15 Creating Reference List Citations: Journal Articles

Step 1: Find the 4 Ws

The 4 Ws for the journal article (there are four slides) 

Step 2: Arrange the 4 Ws in the correct order and with the correct formatting.

The citation for the journal article (click image to see it bigger)

• Author: is the Family name, Initials. for each author, with a comma in between, and an ampersand (the and sign &) before the last author.
  • Authors are always ordered as they appear on the work.
• Date: is the publication date (Year) of the article.
• Title: is in sentence-case, as are all titles of works cited in APA Style.
• Source location: is the Scholarly Journal Title (in Title-Case and italics), Volume number (in italics) and Issue number (in parentheses), the article’s page range, and hyperlinked DOI.
  • Note: The article is part of a larger source (the scholarly journal), so the source is italicized and not the article.

Now try it yourself! 

The Library’s APA Online Guide is a great resource to have on hand for creating reference citations.

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