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APA Style - How to Cite Online Articles & E-Books
Warning:  Citation style for online sources is continually evolving.  Consult your instructor in choosing the appropriate style and for further guidance.
Magazine Article Pattern for APA style:
Author last name, First initial Middle initial. Year, Month and day.  Title of Article. Title of magazine, Volume number (Issue
   number), Inclusive page numbers. Retrieved from Name of Database or URL database.  (Note: If URL is given, do not
  end with a period.)
 

Journal Article Pattern for APA style:

Author last name, First initial Middle initial. (Publication Year).  Title of Article. Title of journal, Volume number(Issue number),
  Inclusive page numbers. Document Object Identifier if given.
 
Example of research report from CQ Researcher database:
Hatch, D. (2003, June). Drug company ethics.  CQ Researcher, 13, 521-544.  Retrieved from
  http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher
 
Example from EBSCOhost database:
Fleck. L. M. (2011).  Just caring: Health care rationing, terminal illness, and the medically least well off.  Journal of Law,
  Medicine & Ethics, 39(2), 156-171.  doi10.111/j.1748-720X.2011.00585.x

 

e-Book pattern for APA style:
Author last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Publication year). Title of work.  Location city, state:  Publisher.
   Retrieved from Name of database database or database URL, or doi if given.
 
Example of research report from EBSCOhost eBook Collection:
Zeinert, Karen. (1998). Those courageous women of the civil war.  Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press.  Retrieved from
  EBSCOhost.

Note:
  Some of the databases provide ready-made citations for you within the articles.
Spacing:  Double-spacing used throughout your References page.
For more detail on citing articles and research reports from EBSCO and CQResearcher, look at the "How to Cite" links or the "Help" files within the databases.
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