LibGuides: APA: Journals and Periodicals

Basic Structure

Author

Date

Title

Periodical Information

DOI or URL

Author, A. A. & Author, B. B.

Name of Group.

Author, C. C. [username].

(2020).

(2020, January).

(2020, February16).

Title of article.

Title of Peridoical, 34(2), 5-14.

Title of Periodical, 2(1-2), Article 12.

Title of Periodical.

https://doi.org/xxxx

https://xxxxx

Journal Article - General

Format

Last name, first and middle initials. (Year). Title of the article is in sentence case expect for pronouns. Title of Journal, Volume number, (issue number), page numbers.

Example

Dunlop, K., & Tsantefski, M. (2018). A space of safety: Children’s experience of equine‐assisted group therapy. Child & Family Social Work, 23(1), 16–24.

In Text Paraphrase

(Author's Last Name, Year)

Ex: (Dunlop, 2018)

Standard Journal Article with a DOI

Format	Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date). Title of article: Subtitle. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page numbers of the whole article. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/xxxx
Example	Dunlop, K., & Tsantefski, M. (2018). A space of safety: Children’s experience of equine‐assisted group therapy. Child & Family Social Work, 23(1), 16–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12378

Standard Journal Article without DOI

Journal article from the Web:

Format	Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date). Title of article: Subtitle. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), Article number, page numbers of the whole article (if available). URL of the article
Example	McDaniel Peters, B., & Wood, W. (2017). Autism and equine-assisted interventions: A systematic mapping review. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 47(10), 3220–3242. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-017-3219-9

Journal article from a Database:

Format	Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date). Title of article: Subtitle. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), Article number, page numbers of the whole article (if available).
Example	McDaniel Peters, B., & Wood, W. (2017). Autism and equine-assisted interventions: A systematic mapping review. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 47(10), 3220–3242.