Narrative citation: Dabney et al. (2013)

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