apa format: periodicals template
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your ultimate guide to APA Format in: PeriodicalsBy Pearlynne Chong, Ng Hui Shin, Gerald Tay,
Tan Hong Kuang and Gigi Teo Wen Jing.
Contents1.0 Basic Form
2.0 Journal Paginated by Volume Article in:
3.0 Journal Paginated by Issue
4.0 MagazineArticle in:
5.0 Newspaper Article in:
6.0 Letter to Editor 7.0 Review
1.0 Basic Form
APA Format: The painfully meticulous way① Author: Last name, initials of first name
② Year of Publication in parenthesis
③ Title of Article in sentence-case
④ Title of Periodical is in title-case
⑤ Volume number }
They should be italicized.
1.0 Basic Form
Format:Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.
2.0 Take note:
Journal pagination starts from issue one and continues on subsequent issues.
- Capitalise only the first letter and proper nouns in the title of journal- Type title of article in title format- Volume number is
Journal Paginatedby Volume
italicized
Format: Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of journal. Title of article, volume, first page-last page.
2.0
Tan, H. K. (2011). Making the world go round. The World of Water, 13, 576-580.
Author
Article title
Year
Volume no. (issue)
Page no.
Example:
Title of Journal
Journal Paginatedby Volume
3.0 Take note:
Journal Pagination restarts at page one every issue.
Journal Paginatedby Issue
Choo Yap, Y. (2010). Economies of Scale in the Non-Life Insurance Industry in Japan: Did Deregulation Enhance Economies of Scale?. Journal of Insurance Regulation, 28(2), 47-71.
Capitalise 1st letter & proper nouns
Article title Volume no. (issue)
Notitalicized!
3.0 Journal Paginatedby Issue
Format: Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of journal. Title of article, volume, first page-last page.
4.0
Similar to the basic form but:
Format:Last name, First Initial. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Magazine Title. Volume number(Issue number), Page numbers.
- Full date is used for weekly magazines; month and year for monthly magazines.- Magazine title and volume number is italicized.
Magazine
4.0 Magazine
White, C., & Jones, M. (2009, October 12). The spirit of disobedience. Atlantic, 26(1), 31-40.
Author
Year
Article title Magazine titleitalicised!
Volume no. (issue)
Page no.
Example 1: Weekly and specific month & date
4.0 Magazine
Example 2: Monthly
White, C., & Jones, M. (2009, October). The spirit of disobedience. Atlantic, 26(1), 31-40.
5.0
The difference:
Example:Schultz, S. (2005, December 28). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. The Country Today, pp. B2-B4.
- Unlike other periodicals, p. or pp. precedes pages numbers- Single pages take p. (e.g. p. B2)- Multiple pages take pp. (e.g. pp. B2-B4)
Newspaper
Take note!
6.0
What seems ‘duh’ but should be inside:
Format:Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of Letter [Letter to the editor]. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.
- Include "[Letter to Editor]"- If the letter has a title, insert it before the bracketed phrase "[Letter to the editor]"
Letter to Editor
6.0 Letter to Editor
Moller, G. (2002, August). Ripples versus rumbles [Letter to the editor]. Scientific American, 287(2), 12.
Author
YearTitle of letter
Compulsory!
Title of Volume no. (issue no.)
periodicalpage
Example 1:
6.0 Letter to Editor
Example 2: Mays, E. S. (2001, 11 June). The business of business [Letter to
the editor]. Wall Street Journal, 3.
7.0 Review
What seems ‘duh’ but should be inside: - Include "[Review of the book Title of book, by A.A. Author & B.B. Author ]"- Title of book reviewed must be italicised- When indicating authors of the book reviewed, start with initials of first name. - If the letter has a title, insert it before the bracketed phrase "[Letter to the editor]”
7.0 Review
Format:Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of Review [Review of the book Title of book, by A.A. Author & B.B. Author]. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.
Baumeister, R. F. (1993). Exposing the self-knowledge myth [Review of the book The self-knower: A hero under control, by R. A. Wicklund & M. Eckert]. Contemporary Psychology, 38, 466-467.
7.0 Review
Author
YearTitle of review
New addition
Title of periodical
Volume no. page
Example 1:
7.0 Review
Example 2: With DOI Assigned Schatz, B. R. (2000, November 17). Learning by text or context?
[Review of the book The social life of information, by J. S. Brown & P. Duguid]. Science, 290, 1304. doi:10.1126/science.290.5495.1304
And because it is APA Formatting… (To prove our point)
8.0 References
The Write Direction. (2011, January 11). Citation Universal Style Landmark College. (2010). APA Citation Style, 6th Edition. Retreived from http://www.landmark.edu/Library/citation_guides/apa.cfm#Web_Pages
The University of Waikato University. (2010, Dec 9). APA Referencing (6th Edition). Retreived from http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/learning/g_apaguide.shtml#WebpagesW
University of Maryland University College. (2010). APA Citation Examples. Retrieved from http://www.umuc.edu/library/guides/apa.shtml#websites
8.0 References
The Write Direction. (2011, January 11). Citation Universal Style Guide: Draft. Retrieved from http://www.citationonline.net/CitationHelp/csg04-manuscripts-apa.htm#11 American Psychological Association. (2011). How do you reference a book review?. Retrieved from http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/reference-book-review.aspx