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I need to reference something in APA 6: Electronic journal article or electronic magazine article

I need to reference something in APA 6: Check which referencing style you should use before following advice on this page.

Electronic journal article or electronic magazine article

Electronic journal article or electronic magazine article

Electronic journal article or electronic magazine article citation

Citation

Example citations for this electronic journal:

First citation of a work with five authors:
Shute, Wang, Greiff, Zhao and Moore (2016) or (Shute, Wang, Greiff, Zhao & Moore, 2016)  
Other citations of a work with five authors:
Shute et al. (2016) or (Shute et al., 2016)  

Electronic journal article or electronic magazine article reference

Reference list

An electronic journal article or electronic magazine article should follow the same pattern as for print journal articles but add the DOI.  If there is no DOI give the web address of the article or the service used to access it.

Author(s). (Year). Title of article. Journal/magazine title (in full), volume number, (issue number), page numbers. doi or web address of the article or the service used to access it.

Shute, V. J., Wang., L, Greiff, S., Zhao, W. & Moore, G. (2016). Measuring problem solving skills via stealth assessment in an engaging video game. Computers in Human Behavior, 63, 106 -117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.047 

Your reference should follow information available with the article. In this case the article does not show an issue number when viewed online. 

The APA has updated advice on referencing DOIs.  For more information see here.

More than one author

If you have a source with more than one author, if the author is an organisation, or if you cannot identify an author, follow this guidance.

Citing authors with example references

Examples in this table are selected to show how to cite and reference names.  The approach to names is the same for all types of reference and you will see different types of reference from the main example at the top of the page.

  Citation Reference

One author

Cite and reference the author

Phillips (2006) or (Phillips, 2006)

 Philips, D. (2006). Quality of life: Concept, policy and practice. London: Routledge.

Two authors

Cite and reference both authors

Kimball and Ross (2002) or (Kimball & Ross, 2002)

 Kimball, R., & Ross, M. (2002). The data warehouse toolkit: The complete guide to dimensional modeling. New York: Wiley.

Three, four or five authors

Cite all authors in the first citation.

 

Subsequent citations should include the first author followed by et al. In your reference include all the authors.

Bott, Coleman, Eaton and Rowland (2001) or (Bott, Coleman, Eaton & Rowland, 2001)

Bott et al. (2001) or (Bott et al., 2001)

 Bott, F., Coleman, A., Eaton, J., & Rowland, D. (2001). Professional issues in software engineering (3rd ed.). London: Taylor and Francis.

Six or seven authors

Cite the first author followed by et al. and in your reference include all the authors.

Shepperd et al. (2009) or (Shepperd et al., 2009)

 Shepperd, S., Doll, H., Gowers, S., James, A., Frazel, M., Fitzpatrick, R., & Pollock, J. (2009). Alternatives to inpatient mental health care for children and young people. The Cochrane Library, (2), article number CD006410.

Eight of more authors

Cite the first author followed by et al.

In your reference, include the first six authors, followed by ... then add the last  author.

Mali et al. (2013) or (Mali et al.,2013)

 Mali, P., Yang, L., Exvelt, K., Aach, J., Guell, M., Dicarlo, J., ... Church, G. (2013). RNA-guided human genome engineering via Cas9. Science, 339(6121), 823-6.

Editors

Follow the pattern above for when you have an editor or editors of a work; just remember that in your reference you need to identify them as an editor by putting (Ed) or (Eds) after all of the editors in the reference.

A source can be written by a corporate author such as an organisation or a company, also known as a group author. The corporate author and year should be used in the citation.

Citation Reference
Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2013) or (Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2013) Joseph Rowntree Foundation (2013). Free school meals announcement - JRF response. Retrieved from: https://www.jrf.org.uk/press/free-school-meals-announcement-jrf-response

For instances of more than one corporate authors of a source, treat them as you would two individuals in the reference (i.e., include both). The group author names should not be shortened in the text citation. However, if they are used repeatedly, you might introduce an abbreviation.

If you cannot identify the author(s) of a source, cite it by title and list it under the title in your reference list.

  Citation Reference
Whole work (book) Dictionary of sports science (2006) or (Dictionary of sports science, 2006) Dictionary of sports science (2006). London : A. and C. Black.
Part of work (chapter, article, document) "Jennifer & Joshua's Star wars suite" (2016) or ("Jennifer & Joshua's Star wars suite", 2016) Jennifer & Joshua's Star wars suite (2016). In The modern wedding : From graphics to styling. Berkley CA : Gingko Press.