APA reference list example: Online magazine article (with no D O I). The author is listed by last name and initial: Shelburne, E. C. The date is listed by year and month in parentheses, followed by a period: (2008, September). The article title is The great disruption. It is followed by a comma. The magazine title is italicized and is followed by a comma: The Atlantic, The volume is italicized and the issue is not italicized and is in parentheses, followed by a comma: 302(2). The words “Retrieved from” are followed by the URL, with no period at the end: http://www.theatlantic.com/