APA Style: 6th Edition - "Periodicals: Journals, Magazines, Newspapers

 

 

Periodicals: Journals, Magazines, Newspapers
There are four main elements of a reference to a periodical: (1) the article author(s); (2) the publication date; (3) the article title; (4) and the title of the periodical with volume and/or page numbers.

Examples:

Durndell, A., Glissov, P., & Siann, G. (1995). Gender and computing: Persisting differences. Educational Research, 37(3), 219-227.

Fine, M. A., & Kurdek, L. A. (1993). Reflections on determining authorship credit and authorship order on faculty-student collaborations. American Psychologist, 48, 1141-1147.

Karcher, C. A. (1986). Censorship, American style: The case of Lydia Maria Child. Studies in the American Renaissance, 9(3), 283-303.

As with books, list the name(s) of the article authors at the beginning of the entry, last names first. Separate authors’ names with commas, and use an ampersand (&) before the last author whenever there are two or more authors. Spell out corporate authors. If a reference article has no author listed, place the title in the author position before the date. Finish the element with a period.

Next, list in parentheses the year the work was published. (For unpublished works, this date should be the year the work was written.) For articles that have been accepted by a journal but not yet published, write (in press) in parentheses rather than giving a date. (See also the section on Unpublished Work.) Conclude the element with a period. For a magazine or newspaper article, include specific publication dates (month and day, if applicable) as well as the year.

Capitalize just the first word of the article title and of the subtitle (if present), and all proper names. Do not underline this title or place quotation marks around it. Use Arabic numbers rather than Roman numerals in two-part titles unless the published title uses roman numerals. List additional necessary information for identification in brackets after the article title (i.e., [Letter to the editor]). Conclude this element with a period.

Next place the full title of the periodical – do not use abbreviations. Capitalize all words except prepositions. Italicize the title and place a comma after it.

For publications with volume numbers, such as journals, follow the title with the volume number in italics. You need list only the volume number if the periodical uses continuous pagination throughout a particular volume. If each issue begins with page 1, then give the issue number in parentheses after the volume number, as in Educational Research, 37(3). Note that the issue number is not italicized. If the journal does not use volume numbers, use the month, season, or other designation within the year to designate the specific journal article.

List inclusive page numbers--just list the actual numbers for journal articles, but use ‘pp.’ before the page numbers for newspapers. Use commas to separate the several parts of this element. Conclude this element with a period.

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