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Use the examples below to format a reference from a journal, magazine, newspaper.
See the tabs for how to format a reference. There is the structure (including the periods, abbreviations, and capitalization) and an example for each type of item to be in the reference list.
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Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication Year). Article title. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page number. doi |
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| Journal article with DOI | Format |
Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication Year). Article title. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page number. doi |
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Cadigan, R. O., Stevenson, D. G., Caudry, D. J., & Grabowski, D. C. (2015). Private investment purchase and nursing home financial health. Health Services Research, 50(1), 180-196. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12212 |
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Journal article without DOI |
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Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication Year). Article title. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page number. Retrieved from URL |
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Purnell, M., Walsh, S., & Milone, M. (2004). Oncology nursing education: Teaching strategies that work. Nursing Education Perspectives, 25(6), 304-308. Retrieved from http://www.nlnjournal.org/ |
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Journal article with more than seven authors |
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List the first six authors' names, add an ellipsis, then list the last author's name. (Publication Year). Article title. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page number. doi |
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McDonald, A., Frazer, K., Duignan, C., Healy, M., Irving, A., Marteinsson, P., . . . McNicholas, E. (2015). Validating the ‘Intervention Wheel’ in the context of Irish public health nursing. British Journal of Community Nursing, 20(3), 140-145. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2015.20.3.140 |
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Advanced Online Publication |
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Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication Year). Article title. Journal Title. Omit missing information and add Advance Online Publication before the DOI or URL. |
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Hall, E., Lee, S. Y., Clark, P. C., & Perilla, J. (2014). Social ecology of adherence to hypertension treatment in Latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Advance online publication. doi: |
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See page 198-202 of the manual and the APA Style Blog post on Advance Online Publications for more information.
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| Print magazine article | Format |
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication Year, Month). Article title. Magazine Title, volume number(issue number), page number. |
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Trull, T. J. (2015, April). Ethical issues in researching daily life. Monitor on Psychology, 46(4), 70. |
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| Online magazine article | Format |
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Publication Year, Month). Article title. Magazine Title, volume number(issue number). Retrieved from URL |
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Smith, B. L. (2015, February). Stopping stop and frisk. Monitor on Psychology, 46(2). Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/monitor/ |
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See page 198-202 of the manual for more information.
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| Print newspaper article | Format |
Author's Last Name, First Initial. (Publication Year, Month and Date). Article title. Newspaper Title, page number. |
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Hubbard, B. (2015, May 24). Young Saudis find freedom on smartphones. The New York Times, pp. 6, 11. |
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| Online newspaper article | Format |
Author's Last Name, First Initial. (Publication Year, Month and Date). Article title. Newspaper Title. Retrieved from URL |
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Rae, A. (2015, May 25). Nature's waste management crews. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com |
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See page 198-202 of the manual for more information.