Author. Include the author’s name as you would for a print source. List all authors’ last names first, and use initials for first and middle names. For more about citing authors, see models 1–5.

Publication date. Enclose the date in parentheses. For journals, use only the year. For magazines and newspapers, use the year, a comma, the month, and the day if given.

Article title. Capitalize only the first word of the article title and the subtitle and any proper nouns or proper adjectives.

Periodical title. Italicize the periodical title.

Volume and issue number. For journals and magazines, give the volume number (italicized) and the issue number (in parentheses).

Page numbers. For journals only, give inclusive page numbers.

Retrieval information. If the article has a DOI (digital object identifier), include that number after the publication information; do not include the name of the database. If there is no DOI, write Retrieved from followed by the URL of the journal’s home page (not the database URL).

A citation for the article below would look like this:

Chory-Assad, R. M., & Tamborini, R. (2004). Television sitcom exposure and aggressive communication: A priming perspective. North American Journal of Psychology, 6(3), 415–422. Retrieved from http://www.najp.8m.com