LIBRARY STUDENT HANDBOOK |
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APA Style - How to Cite Online Articles & E-Books |
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| 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
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Author last name, First initial Middle initial.
Year, Month and day. Title of Article. Title of magazine,
Volume
number (Issue |
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number), Inclusive page numbers. Retrieved from Name of
Database or URL database. (Note: If URL is given, do not |
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end with a period.) |
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Journal Article Pattern
for APA style: |
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Author last name, First initial Middle initial. (Publication
Year). Title of Article. Title of journal, Volume
number(Issue number), |
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Inclusive page numbers. Document Object
Identifier if given. |
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Example of research report from CQ Researcher database:
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Hatch, D. (2003, June). Drug company
ethics. CQ Researcher, 13, 521-544. Retrieved
from |
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http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher |
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Example from EBSCOhost database:
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Fleck. L. M. (2011). Just caring: Health
care rationing, terminal illness, and the medically least well off.
Journal of Law, |
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Medicine & Ethics, 39(2),
156-171. doi10.111/j.1748-720X.2011.00585.x |
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e-Book pattern for APA style: |
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Author last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Publication
year). Title of work. Location city, state: Publisher. |
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Retrieved from Name of database database
or database URL, or doi if given. |
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| Example of research
report from EBSCOhost eBook Collection: |
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Zeinert, Karen. (1998). Those
courageous women of the civil war. Brookfield, CT:
Millbrook Press.
Retrieved from |
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EBSCOhost. |
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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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