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APA Referencing: Journal & News Articles

This Guide will help you to correctly reference your assignments using the APA style.

Journal and News Articles

In-Text

(Author Surname, Publication Year) OR (Author Surname, Publication Year, page)

(Saunders, 2009) OR (Saunders, 2009, p. 246)

(Morton et al., 2009) OR (Morton et al., 2009, p. 3)

 

Reference List

Author Surname, Initial/s. (Publication Year). Article title: Subtitle, Journal Title, Volume number(issue number), page/s.

Saunders, A. (2009). Lessons learned: Planning for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, Australasian Journal of Trauma Studies, 2(4), 245- 263

 

Morton, S.R., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Lindenmayer, D. B., Olson, M. H., Hughes, l., McCulloch, M.T., McIntyre, S., Nix, H.A., Prober, S.M., Saunders, D.A., Andersen, A.N.,

Burgman, M.A., Lefroy, E.C., Lonsdale, W.M., McMichael, A.J., Parslow, J.S., Steffen, W., Williams, J.E., & Woinarski, J.C.Z. (2009). The big ecological questions inhibiting effective environmental management in Australia. Austral Ecology, 34(1), 1-9.

Note:

  • For up to 20 authors, list out all the authors' names in the reference list.
  • Place an ampersand before the last author.
  • Each word in the Journal Title starts with a capital.
  • Journal titles and volume numbers must be in italics. The issue number is not.
  •  Sentence capitalisation is used for the article title.
  • Note that p. or pp. are not used in the reference list.

In-Text

(Author Surname, Publication Year) OR (Author Surname, Publication Year, page)

(Massingham, 2010) OR (Massingham, 2010, p. 1415)

 

Reference List

Author Surname, Initial/s. (Publication Year). Article title: Subtitle, Journal Title, Volume number(issue number), page/s. URL or DOI

Massingham, P. (2010). Managing knowledge transfer between parent country nationals (Australia) and host country nationals (Asia). International Journal of Human Resource

Management, 21(9), 1414-1435.  https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2010.488440

 

Sillick, T. J., & Schutte, N. S. (2006). Emotional intelligence and self-esteem mediate between perceived early parental love and adult happiness. E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 2(2), 38-48. http://ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index. php/ejap

Note:

  • If the article does not have a DOI but has a URL that will resolve for readers (e.g., it is from an online journal that is not part of a database), include the URL at the end of the reference.
  • Do not include the database name or URL unless the journal is only available through that database, such as the JBI or UpToDate databases. For more information on these specialist health databases refer to the tab above.
  • If the journal does not use volume, issue, and/or article or page numbers, omit the missing element(s).

What is a DOI?

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a unique alphanumerical string assigned to a work for use on digital networks. The DOI provides current information on where the digital object can be found on the Internet.

  • Where a DOI exists, you must always include the DOI in your reference.
  • If a resource has both a DOI and a URL, you must use the DOI.
  • DOI’s must be presented as hyperlinks. Be consistent in how you format your hyperlinks.
  • Where possible use the DOI format i.e. https://doi.org/xxxxxxxxxx
  • Retrieval date is not required.

 

Magazines are usually for public consumption unlike journals that have a specific audience. They are often published weekly, monthly and bi-monthly.

 

In-Text

Use the same format as for print journal articles.

 

Reference List

Author Surname, Initial/s. (Publication Year, Month Day). Article title. Magazine Title. volume or (issue number), page/s.

Author Surname, Initial/s. (Publication Year, Season). Article title. Magazine Title. volume or (issue number), page/s. 

Author Surname, Initial/s. (Publication Year, Month Day). Article title. Magazine Title. URL.

 

Will, G. F. (2004, July 4). Waging war on Wal-Mart. Newsweek. (144), 64.

 

Will, G. F. (2004, Winter). Waging war on Wal-Mart. Newsweek. (144), 64.

 

Will, G. F. (2004, July 4). Waging war on Wal-Mart. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/waging-war-wal-mart-130599

Note:

  • Note the date format varies from journals. For weekly publications, include the month and date with the year where provided.
  • For monthly publications, include the month only with the year.
  • For publications with a season included (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer) include with the year.
  • If a volume or issue number is included, these must be used.
  • It a DOI is provided, you must include the DOI.
  • Only include the year in the in-text citation, e.g. (Will, 2004).

The information below is for newspaper articles where the newspaper has both online and print formats.

In-Text

Use the same format as for print journal articles.

 

Reference List

Author Surname, Initial/s. (Publication Year, Month Day). Article title. Newspaper Title. Page/s.

Author Surname, Initial/s. (Publication Year, Month Day). Article title. Newspaper Title. URL

Article title. (Publication Year, Month Day). Newspaper Title. Page/s.

 

Thomas, B. (2011, November 23). Perth growth to be 'faster' than forecast. The West Australian, 35, 46.

 

Zhong, R. (2023, October 4). Flood threats are rising. Here’s where people are moving into harm’s way. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/04/climate/global-flood-risks.html

 

Meals on the move. (2010, October 31). Sydney Morning Herald. 38

Note:

  • If the article is from a news website that does not have a print version (e.g. SBS News, ABC News) - refer to the Online Resources tab above.
  • If an article appears on discontinuous pages, give all page numbers, and separate the numbers with a comma.
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