KEY EXAMPLES OF REFERENCES IN APA CITATION
Full name of author: John Doe
Date of publication: 14 August 2014
Citing an Online Newspaper Article
Doe, J. (2014, August 14). Effective Communication. Communication Times.
Retrieved from http://www.communicationtimes.com
Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Newspaper. Retrieved from
http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/
Last name, Newspaper dates Do not Italicize Include
followed by the (both online & print): italicize main title URL if
initial of the MUST include day, article online
month & year because
first name. title.
they are published
daily.
Citing an Online Magazine Article
Doe, J. (2014, August 14). Using the right nonverbal cues in communication.
Communication Times. 25(11), Retrieved from http://www.communicationtimes.com
Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Magazine. Volume no(issue no),
Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/.
Last name, Magazine Do not Include Italicize the Omit volume &
followed by the article dates: italicize URL magazine title issue no. if not
initial of the article stated in the
Include at website.
first name. title.
least the
month & year. Italicize the
volume no., but
Include the not the issue no.
day, if stated
in the article. No spacing before
parenthesis
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Citing a Web Article (with author)
Doe, J. (2014, August 14). Effective Communication. Retrieved from
http://www.communicationtimes.com
Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title of web article. Retrieved from
http://www.someaddress.com/full/url
Last name, Include the Italicize the Include
followed by year, web article the URL
the initial of month and title.
day when
the first
the article
name was
published.
Citing a Web Article (without author)
Effective Communication. (2014, August 14). Retrieved from
http://www.communicationtimes.com
Title of web article. (Year, Month Day). Retrieved from
http://www.someaddress.com/full/url
Place the Include the Include
web article year, the URL
title at the month and
day when
beginning of
the article
the citation. was
published.
Italicize the
article title.
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Citing a Journal Article (with Digital Object Identifier)
Doe, J. (2014). Effective Communication. Journal of Communication, 25(11),
23-29. doi:10.1090/10370278-613
Author, A. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume no(issue no),
page range. doi:123.456.789
Journal Do not Italicize Italicize vol. Do not
Page range: Digital Object
date: main title number. italicize
Identifier – italicize
Include Do not No spacing issue
numbers article
include before number
only. Do not To identify title.
content & day and parenthesis
include the month
provide a link
word “page”. to its location
“pg” or “pp”. on the Internet
when made
available
Last name, electronically.
followed by the No spacing
initial of the after the colon
first name (:)
Citing a Journal Article (from an online database)
Doe, J. (2014). Effective Communication. Journal of Communication, 25(11),
23-29. Retrieved from http://www.communicationtimes.com/htm
Author, A. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume no(issue no),
page range. Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/.
Journal Do not Italicize Italicize vol. Do not
Page range: Provide the date: main title number. italicize
italicize
Include URL of the Do not No spacing issue
numbers online article
include before number
only. Do not database title. parenthesis
day and
include the (usually month
word “page”. when DOI is
“pg” or “pp”. unavailable)
Last name,
followed by the
initial of the
first name
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Citing a Book
Doe, J. (2014). Effective Communication. London: SAGE
Author, A. (Year of publication). Title of work. Location: Publisher.
Last name Book: Italicize Include Name of
/ Surname Do not main title both city & publishing
include day state if it’s company
Initial of the and month an
first name American
publisher
For references to e-book editions, be sure to include the type and version of e-book
you are referencing (e.g., "[Kindle DX version]" or “[Acrobat Reader version]”).
Note:
• For all APA citations, use only the author’s last name (or surname) in the
citation. E.g., Doe (not John).
• For sources with two authors, list their last names and initials. Use the
ampersand instead of "and." For examples,
Wegener, D. T., & Petty, R. E. (1994). Mood management across affective
states: The hedonic contingency hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 66(5), 1034-1048.
• For sources with three or more authors, list last names and initials. Use
commas to separate authors’ names, while the last author name is preceded
again by ampersand. For examples,
Kernis, M. H., Cornell, D. P., Sun, C. R., Berry, A., Harlow, T., & Bach, J. S.
(1993). There's more to self-esteem than whether it is high or low: The
importance of stability of self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 66(5), 1190-1204.
• Each punctuation (full stop, comma, semi-colon, parenthesis etc.) MUST be
positioned accurately.
• There should be spacing after each comma, full stop or semi-colon.
Adapted from: Purdue Writing Lab. (n.d.). Reference List: Author/Authors // Purdue Writing Lab. Retrieved from
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