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APA Guide: Newspaper (print)

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. 

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 number).

Examples

References:

Schwartz, J. (2007, September 30). Obesity affects economic, social status. The Washington Post, p. A1.


In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 

Schwartz (2007) states

(Schwartz, 2007).


In-Text Citation (Quotation):

(Schwartz, 2007, p. A1).


 

 Additional information:

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Ed., pages 200.

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