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How to Cite Sources from Electronic Databases (APA)
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Type
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Format
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Example
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Magazine Article
with No Volume & Issue Numbers
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Author. (Year, Month Day).
Article title.
Journal Title, Page(s). Date
Information retrieved, from name of
database.
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Wingert, P. (2005, October 14).
Education: Legislating
legacies. Newsweek, 10.
Retrieved October 23, 2005
from Academic OneFile
database.
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Magazine/Journal
Article with Volume & Issue Numbers
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Author.
(Year). Article title. Journal Title,
Vol. (Issue), Page(s). Date
information
retrieved, from name of
database.
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Hoar,
W.P. (2004). Benign
discrimination?
New American,
19(9),
42-44. Retrieved
October 23, 2005, from
Academic OneFile
database.
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Newspaper
Article
For newspaper
articles: Use
p. for articles one page long, and pp. for articles that
are more than one page.
For newspaper
articles: Include
The in the citation if it is in the newspaper's title.
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Author.
(Year, Month Day). Article title.
Name
of Newspaper, Page(s). Date
information
retrieved, from name of
database.
For newspaper
articles: Use
p. for articles one page long, and pp. for articles that
are more than one page.
For newspaper articles:
Include The
in the citation if it is in the newspaper's title.
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Henriques, D.B. (2003, June 29).
Still testing Wall St.'s ceiling.
The New York Times, p. B2.
Retrieved October 23, 2005,
from Proquest
National
Newspapers database.
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Article with no
Author
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Title
of article. (Year). Journal Title, Vol.
(Issue), Page(s). Date
information
retrieved, from name of database.
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Staying
true to the resistance.
(2005). Horizons, 17(1), 48.
Retrieved October 23, 2005,
from Academic OneFile
database.
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General
Information:
- Alphabetize your reference
list by the first word of the citation (usually the author's last
name).
- Double space all of the
citations on your reference page.
- Indent the second &
following lines of the citation 5-7 spaces.
- For 2-6 authors: Wingert,
P., Smith, J., & Brown, P.
- For 6 or more authors: Provide only the first
author followed by a comma and et al. For example: Wingert,
P., et al.
- Only capitalize the first
word of the article title. If there is a colon in the title,
capitalize the first word after the colon.
- Italicize the title of the
magazine or journal. Also italicize the volume number – but do not
italicize the issue number.
For more information on APA citation style, see APA Style:
Electronic References.
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