your ultimate guide to APA Format in: PeriodicalsBy Pearlynne Chong, Ng Hui Shin, Gerald Tay,

Tan Hong Kuang and Gigi Teo Wen Jing.

Contents1.0 Basic Form

2.0 Journal Paginated by Volume Article in:

3.0 Journal Paginated by Issue

4.0 MagazineArticle in:

5.0 Newspaper Article in:

6.0 Letter to Editor 7.0 Review

1.0 Basic Form

APA Format: The painfully meticulous way① Author: Last name, initials of first name

② Year of Publication in parenthesis

③ Title of Article in sentence-case

④ Title of Periodical is in title-case

⑤ Volume number }

They should be italicized.

1.0 Basic Form

Format:Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.

2.0 Take note:

Journal pagination starts from issue one and continues on subsequent issues.

- Capitalise only the first letter and proper nouns in the title of journal- Type title of article in title format- Volume number is

Journal Paginatedby Volume

italicized

Format: Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of journal. Title of article, volume, first page-last page.

2.0

Tan, H. K. (2011). Making the world go round. The World of Water, 13, 576-580.

Author

Article title

Year

Volume no. (issue)

Page no.

Example:

Title of Journal

Journal Paginatedby Volume

3.0 Take note:

Journal Pagination restarts at page one every issue.

Journal Paginatedby Issue

Choo Yap, Y. (2010). Economies of Scale in the Non-Life Insurance Industry in Japan: Did Deregulation Enhance Economies of Scale?. Journal of Insurance Regulation, 28(2), 47-71.

Capitalise 1st letter & proper nouns

Article title Volume no. (issue)

Notitalicized!

3.0 Journal Paginatedby Issue

Format: Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of journal. Title of article, volume, first page-last page.

4.0

Similar to the basic form but:

Format:Last name, First Initial. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Magazine Title. Volume number(Issue number), Page numbers.

- Full date is used for weekly magazines; month and year for monthly magazines.- Magazine title and volume number is italicized.

Magazine

4.0 Magazine

White, C., & Jones, M. (2009, October 12). The spirit of disobedience.  Atlantic, 26(1), 31-40.

Author

Year

Article title Magazine titleitalicised!

Volume no. (issue)

Page no.

Example 1: Weekly and specific month & date

4.0 Magazine

Example 2: Monthly

White, C., & Jones, M. (2009, October). The spirit of disobedience. Atlantic, 26(1), 31-40.

5.0

The difference:

Example:Schultz, S. (2005, December 28). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. The Country Today, pp. B2-B4.

- Unlike other periodicals, p. or pp. precedes pages numbers- Single pages take p. (e.g. p. B2)- Multiple pages take pp. (e.g. pp. B2-B4)

Newspaper

Take note!

6.0

What seems ‘duh’ but should be inside:

Format:Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of Letter [Letter to the editor]. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.

- Include "[Letter to Editor]"- If the letter has a title, insert it before the bracketed phrase "[Letter to the editor]"

Letter to Editor

6.0 Letter to Editor

Moller, G. (2002, August). Ripples versus rumbles [Letter to the editor]. Scientific American, 287(2), 12.

Author

YearTitle of letter

Compulsory!

Title of Volume no. (issue no.)

periodicalpage

Example 1:

6.0 Letter to Editor

Example 2: Mays, E. S. (2001, 11 June). The business of business [Letter to

the editor]. Wall Street Journal, 3.

7.0 Review

What seems ‘duh’ but should be inside: - Include "[Review of the book Title of book, by A.A. Author & B.B. Author ]"- Title of book reviewed must be italicised- When indicating authors of the book reviewed, start with initials of first name. - If the letter has a title, insert it before the bracketed phrase "[Letter to the editor]”

7.0 Review

Format:Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of Review [Review of the book Title of book, by A.A. Author & B.B. Author]. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.

Baumeister, R. F. (1993). Exposing the self-knowledge myth [Review of the book The self-knower: A hero under control, by R. A. Wicklund & M. Eckert]. Contemporary Psychology, 38, 466-467.

7.0 Review

Author

YearTitle of review

New addition

Title of periodical

Volume no. page

Example 1:

7.0 Review

Example 2: With DOI Assigned Schatz, B. R. (2000, November 17). Learning by text or context?

[Review of the book The social life of information, by J. S. Brown & P. Duguid]. Science, 290, 1304. doi:10.1126/science.290.5495.1304

And because it is APA Formatting… (To prove our point)

8.0 References

The Write Direction. (2011, January 11). Citation Universal Style Landmark College. (2010). APA Citation Style, 6th Edition. Retreived from http://www.landmark.edu/Library/citation_guides/apa.cfm#Web_Pages

The University of Waikato University. (2010, Dec 9). APA Referencing (6th Edition). Retreived from http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/learning/g_apaguide.shtml#WebpagesW

University of Maryland University College. (2010). APA Citation Examples. Retrieved from http://www.umuc.edu/library/guides/apa.shtml#websites

8.0 References

The Write Direction. (2011, January 11). Citation Universal Style Guide: Draft. Retrieved from http://www.citationonline.net/CitationHelp/csg04-manuscripts-apa.htm#11 American Psychological Association. (2011). How do you reference a book review?. Retrieved from http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/reference-book-review.aspx