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APA 7th Edition Citation Style

Journal Article without DOI

Citation Elements in Order:  
1.  Author
2.  Publication date
3.  Article title
4.  Journal title
5.  Volume & issue number)
6.  Page numbers:
7.  Digital object identifier (DOI). If no DOI, then a non database URL

 

Reference Example:

Journal article without a DOI, with a nondatabase URL:

                       1.                                    2.                                                  3.                                                             4.

Labbo, L. D., Place, K., & Soares, L. (2010). Fresh perspectives on new literacies and technology integration. Voices

From the Middle, 17(3), 9-18. http://www.ncte.org/journals/vm/

                                                     5.     6.                      7.

 

Journal article without a DOI, from most academic research databases or print version:

Sinha, S. T., Saha, S., Longacre, M., Basu, S., Jha, R., & Mondal, T. (2019). Crustal architecture and nature of

continental breakup along a transform margin: new insights from tanzania-mozambique margin. Tectonics, 38(4),

1273–1291.

 

Proper Bibliographic Reference Format:

  • Bibliographic references are double-spaced and indented half an inch after the first line.
  • It is no longer necessary to include the date of retrieval unless the source material may change over time (e.g., Wikis).
  • If no DOI is available, give the URL of the journal's publisher.
  • Do not include the database name or database URL.
  • Conference proceedings published in a journal follow the same format as journal articles.

 

In-Text Citations:

Citations are placed in the context of discussion using the authors' last names and date of publication. 

For works of three or more authors use et al.

(Labbo et al., 2010) 

 

Alternatively, you can integrate the citation into the sentence by means of narrative.

Labbo et al. (2010) present practical ideas to integrate technology into the classroom.