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APA Citation Style Guide (6th Ed.): Magazine Article

This guide contains examples of common citation formats in APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Magazine Article

(p. 200)
 
Helpful Tips
  • If you view a magazine article online you will need to include the URL of the magazine's home page in your reference. 
  • If you view a magazine article from within an article database you will have to do a quick search outside of the database to locate the home page for that particular magazine (p. 198).  You would include the URL of the magazine's home page in your reference.
  • Many online sources do not show the original page numbers of an article (p.171.)  In this case you would use paragraph numbers in place of page numbers for your in-text citations, ex. (para. 4).
General Format 
 
      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (Author Surname, Year)
     
      In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Author Surname, Year, page number)
 
      References:
      Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year, Month Day). Article title: Subtitle.
 
            Magazine Title, Volume(issue), page range. Retrieved from URL of magazine
 
            home page [if viewed online].  
 
Example 1
 
      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (Tumulty, 2009)
 
      In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Tumulty, 2009, p. 54)
      
        References:
      Tumulty, K. (2009, December 14). Where did reform go? Time, 174, 54-55.
 
Example 2
 
     In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (Harrell, 2010)
 
      In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Harrell, 2010)
 
     
         References:
      Harrell, E. (2010, January 26). Was the threat of H1N1 flu exaggerated? Time.
 
            Retrieved from http://www.time.com