Information You Need
To write a citation for an online article you will need the following pieces of information:
- Author(s)
- Publication date (this could be the year, or the year and month)
- Article title
- Journal or Magazine title (this is italicized)
- Volume number (this is italicized)
- Issue number
- Page numbers
- DOI (an assigned alphanumeric sequence given to a journal article to help identify it).
Not every work has a DOI. Please connect with your instructor about using a url link to content found on a library database and what is acceptable for the assignment.
- Journal Article ReferencesFrom APA Style
APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition - Journal article references are covered in Section 10.1 - Database Information in ReferencesFrom APA Style
Provides information for when to use database information in your Reference List.
Anatomy of an article citation
- Reference Guide for Journal Articles, Books, and Edited Book ChaptersAnatomy of a journal citation from APA Style
Journals - One Author
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of article: Subtitle if any. Name of Journal, Volume Number(Issue Number), first page number-last page number. https://doi number
Andrys, O. (2011). Proving the pudding: Optimizing the structure of academic development. Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management, 33(5), 485-496. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2011.605223
Note:
If article does not have a DOI, see note above in the Information You Need box.
Narrative In-text
Author (Date)
Andrys (2011)
Parenthetical
(Author, Date)
(Andrys, 2011)
Journals - Two to Twenty Authors
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if given., & Author's last name, First initial, Second initial if given. (Year of publication). Title of article: Subtitle if any. Name of Journal,Volume Number(Issue Number), first page number-last page number. https://doi number
Andrys, O., & Brown, S. (2011). Proving the pudding: Optimizing the structure of academic development. Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management, 33(5), 485-496. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2011.605223
Note:
If article does not have a DOI, see note above in the Information You Need box.
Narrative In-text (2 authors)
Author and Author (Date)
Andrys and Brown (2011)
Parenthetical (two authors)
(Author & Author, Date)
(Andrys & Brown, 2011)
Narrative In-text (3 or more authors)
First author et al. (Date)
Andrys et al. (2011)
Parenthetical (three or more authors)
(First Author, et al., Date)
(Andrys et al., 2011)