Articles from Databases

APA SOURCE MAP: Articles from Databases

  • 1 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.
  • 2 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.
  • 3 Article title. Capitalize only the first word of the article title and the subtitle and any proper nouns or proper adjectives.
  • 4 Periodical title. Italicize the periodical title.
  • 5 Volume and issue numbers. For journals and magazines, give the volume number (italicized) and the issue number (in parentheses).
  • 6 Page numbers. For journals only, give inclusive page numbers.
  • 7 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 on p. 477 would look like this:

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Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick and Josselyn Crane, “A Losing Battle: Effects of Prolonged Exposure to Thin-Ideal Images on Dieting and Body Satisfaction.” Communication Research, Vol. 39, No. 1, p. 79. Copyright © 2012 by SAGE Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission.