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APA style guide: Journal

An article from a scholarly journal

Basic model for citing a journal
In-text

Paraphrase: (Author, Year)

Direct quote: (Author, Year, p. Page)

References

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of the article. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx

 
A print or online journal article with one author
In-text (Miller, 2019, p. 361)
References Miller, T. (2019). Social learning. Journal of Psychology, 50(2), 360–375. https://doi.org/xx.xxx
  Include the volume and issue number if available. Do not use Vol. - the example above illustrates the correct way to cite volume 50, issue number 2. The in-text citation should indicate only the page that is being referenced; the references should include the first and last pages of the entire article.
 
A print or online journal article with two authors
In-text (Garcia & Patel, 2022, p. 12)
References Garcia, M., & Patel, S. (2022). Emotion and memory. Memory Studies, 30(1), 1–15.
  If an article has more than two authors you may choose to include only the first author followed by et al. which means "and all the others." Be sure to list authors in the order they appear in the article.
 
A print journal article found in a subscription database
In-text (Cohn, 1997)
References Cohn, J. (1997). How wild wolves became domestic dogs. Bioscience, 47(11), 725–728.    
  If your teacher requires it, include the name of the database you used and the date of access. Do not use "vol" -  the example above is from volume 47 number 11.
 
An article from a journal that is only published online
In-text (McCaffrey, 2008)
References McCaffrey, B. R. (2008). Afghanistan: We cannot allow ourselves to fail. American Diplomacy, 13(2). https://www.americandiplomacy.org/article
 

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