Organizational Theory & Design

http://library.semo.edu/learn/citing.shtml APA Style:Citing articles(based on the 6th edition of the APA Publication Manual) When you cite a magazine, journal, or newspaper article found through a library subscription database, you must include some key components. The following are helpful hints on how to do this. Elements of a Citation Author. Single author: Put the last name first, followed by a comma, followed by the initial of the first name, then a period. Example: Morley, H. Multiple authors: Put the last name first, followed by a comma, followed by the initial of the first name, then a period. Follow this with a comma and continue the same procedure for the subsequent authors. Before the final author’s name put an ampersand (&) followed by the last name, a comma, the initial of the first name, and then a period. Example: Tannen, D., & Freedle, R. Eight or more authors: For articles with more than seven authors, provide the first six authors’ names using the procedure above, then insert an ellipsis in the form of three dots (…) and then the final author’s name using the same format. Example: Gilbert, D. G., McClernon, J. F., Rabinovich, N. E., Sugai, C., Plath, L. C., Asgaard, G., … Botros, N. (Publication Date). The date the article was published comes next. For scholarly articles provide the year that the article was published in parenthesis followed by a period. For magazines provide the month or month and day of publication, by putting the year first, followed by a comma and the month and day. Examples: (2004). or (2008, March 15). Article title. Next comes the title of the article. Only the first word of the title should be capitalized. Don’t italicize the title or put it in quotations. Example: College drinking behaviors: Mediational links between parenting styles, impulse control, and alcohol-related outcomes. Title of Journal, To find the name of the journal, magazine, or newspaper, see the following examples (circled in red)