HOW TO DO REFERENCES FOR JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS APA Style

1. HOW TO DO REFERENCES FOR JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERSAPA Style Created by Mrs. Barb Wargo

2. Indent and write the author’s last name. Parsons Write the following:

3. Indent and write the author’s last name. Put a comma after the author’s last name. Parsons , Write the following:

4. Indent and write the author’s last name. Put a comma after the author’s last name. Write the author’s first initial and put a period after it. Parsons, Write the following: W.

5. Indent and write the title of the article. Dog show With no author listed, write the following.

6. Indent and write the author’s last name. Put a comma after the author’s last name. Write the author’s first initial. Write the date of the publication in parentheses – (year, comma, month, and day.) Parsons,W. Write the following: (1976) Or if you have more information... (1976, January 16)

7. Indent and write the author’s last name. Put a comma after the author’s last name. Write the author’s first initial. Write the date of the publication in parentheses. Put a period after the date. Parsons,W. (1976) Write the following: .

8. Indent and write the author’s last name. Put a comma after the author’s last name. Write the author’s first initial. Write the date of the publication in parentheses. Put a period after the date. Write the title of the article, capitalizing only the first word unless it is a proper noun or is the first word following a colon. Parsons,W. (1976). Write the following: Dog shows

9. Indent and write the author’s last name. Put a comma after the author’s last name. Write the author’s first initial. Write the date of the publication in parentheses. Put a period after the date. Write the name of the article. Put a period after the title. Parsons,W. (1976). Dog shows Write the following: .

10. Indent and write the author’s last name. Put a comma after the author’s last name. Write the author’s first initial. Write the date of the publication in parentheses. Put a period after the date. Write the title of the article. Put a period after the title. Write the name of the publication in italics. Parsons, W. (1976). Dog shows. Write the following: Newsweek

11. Indent and write the author’s last name. Put a comma after the author’s last name. Write the author’s first initial. Write the date of the publication in parentheses. Put a period after the date. Write the title of the article. Put a period after the title. Write the name of the publication in italics. Underline it if you are writing. Put a comma and italicize it. Parsons, W. (1976). Dog shows. Newsweek Write the following: ,

12. Indent and write the author’s last name. Put a comma after the author’s last name. Write the author’s first initial. Write the date of the publication in parentheses. Put a period after the date. Write the title of the article. Put a period after the title. Write the name of the publication in italics. Underline it if you are writing. Put a comma. Write and italicize the volume number. Parsons,W. (1976). Dog shows. Newsweek, Write the following: 53

13. Indent and write the author’s last name. Put a comma after the author’s last name. Write the author’s first initial. Write the date of the publication in parentheses. Put a period after the date. Write the title of the article. Put a period after the title. Write the name of the publication in italics. Underline it if you are writing. Put a comma. Write and underline the volume number. In parentheses write the issue number. This is not italicized. Parsons,W. (1976). Dog shows. Newsweek, 53 Write the following: (7)

14. Indent and write the author’s last name. Put a comma after the author’s last name. Write the author’s first initial. Write the date of the publication in parentheses. Put a period after the date. Write the title of the article. Put a period after the title. Write the name of the publication in italics. Underline it if you are writing. Put a comma. Write and underline the volume number. In parentheses write issue number. Put a comma. Parsons,W. (1976). Dog shows. Newsweek, 53 (7) Write the following: ,

15. Indent and write the author’s last name. Put a comma after the author’s last name. Write the author’s first initial. Write the date of the publication in parentheses. Put a period after the date. Write the title of the article. Put a period after the title. Write the name of the publication in italics. Underline it if you are writing. Put a comma. Write and underline the volume number. In parentheses write the issue number. Put a comma. Write the page number. If it is more than one page, write the first and last pages with a dash between them. Parsons,W. (1976). Dog shows. Newsweek, 53 (7), Write the following: 17-20

16. Indent and write the author’s last name. Put a comma after the author’s last name. Write the author’s first initial. Write the date of the publication in parentheses. Put a period after the date. Write the title of the article. Put a period after the title. Write the name of the publication in italics. Underline it if you are writing. Put a comma. Write and underline the volume number. In parentheses write issue number. Put a comma. Write the page numbers. If it is more than one page, write the first and last page number with a dash in between. End with a period. Parsons,W. (1976). Dog shows. Newsweek, 53 (7), 17-20 Write the following: .

17. Be sure you have a space after each comma and each period.

18. Your completed source should look like this with an author. Parsons, W. (1976). Dog shows. Newsweek, 53 (7), 17-20.

19. Your completed source should look like this without an author. Dog shows. (1976). Newsweek, 53 (7), 17-20.