Research@UWW Search Box Citation Overview Reference Examples Book, eBook, Dissertation Article or Report Basic Structure for an Article Online or Print, with DOI Two Authors Three to Twenty Authors Report Online or Print, no DOI Magazine Newspaper No Author, Volume, or Issue Number Conference Session More questions? Business Sources Webpages Multimedia Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools Acknowledge AI Use Book, eBook, Dissertation Article or Report Basic Structure for an Article Online or Print, with DOI Two Authors Three to Twenty Authors Report Online or Print, no DOI Magazine Newspaper No Author, Volume, or Issue Number Conference Session More questions? Basic Structure for an Article Online or Print, with DOI Three to Twenty Authors Online or Print, no DOI No Author, Volume, or Issue Number Conference Session More questions? Business Sources Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools Acknowledge AI Use In-Text Citation Format Your Paper Get Help: Contact a Librarian Get 24/7 help via live chat Make an appointment with a Librarian During Reference Desk Hours : 262-472-1032 Text us! 262-500-3393 Email Basic Structure for an Article Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Title of article in non-italics: Capital letter also for subtitle. Journal Title in Italics, volume# (issue#), pg#-pg#. https://doi.org/10.xxxxxxxx You can leave out any parts that you don't have, like a DOI, the volume, issue, or page numbers. Online or Print, with DOI (Guidance on p. 316+ in Manual) On all article citations, whether you read online or print, include the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) if available. The DOI is like a digital thumbprint: its unique and permanent numbers and letters help identify it. It is typically on the first or last page of the article. You may be able to find it in the CrossRef Database . If you are having trouble finding the DOI, ask a librarian . If there is no DOI, see the example for referencing online or print articles with no DOI . Note that as of March 2017, CrossRef and APA both recommend that DOIs be formatted as such: https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx with no period at the end. List both authors in the order they appear in the article. Use an ampersand (&) rather than "and" between the author names. Three to Twenty Authors List each author in the order they appear in the article. Use an ampersand (&) rather than "and" between the last two. If you have more than 20 authors, list the first 19 authors, then ..., then the last author (so there is a total of 20 names in the citation).

(Guidance in p. 329-330 in Manual) After the report title, include any report number if available and the Source, which can be thought of like the Publisher of a book. Group Author or Government Report (see p. 329-330 in Manual) In governmental reports, you can have multiple "levels," or offices/departments, in the Source element, separated by a comma. The Author is the office that was most directly responsible for creating the content, and any parent offices are the Source . If you aren't sure which office created the content, look on Google or on their general webpage to figure out the structure -- which office is "under" another office? Online or Print, no DOI (Guidance in p. 317 in Manual) Italicize the journal title and volume number, but not the issue number in parentheses. (Guidance in p. 320 in Manual) Online with no DOI Include the stable URL. Page numbers, volume, and issue may be omitted if not available. Print or from a Database with no DOI Italicize the magazine title and volume number, but not the issue number in parentheses. If a magazine has a month and/or date, you may include that. (Guidance in p. 320 in Manual) Online with no DOI Include the stable URL. Page numbers, volume, and issue may be omitted if not available. Use this format for articles from both print newspapers as well as newspaper websites such as The New York Times or The Washington Post. Use the referencing format for websites for citing articles from a news website. Common examples are BBC News, BET News, Bloomberg, CNN, HuffPost, MSNBC, Reuters, Salon, and Vox. These sites do not have associated daily or weekly newspapers. Print or from a Database with no DOI If an article appears on discontinuous pages, list each of the page numbers where it appears. For multiple pages, use "pp." Most newspapers have a month and/or date, so include that. No Author, Volume, or Issue Number Remember that APA encourages researchers to use the name of a corporate author, a governmental organization, an office, a department, etc. as the author (see the example for referencing a report ). However, if no author can be found, as is sometimes the case with newspaper and magazine articles, begin the citation with the title of the article. Conference Session More questions? APA Style Blog (American Psychological Association) Check out this authoritative source if you have more questions. Last Updated: Aug 10, 2026 3:44 PM URL: https://libguides.uww.edu/apa citation_styles