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Handouts for
Students> How to Cite Journals, Magazines, Newspapers (APA)
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How to Cite Journals,
Magazines, Newspapers
(APA Style)
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Type
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Format
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Example
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Journal Article
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Author. (Year). Title of article.
Title of Journal, Vol.(Issue),
Pages.
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Hallin, D.C. (2008). Sound bites
news. Journal
of
Communication, 42(2), 5-24.
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Journal Article
Multiple Authors: list all authors up
to six. For subsequent authors
abbreviate as et. al.
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Author, Author, & Author. (Year).
Title of Article. Title of Journal,
Vol.(Issue), Pages.
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White, S., Johnson,
A., &
Smith, C. (2001). Laughter
and
stress. Humor, 6(3),
22-25.
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Magazine Article
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Author.
(Year, Month Day). Title of
article. Title
of Magazine, Vol,
Pages.
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Lavelle, M. (2008, June 11).
Behind the teen birth
decline. U.S. News&World
Report,
50, 63-65.
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Newspaper
Article
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Author. (Year, Month
Day). Title of
article. Title
of Newspaper,
Pages.
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Hall, T. (2008,
February 24).
IQ scores are up. New
York
Times, pp. F1,
F5.
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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.
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