APA (American Psychological Association) Style - Citing Online Sources

Periodical Articles Retrieved from Online Databases

Provide original print publication information (such as author, publication date, article title, periodical name, volume,

issue, and page numbers) then add electronic retrieval information according to one of the following rules:

1. DOI Assigned (most preferable)

Provide the DOI (Digital Object Identifiers), if one has been assigned to the content. No further retrieval

information is needed. The DOI is typically located on the first page of the electronic document, near the

copyright notice. The DOI can also be found on the database landing page for the article. (See APA Manual, 6th

ed., pp. 188-192).

Author, A. A., & Author, B. (Date of publication). Title of article.

Journal Title, Volume number(issue number if applicable), pages.

doi:xxxxx.xxx (no period after DOI)

Chase, Z., & Laufenberg, D. (2011). Embracing the squishiness of digital

literacy. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 54, 535-537.

doi:10.1598/JAAL

Lehman, K. A., Burns, M., Gagen, E. C., & Mohr, D. C. (2012). Development

of the brief inventory of perceived stress. Journal of Clinical

Psychology, 68, 631-644. doi:10.1002/jclp.21843

2. No DOI Assigned

If no DOI has been assigned to the content, provide the home page URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the

periodical. If you are accessing the article from a library database, you may need to do a quick web search to

locate the URL. (See APA Manual, 6th ed., pp. 191-192)

Author, A., & Author, B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Journal

Title, Volume number(issue number if applicable), pages. Retrieved

from http://www.domainname.com/pathname (no period after URL)

Frosch, D. (2012, July 3). Officer's death reminds a city of work to be

done. The New York Times, p. A9. Retrieved from

http://www.nytimes.com

Hosenball, M. (2009, December 21). The drone dilemma. Newsweek, 154(25),

13. Retrieved from http://www.newsweek.com

Hyde, J. (2012). Learning the art of give and take is an essential

nursing skill. Nursing Standard, 26(40), 63. Retrieved from

http://nursingstandard.rcnpublishing.co.uk

Larkin, H. (2009). Adverse childhood experiences linked to health risk

behaviors. Policy & Practice, 67(3), 14+. Retrieved from

http://www.aphsa.org/Publications/PolicyPractice.asp

McGlynn, D. (2012, June 29). Whale hunting. CQ Researcher, 22, 573-596.

Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher

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3. Archival Documents (no DOI Assigned) Retrieved from Databases (Such as JSTOR or ERIC) Some archival documents (e.g. discontinued journals or monographs) can only be found in electronic databases such as

ERIC or JSTOR. When the document is not easily located through its primary publishing channels and has no DOI

assigned, give the entry page URL for the online archive (database). (See APA Manual, 6th ed., p. 192)

Baker, A. A., & Lee, J. J. (2011). Mind the gap: Unexpected pitfalls in

doing classroom research. Qualitative Report, 16, 1435-1447.

Retrieved from http://www.eric.ed.gov

Stern, M. (1995) Party alignments and civil rights: Then and now.

Presidential Studies Quarterly 25, 413-427. Retrieved from

http://www.jstor.org

Electronic Books Retrieved from Online Database Enter the author, publication date, book title, publisher name and location (if available) then add electronic retrieval

information such as DOI (if provided) or database name. (See APA Manual, 6th ed., pp. 202-205)

Note: Electronic books available from LACC databases do not have DOI assigned, so citing the database name is recommended.

Berk, L. E. (2004). Awakening children's minds: How parents and teachers

can make a difference. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Retrieved from eBook Collection (EBSCOhost).

LaPensee, K. (2008). Vaccines and vaccine development. In B. W. Lerner &

K. L. Lerner (Eds.), Infectious diseases: In context (Vol. 2, pp.

870-874). Detroit, MI: Gale. Retrieved from Gale Virtual Reference Library.

Wallis, C. (2011). Addiction is caused by genetic and environmental

factors. In R. Espejo (Ed.), Opposing Viewpoints Series: Chemical

dependency. Detroit, MI: Greenhaven Press. (Reprinted from The

genetics of addiction, CNNMoney.com, 2009) Retrieved from Gale

Opposing Viewpoints in Context.

Citing Web Documents Include the same elements (e.g., authors, dates, titles), in the same order, as you would for a reference to a fixed media

(print) source and add as much electronic retrieval information as needed for others to locate the source you cited.

(See APA Manual, 6th ed., pp. 187-188, 205-209)

Entry in a Web-based Reference Work

Graham, G. (2010). Behaviorism. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford

encyclopedia of philosophy (Summer 2012 ed.). Retrieved from

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/behaviorism

Governmental Document Published on the Web

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division for Heart Disease

and Stroke Prevention. (2011). Aortic aneurysm fact sheet. Retrieved

from http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/data_statistics/fact_sheets

/fs_aortic_aneurysm.htm

QUOTATIONS OF ONLINE MATERIAL WITHOUT PAGINATION

For electronic sources that do not provide page numbers, use the paragraph numbers preceded by the abbreviation para.

(Myers, 2000, para. 5)

If the document is long and includes headings and neither paragraph nor page numbers are visible, cite the heading and the

number of the paragraph following it to direct the reader to the location of the material.

(Beutler, 2000, Discussion section, para. 2)

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