APA Examples - Articles - Electronic

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In-text

Standard in-text citation examples are in Getting started - In-text citation.

Reference List

With a DOI

Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume(issue), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx.xxxx.xxxxx

Example

Best, O., & Stuart, L. (2014). An Aboriginal nurse-led working model for success in graduating Indigenous Australian nurses. Contemporary Nurse, 48(1), 59-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2014.11081927

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Without a DOI and from an academic database

Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume(issue), pages.

Example

Vessenes, P. M. (2003). The secrets of managing your time. Journal of Financial Planning, 16(8), 30-32.

Without a DOI with a non-database URL

Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume(issue), pages. http://xx.xxx.xxxx.xxxxx

Example

Labbo, L. D., & Place, K. (2010). Fresh perspectives on new literacies and technology integration. Voices from the Middle, 17(3), 9-18. https://www.learntechlib.org/p/65869/

With an Article number/elocator

Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume(issue), Article ####. https://xx.xxx.xxxx.xxxxx

Example

Brutschin, V., Kogej, M., Schacher, S., Berger, M., & Gräff, I. (2021). The presentational flow chart "unwell adult" of the Manchester Triage System: Curse or blessing? PLoS ONE, 16(6), Article e0252730. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252730

If an article with an article number also has page numbers, you can use those in in-text citations, if appropriate, but do not use in the reference list entry.

Notes

The issue number (1) is not italicised.

If a journal does not have an issue number evident, omit it.

Only include a database name and URL where there is no DOI and the resource is ONLY available through that database (e.g. DynaMed, ERIC and Cochrane databases).

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