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A Reference Guide to APA 7th Edition
Adapted from the UAGC Writing Center APA 7th Ed. References Guide
Articles
*When citing between two or 20 authors, list last name followed by a comma and initials for each one, and precede the
final author’s name with an ampersand (&). When citing 21 authors or more, list the first 19, then precede the name of
the final author with an ellipses (…).
Online journal article with DOI
Format:
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Publication Title, volume number(issue), pp–pp. https://doi.org/…
Example:
Beattie, B. R., & LaFrance, J. T. (2006). The law of demand versus diminishing marginal utility. Review of Agricultural
Economics, 28(2), 263–271. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9353.2006.00286.x
Online journal article without DOI, found in UAGC Library database
Format:
Author, A. (Year). Title of article. Publication Title, volume number(issue), pp–pp.
Example:
Collins, M. E., Garlington, S., & Cooney, K. (2015). Relieving human suffering: Compassion in social policy. Journal of
Sociology & Social Welfare, 42(1), 95–120.
Magazine article retrieved online
Format:
Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Publication Title, volume(issue), pp–pp. URL
Example:
Clay, R. A. (2014, December). Taking action against Ebola. Monitor on Psychology, 45(11), 14.
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/12/ebola
Newspaper article retrieved online
Format:
Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Newspaper Title. URL
Example:
McAllister, J. (2017, July 5). Beaver Stadium prepares for inaugural concert. Centre Daily Times.
https://www.centredaily.com/entertainment/this-weekend/article159672269.html
Blog post
Format:
Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of blog post. Blog Name. URL
Example:
Hardy, M. (2010, October 29). E-ZPass is a life-saver (literally). Freakonomics. http://freakonomics.com/2010/10/29/e-
zpass-is-a-life-saver-literally/
Webpages and Websites
*A webpage will never be the home page of the URL. It is part of a greater whole that is the website. When author and
site name are the same, omit the site name from the source element. Provide the most specific date possible. Include a
retrieval date only when the content is designed to change over time and the page is not archived.
Webpage with an author
Format:
Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of webpage. Site Name. URL
Example:
Lad, K. (2016, August 28). An overview of the colorful traditional Mexican clothing. Buzzle.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/traditional-mexican-clothing.html
Webpage with no individual author
Format:
Organization Name. (Year, Month Day). Title of webpage. Site Name (if different than organization). URL
Example:
National Nurses United. (n.d.). What employers should do to protect nurses from Zika.
https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/what-employers-should-do-to-protect-rns-from-zika
Webpage with no author or organization
Format:
Title of webpage. (Year, Month Day). URL
Example:
Freud’s structural theory: The id, the ego, and the superego. (n.d.). www.vakkur.com/psy/freud.html
Report: Corporate/government, group author, retrieved online
*If a report, series, or issue number is given, provide this in parentheses after the title. Describe less common forms of
reports in square brackets after the title like the example below. If the report number is available, and the report needs a
special description, place the parentheses before the brackets in the reference entry.
Format:
Name of Group. (Year, Month Day). Title of report (Report number, if available) [Description, if needed].
Publisher Name (omit if the same name as group author). DOI or URL
Example:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (2019, July). The DHS strategic plan: Fiscal years 2020–2024 [Agency strategy
publication]. https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/19_0702_plcy_dhs-strategic-plan-fy20-
24.pdf
Article on a news website
Format:
Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Site Name. URL
Example:
Dunn, J. (2020, January 6). Recycling collectors bothered by messy bins. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/article/recycling-
collectors-bothered-by-messy-bins
- Online journal article with DOI
- Online journal article without DOI, found in UAGC Library database
- Magazine article retrieved online
- Newspaper article retrieved online
- A Reference Guide to APA 7th Edition
- Articles
- Blog post
- Webpage with an author
- Webpage with no individual author
- Webpage with no author or organization
- Webpages and Websites
- Report: Corporate/government, group author, retrieved online
- Article on a news website