APA Style Guide

Key Elements of an Article Citation

• Author(s)
• Publication Date
• Title of Article
• Title of Source (Journal/Magazine/Newspaper)
• Volume and Issue Numbers
• Page Numbers
• DOI

Missing Elements

No Publication Date, Volume #, Issue #, and/or Page #

Omit the missing element(s) from the reference

No DOI

Article accessed through a library database (Gale, EBSCO) - end reference with previous element.

Article accessed online through a search engine (Google, Bing) - include the URL

Journal Article

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), pages.

https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

Barry, J. M. (2006). What the 1918 flu pandemic teaches us: Yesterday's lessons inform today's

preparedness. Medical Laboratory Observer, 38(9), pp. 26-28. 

Magazine Article

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Magazine, volume(issue), pages.

https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

Turner, L. (2020, March). Pure zen: Learn how to personalize your meditation practice with these seven

varieties to suit your style. Better Nutrition, 82(3), pp. 37-38. 

Newspaper Article

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Newspaper, volume (issue), pages.

https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

Petrow, S. (2020, April 3). How a silent meditation retreat helped prepare me for this. The Washington

Post.

Authors

Two Authors:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Publication Date). Title of Source, volume(issue), pages.

https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

Three or More Authors:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author, C. C., & Author, B. B. (Publication Date). Title of Source,

volume(issue), pages.

Organization as Author:

Organization Name. (Publication Date). Title of Source, volume(issue), pages. 

https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

No Author 

Title of article. (Publication Date). Title of Source, volume(issue), pages.

https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

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