American Psychological Association (APA): Articles and other Short Work

If an article from the web or a database has no DOI, include the URL for the journal's home page.

A. Print

B. Web

C. Database

If an article from the web or database has no DOI, use the URL for the magazine's home page.

A. Print

B. Web

C. Database

A. Print

B. Web

Add the label "Abstract", in brackets, after the title.

A. Abstract of a Journal Article

Heyman, G. D. , Fu, G., Lin, J., Qian, M., & Lee K. (2015). Eliciting promises from children reduces cheating [Abstract].

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 139, 242-248. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal

/00220965/ 

B. Abstract of a Paper

Chung, J. E. (2015). A smoking cessation campaign on twitter: Understanding the use of Twitter and identifying major

players in a health campaign [Abstract]. Paper presented at the AEJMC 2015 Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Retrieved from http://www.aejmc.org/home/2015/06/2015-abstracts/

If an article on the web contains supplemental material that is is not part of the main article, cite the material as you would an article and add the label "Supplemental material" in brackets following the title.

Hansen, J. D., & Reich, J. (2015). Democratizing education? Examining access and usage patterns in massive open

online courses[Supplemental material]. Science, 350(6265), 1245-1248. doi:10.1126/science.290.5494.1148

Insert the words "Letter to the editor" in brackets after the title of the letter. If the letter has no title, use the bracketed words as the tile as (as in the following example).

Lange, F. (2014, May-June). [Letter to the editor]. Sierra. Retrieved from http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/

The business case for transit dollars [Editorial]. (2012, December 9). Star tribune. Retrieved from http://www.startribune.com/

Cite as you would an article in a magazine, giving whatever publication information is available (volume, issue, page numbers, and so on).

Scrivener, L. (n.d.). Why is the minimum wage issue important for food justice advocates? Food Workers-Food Justice,

15. Retrieved from http://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/199/pm.asp?nav=1&ID=41429

If the review has no author or title, use the description in the brackets as the title.

Al-Jeraisy, H. (2016, January 8). An interview with a female Saudi councillor [Interview by Z. M. Beddoes]. The

Economist. Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/ 

A. Print

See for a Multi-volume Work (One Volume, with Title) on citing one volume in a multi-volume work.

Konijn, E. A. (2015). Health communication. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The concise encyclopedia of communication (Vol. 1,

pp.240-242). Malden, MA:Blackwell.

B. Web

Actor-network theory (ANT). (2011, February 22). In STS wiki. Retrieved December 10, 2015, from

http://www.stswiki.org/index.php?title=Actor- network_theory_(ANT)

If the writer's real name and screen name are both given, put the real name first, followed by the screen name in brackets. Before the title, use "Re" and a colon. Add "Comment" in brackets following the title.

Otis Watts [MintDragon]. (2015, December 9). Re: The very real pain of exclusion [Comment]. The Atlantic. Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/

Real Name Unavailable:

MintDragon. (2015, December 9). Re: The very real pain of exclusion [Comment]. The Atlantic. Retrieved from

http://www.theatlantic.com/

Goodman, J. (2013, June 27). Addressing the neglected diseases treatment gap. Testimony before the subcommittee

on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations of the U.S. House of representatives

Committee on Foreign Affairs. Retrieved from http://www.hs.gov/asl/testify/2013/06/4484.html