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APA Style (7th ed.)

Journal Articles

Examples

Generic

Author's Last Name, First Name Initial. Second Initial if given. (Year). Title of article: Subtitle, if given. Title of Journal, volume(issue), page-page. doi or URL

Georgas, H. (2013). Google vs the library: Students preferences and perceptions when doing research using Google and a federated search tool. Libraries and the Academy, 13(2), 165-183. http://dx.doi.org.library.sheridanc.on.ca/10.1353/pla.2013.0011

Article with multiple authors, URL

Choong, P., & Brown, B. S. (2007). The future of academic honesty. Academy of Educational Leadership Journal, 11(2), 91-102. http://search.proquest.com/docview/214227161?accountid=3455

Article with more than 20 authors

Provide first 19 authors, add elipses [...] then last author

Jin, P., Gao, G., Liu, X., Li, F., Tong, S., Ding, J., . . . Gao, K. (2016). Contrasting photophysiological characteristics of phytoplankton assemblages in the Northern South China Sea. Plos One, 11(15), 1-6. http://dx.doi.org.library.sheridanc.on.ca/10.1371/journal.pone.0153555

For journal articles with a doi, format the doi as a hyperlink by adding http://dx.doi.org.library.sheridanc.on.ca/

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See chapter 10 of the Publication Manual.

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