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APA Referencing - William Clarke College: Journal articles

How to reference journal articles

In-text reference

As mentioned by Bishof (2015)....

OR

...which can awaken an interest in history (Bischof, 2015)...

 

Reference list

Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of article. Name of journal, Volume No (Issue No), page numbers. 

Bischof, L. (2015). The lens of the local: visiting local sites, landmarks, and hidden histories. Archaeloogy, 48(3), 529-559.

In-text

Coffey & Lavery (2015) discuss how... 

OR

...which is why it is so important (Coffey & Lavery, 2015). 

 

Reference list

Surname, Initial., & Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of article. Name of journal, Volume No (Issue No), page numbers. 

Coffey, A., & Lavery, S. (2015). Time is running out: global warming today. New Scientist, 40(7) 86-101.

In-text reference

First citation: Cameron, Mulholland & Branson (2013) explain that...

Subsequent citations: Cameron et al. (2013) emphasise the importance of...

OR

First citation: ...and the potential this can have for all people (Cameron, Mulholland & Branson, 2013). 

Subsequent citations: ...which cannot be understated (Cameron et al., 2013)

Reference list

Surname, Initial., Surname, Initial., & Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of article. Name of journal, Volume No (Issue No), page numbers. 

Cameron, S., Mulholland, J., & Branson, C. (2013). Justice turns its back on us. New Internationalist41(4), 377-397.

In-text reference

NB: Cite the surname of the first author and then write et al. for in-text references

Avramides et al. (2015) discuss the importance of...

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...which is essential (Avramides et al., 2015).  

 

Reference list

NB: Write all the authors' names in the reference list

Surname, Initial., Surname, Initial., Surname, Initial., Surname, Initial., Surname, Initial., & Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of article. Name of journal, Volume No (Issue No), page numbers. 

Avramides, K., Hunter, J., Oliver, M., Smith, J., Jones, M. & Luckin, R. (2015). The Nature of Australian Business. Business Studies Review, 46(2),13-15.