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Psychology 101 -General Psychology - Prof. Cianci: Citing Articles

Periodicals without a DOI, from Databases

Journal, Magazine, or Newspaper Article without a DOI, from Databases

A digital object identifier (DOI) is a unique alphanumeric string assigned by a registration agency (the International DOI Foundation) to identify content and provide a persistent link to its location on the internet. The publisher assigns a DOI when your article is published and made available electronically. (https://apastyle.apa.org/learn/faqs/what-is-doi)

Basic Format

Author(s) Last name, First initial. (Year of article). Title of Article. Title of Publication, Volume(Issue), Page

     number. 

Example:

Voelker, T., Love, L., & Pentina, I. (2012). Plagiarism: What don’t they know? Journal of Education for

     Business, 87 (1), 36-41.

Parenthetical (In-text) citation: (Voelker et al., 2012) or Narrative citation: Voelker et al. (2012)

Note: Do not include the database name or URL. Published, online sources are cited the same as print sources. If the complete date is available format as (2015, May 14)

Reference List

Reference List

The reference list at the end of a research paper provides information to identify and retrieve each work cited in the text. The basic elements of a reference are the author, date, title, and source.

Reference List Rules: Invert authors’ name, providing last name, and initials. Example: Author, A. A. Provide surnames and initials for up to and including 20 authors. Use an ampersand before the final author’s name. Example: Author, A.A., Author B.B., & Author, C.C. When there are 21 or more authors, include the first 19 authors’ name insert an ellipsis … and then add the final author’s name.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): Many references can be retrieved via a DOI, an alphanumeric string that identifies content. It is also a persistent link of access on the internet. Include the DOI for all references that have a DOI whether the source is print or online.


 

Periodicals with a DOI from Database

Journal, Magazine, or Newspaper Article with a DOI, from Databases

A digital object identifier (DOI) is a unique alphanumeric string assigned by a registration agency (the International DOI Foundation) to identify content and provide a persistent link to its location on the internet. The publisher assigns a DOI when your article is published and made available electronically. (https://apastyle.apa.org/learn/faqs/what-is-doi)

Basic Format:

Author Last name, First initial. (Date of article). Title of Article. Title of Publication, Volume(Issue),

     Page number. DOI

Example:

Sigurdson, J. F., Undheim, A. M., Wallander, J. L., Lydersen, S., & Sund, A. M. (2015). The long-term effects

     of being bullied or a bully in adolescence on externalizing and internalizing mental health problems in

     adulthood. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Mental Health, 9(1), 1–13. https:// doi.org/10.1186/s13034-

     015-0075-2

Parenthetical citation: (Sigurdson et al., 2015) or Narrative citation: Sigurdson et al. (2015)

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