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APA Guide: Periodicals (databases and online)

Guidelines

References: An entry that appears at the end of your paper.

Author Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year, Month Day). Article title: Subtitle. Newspaper Title, page range. Retrieved from URL of journal home page

In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): An entry that appears in the body of your paper when you express the ideas of a researcher or author using your own words.  For more tips on paraphrasing check out The OWL at Purdue.

(Author Last Name, Year).

In-Text Citation (Quotation): An entry that appears in the body of your paper after a direct quote.

(Author Last Name, Year, page or paragraph number).

Examples

References:

Bauermeister, J. J., Barkley, R. A., Bauermeister, J. A., Martinez, J. V., & McBurnett, K. (2012). Validity of the sluggish cognitive tempo, inattention, and hyperactivity sympton dimensions: Neuropsychological and psychosocial correlates. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 40(5), 683-697. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezp-1.lirn.net/docview/1020178719/fulltextPDF/721118E9A62F424FPQ/1?

 

Brothers, K., Davis, C., Kelton, D., & Shuss, S. (2014). Managing your digital work life. Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, 12(3), 6-10. Retrieved from http://journals.lww.com/nursingmadeincrediblyeasy/Fulltext/2014/05000/Managing_your_digital_work_life.2.aspx


 In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 

 Bauermeister, Barkley, Bauermeister, Martinez, and McBurnett (2012) argued

(Bauermeister, Barkley, Bauermeister, Martinez, & McBurnett , 2012). 
Brothers, Davis,  Kelton, and Shuss (2014) surveyed
 
(Brothers, Davis,  Kelton, & Shuss, 2014).

In-Text Citation (Quotation):

(Bauermeister, Barkley, Bauermeister, Martinez, & McBurnett , 2012, p. 687).
 
(Brothers, Davis,  Kelton, & Shuss, 2014, p. 8).

Additional information: 

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Ed., pages 199.

Consortium of Education Affiliates Libraries http://libguides.yourlrc.info