See APA Style Referencing Guide - Articles for definitive examples of APA-compliant references.
Articles – common issues
When EndNote output does not follow the exact APA style try the following:
Resource | Reference Type | Instruction | Reference |
Online journal article with a DOI, 8 or more authors |
Electronic Article (or Journal Article) | Enter all the names in the Author field or just enter the first seven and then the last. All the names must be added if there are up to seven authors. |
Knight, E. D., Smith, J. B., Dubowitz, H., Litrownik, A. J., Kotch, J. B., English, D., ... Runyan, D. K. (2006). Reporting participants in research studies to child protective services: Limited risk to attrition. Child Maltreatment, 11, 257–262. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559505285786 |
Online journal article with no DOI assigned | Electronic Article | In the URL field, enter the URL for the journal’s homepage (use Ulrichsweb database to locate the homepage) |
Bartlett, R. P. (2009). Going private but staying public: Re-examining the effect of Sarbanes-Oxley on firms' going-private decisions. The University of Chicago Law Review,76(1), 7–39. Retrieved from http://lawreview.uchicago.edu/ |
Online journal article with no DOI assigned and: from a discontinued journal, without a journal website and only available databases |
Electronic Article | In the URL field, enter the URL for the database homepage, e.g. http://www.jstor.org or http://www.eric.ed.gov/ |
Fennimore, D. L. (1981). American neoclassical furniture and its European antecedents. American Art Journal, 13(4), 49–65. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org |
Online journal article with DOI, advance online publication (the article appears online before it is assigned a volume, issue or page numbers) | Electronic Article |
In Label field, type Advance online publication In URL field, type the database website for no doi items In DOI field, type in doi numbers |
Von Ledebur, S. C. (2007). Optimizing knowledge transfer by new employees in companies. Knowledge Management Research & Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.kmrp.8500141 |
Cochrane review with DOI | Electronic Article (or Journal Article) |
URL field must be empty Enter the year of publication in both the Year field and the Volume field An issue number should be entered but no page numbers |
Blake, D., Farquhar, C., Johnson, N., & Proctor, M. (2007). Cleavage stage versus blastocyst stage embryo transfer in assisted conception. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (4). https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd002118 |
Online magazine article (from a web magazine) | Magazine Article |
URL field must be empty In the Access Date field, enter the date accessed and the URL, in the format: Enter the web magazine title (if there is one) into the Magazine field |
New child vaccine gets funding boost. (2001). Retrieved March 21, 2001, from http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health /story_13178.asp |
Online newspaper article, with author | Newspaper Article |
In the URL field, enter the URL for the newspaper’s homepage (use Ulrichsweb database to locate the homepage) In the Issue Date field, enter the Month day (if applicable) Include page number(s) if shown online, using the letter codes for section, if relevant, e.g. |
Zendrian, A. (2008, April 15). CEO pay too high? The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com |
Online newspaper article, with no author | Newspaper Article |
Do not enter Anonymous in the Reporter field unless this is stated on the article In the URL field, enter the URL for the newspaper’s homepage In the Issue Date field, enter the Month or Month day (if applicable) Include page number(s) if shown online (EndNote will add p. or pp.) |
Nuke test inquiry doubted. (2009, April 23). The Dominion Post, p. 5. Retrieved from http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/ |
Print journal article with a DOI | Journal Article | Include the DOI if there is one, even if you accessed the print version of the article (the reference will look the same as for the online version) |
Wilson, S., Spies-Butcher, B., & Stebbing, A. (2009). Targets and taxes: Explaining the welfare orientations of the Australian public. Social Policy & Administration, 43, 508-525. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2009.00676.x |
Print magazine article | Magazine Article | In the Date field, enter the Month or Month day or the Season (if applicable) |
Wichtel, D. (2009, March 21). The funny business. Listener, 217(3593), 30–32 |
Print newspaper article | Newspaper Article |
In the Issue Date field, enter the Month or Month day (if applicable) Include page number(s), using the letter codes for section, if relevant, e.g. |
Fleming, G. (2008, November 4). Shaking up the working world. The New Zealand Herald, p. D1. |
Articles in Special Issues | Journal article | Us the journal article reference format as usual |
Orazi, D. C., Lei, J., & Bove, L. L. (2015). The nature and framing of gambling consequences in advertising. Journal of Business Research, 68(10), 2049–2056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.03.002 |