APA 7th ed. Style Guide

General Information about Periodicals

Periodicals include sources that are published on a continual basis such as journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and blogs.

• Dates are presented differently for different kinds of periodicals.
• If an element such as volume number is missing, omit it from the reference.

Template:

Author. (Date). Title of article. Title of Periodical, Volume(Issue), page numbers. DOI or URL.

Example (journal article with DOI):

McCauley, S.M., & Christiansen, M.H. (2019). Language learning as language use: A cross-linguistic model of child language development.

Psychological Review, 126(1), 1-51. https://doi.org.10.1037/rev0001264

Example (newspaper article without DOI, from research database or print):

Goldman, C. (2018, November 28). The complicate calibration of love, especially in adoption.

Chicago Tribune.

Example (news website):

Avramova, N. (2019, January 3). The secret to a long, happy, healthy life? Think age-positive.

CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/health/respect-toward-elderly-leads-to-long-life-intl/index.html

Example (blog post):

Klymkowsky, M. (2018, September 15). Can we talk scientifically about free will? Sci-Ed.

https://blogs.plos.org/scied/2018/09/15/can-we-talk-scientifiically-about-free-will/