APA Manual Ch.7 Reference Examples
Magazine Article
Author, A. (year, month). Title of magazine article. Tile of magazine, xx(x), pp-pp.
Online Magazine Article
Author, A. (year, month). Title of magazine article. Title of magazine, xx(x). Retrieved from http://www.xxx.xxx/xxxx/
Format for books, reference books and book chapters:
Author, A. A. (year). Title of work. Location: Publisher
Format for online book version:
Author, A. A. (year). Title of work. Retrieved from http:// xxx.xxx.xxx or [description of content]. doi: xx.xxxxxxxxx
Periodical general reference form
Author, A. A., B.B., & Author, C.C. (year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, xx, pp-pp. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx
Format for book chapter:
Author, A.A. (year). Title of chapter. Editors, Book title (pp.xx-xx). Location: Publisher
Format for including home page URL:
Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxxx
Format for online only supplemental material:
[Letter to the editor], [Map], [Audio podcast]
If each issue of a journal begins on page 1,
give the issue number in parentheses immediately after the volume number
When a doi is not available when do you include the issue number?
if the journal is paginated by issue
For supplemental material only available online,
include a description of the contexts in brackets following the title
when no doi is available
include the home page URL
What do you insert when citing an advance release version of the article?
insert 'Advance online publication' before retrieval statement
Journals' instructions to authors for submission:
journal's area of coverage, the current editor's name and address, and instructions for manuscript preparation and submission specific to the journal
Periodicals include:
journals, magazines, newspapers, and newsletters
Is a retrieval date needed when doi not available?
no
When the author and publisher are the same,
use the word Author as the name of the publisher