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When you have a task to write an essay or work with a research paper, it is crucial to support each argument you make with a reliable source. If you major in Sociology, Political Science, Law, or Healthcare among other subjects, the chances are high that you will require at least one APA magazine reference in your paper. APA, which stands for the American Psychological Association, is one of the most popular styles for academic writing purposes. In this section of our guide, we shall review the examples that will help you learn the basic citation rules for magazines either in print or those that you find online.
It should be noted that the majority of American universities still use APA 6 writing style, which is even more popular than the latest 7th edition. Nevertheless, let’s review a list of changes that took place for magazine referencing as well as the other citation types:
It mostly depends on what kind of a magazine source you have for your citing purposes. If we talk of a general print edition, it follows this template:
However, if you do not know the issue, just omit this information.
In practice, it looks this way:
In-text citation, be it online or in print is:
Now if you need to cite a magazine APA style for a something that you have found online, use this template:
APA 6th
In-text citation:
Bibliography:
In-text:
7th style manual bibliography page:
Bibliography page in 6th format:
In-text:
6th style Reference:
7th edition:
In-text citing goes as follows:
Bibliography for the sixth edition:
Reference for APA 7:
In-text reference:
Bibliography for 6th edition:
7th edition:
If you need to APA cite magazine source that has no author, use available title or description instead:
In-text:
Reference in 6th edition style:
7th edition:
Should I add the available DOI number for my magazine article?
As a rule, it serves the role of a source. 6th edition requires the addition of a relevant DOI number without URL, while the latest style asks for the URL.
Where should I look for an edition or a volume number in a magazine?
In most cases, it can be found at the footnote part of the article page, which will look like Business Insider 3(2).
What is the correct prefix in APA 7 for the retrieval date? Is it necessary in the previous edition?
In case of such necessity, 7th style uses “Retrieved 10 July 2020, from…” with the URL coming after. As for the sixth edition, it is omitted.
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