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NOTE: If an article from a database includes a DOI, provide the DOI link as you would for any online journal article. If the article does not include a DOI, the reference will look like a print version of the article. The 7th edition of American Psychological Association Publication Manual states, “Do not include the database name or URL.”
Elements: Author’s Last name, Author’s First and Middle initials, & Last names and initials of other authors, if any. (Date). Title of article. Title of Journal italicized, Volume number italicized(Issue number), Page numbers.
Mershon, D. H. (1998, November). Star Trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds. American Scientist, 86(6), 585.
NOTE: Even if you locate an article in a database, you must go to the web and locate the magazine or journal’s home by searching for the name of the magazine or journal. APA does not differentiate between a database article and online articles, so you have to locate the magazine or journal’s home page in order for a reader to locate the source. Journals will require only the year (Year). Magazines require the year and month (Year, Month).
Elements: Author’s Last name, Author’s First and Middle initials, & Last names and initials of other authors, if any. (Date). Title of article. Title of Journal italicized, Volume number italicized(Issue number if non-consecutive pagination), Page numbers. Retrieved from URL to the journal’s homepage
Mershon, D. H. (1998, November). Star Trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds. American Scientist, 86(6), 585. Retrieved from http://www.americanheritage.com/