APA Style Guide - 6th

Online Journal, Scholarly or Peer-Reviewed Article

Format

Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Title of article. Name of Journal, Volume number(Issue number), Inclusive pages. DOI or Retrieved from URL

Example
With a DOI:

Ciocchetti, C. (2012). Veganism and living well. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 25(3), 405-417. doi:10.1007/s10806-011-9307-5

With a URL:

Yakeley, J. (2013). Seeing, mirroring, desiring: The impact of the analyst's pregnant body on the patient's body image. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 94(4), 667-688. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.library.csn.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1448779730?accountid=27953

Print Journal, Scholarly or Peer-Reviewed Article

Format

Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Title of article. Name of Journal, Volume number(Issue number), Inclusive pages. DOI

Example

Gilbert, D. G., McClernon, J. F., Rabinovich, N. E., Sugai, C., Plath, L. C., Asgaard, G., . . . Botros, N. (2004). Effects of quitting smoking on EEG activation and attention last for more than 31 days and are more severe with stress, dependence, and depressive traits. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 6(2), 249-267. doi: 10.1080/14622200410001676305

Common Exceptions

For references with up to 7 authors, include all names.

Example

Santifort-Jordan, C., & Sandler, T. (2014). An empirical study of suicide terrorism: A global analysis. Southern Economic Journal, 80, 981-1001. doi:10.4284/0038-4038-2013.114


For more than seven authors, list the first six authors followed by an elipse (…), then list the final author’s name.

Example

Ehrlich, S. F., Rosas, L. G., Ferrara, A., King, J. C., Abrams, B., Harley, K. G., … Eskenazi, B. (2012). Pregnancy glucose levels in women without diabetes or gestational diabetes and childhood cardiometabolic risk at 7 years of age. The Journal of Pediatrics, 161(6), 1016–1021. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.05.049

Abstract as Original Source

Format

Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Title of article [Abstract]. Name of Journal, Volume number(Issue number), Inclusive pages.

Example

Lassen, S. R., Steele, M. M., & Sailor, W. (2006). The relationship of school-wide positive behavior support to academic achievement in an urban middle school [Abstract].  Psychology in the Schools, 43(6), 701.