RESEARCH LAB ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM Reference Lists - APA
Periodical/Journal Citations – APA Style Finding the information for journal citations can be tricky – you must be patient and thorough to search for all of these information items: Author’s name Title of journal Title of article Volume number (Ex. Vol. 2) Issue number (Ex. No. 1) Page numbers *Location: website or DOI (an assigned number)
Periodical/Journal Citations – APA Style Passer, M. W., Blount, M., & Christensen, D. S. (1998). Paying attention to detail: Struggle with APA format causes students to lose easy points. Journal of Amazing Psychology, 20 (1), Retrieved from
Periodical/Journal Citations – APA Style Passer, M. W., Blount, M., & Christensen, D. S. (1998). Paying attention to detail: Struggle with APA format causes students to lose easy points. Journal of Amazing Psychology, 20 (1), Retrieved from Author (same)
Periodical/Journal Citations – APA Style Passer, M. W., Blount, M., & Christensen, D. S. (1998). Paying attention to detail: Struggle with APA format causes students to lose easy points. Journal of Amazing Psychology, 20 (1), Retrieved from Author (same) Year (same)
Periodical/Journal Citations – APA Style Passer, M. W., Blount, M., & Christensen, D. S. (1998). Paying attention to detail: Struggle with APA format causes students to lose easy points. Journal of Amazing Psychology, 20 (1), Retrieved from Author (same) Year (same) Article title (same capitalization rules, no italics!)
Periodical/Journal Citations – APA Style Passer, M. W., Blount, M., & Christensen, D. S. (1998). Paying attention to detail: Struggle with APA format causes students to lose easy points. Journal of Amazing Psychology, 20 (1), Retrieved from Author (same) Year (same) Article title (same capitalization rules, no italics!) Journal title (in italics, capitalizing all words, followed by a comma)
Periodical/Journal Citations – APA Style Passer, M. W., Blount, M., & Christensen, D. S. (1998). Paying attention to detail: Struggle with APA format causes students to lose easy points. Journal of Amazing Psychology, 20 (1), Retrieved from Author (same) Year (same) Article title (same capitalization rules, no italics!) Journal title (in italics, capitalizing all words, followed by a comma) Volume + issue number (volume is italics, issue is in parentheses)
Periodical/Journal Citations – APA Style Passer, M. W., Blount, M., & Christensen, D. S. (1998). Paying attention to detail: Struggle with APA format causes students to lose easy points. Journal of Amazing Psychology, 20 (1), Retrieved from Author (same) Year (same) Article title (same capitalization rules, no italics!) Journal title (in italics, capitalizing all words, followed by a comma) Volume + issue number (volume is italics, issue is in parentheses) Page numbers (period follows these)
Periodical/Journal Citations – APA Style Passer, M. W., Blount, M., & Christensen, D. S. (1998). Paying attention to detail: Struggle with APA format causes students to lose easy points. Journal of Amazing Psychology, 20 (1), Retrieved from Author (same) Year (same) Article title (same capitalization rules, no italics!) Journal title (in italics, capitalizing all words, followed by a comma) Volume + issue number (volume is italics, issue is in parentheses) Page numbers (period follows these) Location
Newspaper Article Newspaper articles are similar to periodicals, except that it includes a full date and doesn’t include issue, volume, or page numbers. Parker-Pope, T. (2008, May 6). Psychiatry handbook linked to drug industry. The New York Times. Retrieved from
Newspaper Article Newspaper articles are similar to periodicals, except that it includes a full date and doesn’t include issue, volume, or page numbers. Parker-Pope, T. (2008, May 6). Psychiatry handbook linked to drug industry. The New York Times. Retrieved from
Adding Journals to the Reference List Open your edited reference list from the past couple of days. Add 2 additional references – one must be a journal article, and one must be a newspaper article. You may choose any topic for these references. Journals: Use the UNF catalogs or Google Scholar Newspapers: Use any news website (popular are The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Time, etc.) the completed list to me: