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Author, A. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, 5<\/em>(1), 22-26. doi: 111.111.111<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIf there’s no DOI, you\u2019ll need to include a URL.<\/p>\n
2. Open web URL<\/h3>\n
Is it available online to anyone, without needing a password? If it is, then you can just include the direct address:<\/p>\n
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Author, A. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, 5<\/em>(1), 22-26. Retrieved from http:\/\/…<\/p>\n<\/div>\nMost journal articles aren’t available to everyone online (yet!). Instead, these articles are in databases, which restrict access to paying customers. If you’re a Massey University student, the library funds access to these databases, but you still shouldn’t use a non-public URL.<\/p>\n
3. Journal homepage URL<\/h3>\n
APA avoids naming databases in references. This is because databases regularly change journal coverage, so the same article may not be available in that database tomorrow. Some articles are available in several different databases! Likewise, you shouldn’t use URLs from Stream: only Massey University students can log in there, so it still has restricted access.<\/p>\n
Instead, APA wants you to find the public homepage of the journal. This is what it says in the manual:<\/p>\n
If no DOI has been assigned to the content, provide the home page URL of the journal or of the book or report publisher. If you are accessing the article from a private database, you may need to do a quick web search to locate this URL.
\n(APA, 2010, pp. 191-192)<\/p>\n
The format is the same as an open web URL:<\/p>\n
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Author, A. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, 5<\/em>(1), 22-26. Retrieved from http:\/\/…<\/p>\n<\/div>\nBut what do you do if there’s no public homepage? Perhaps the publisher has gone out of business. Perhaps the material is only available through a database. In that case…<\/p>\n
4. Database information<\/h3>\n
If all else fails, you can fall back on the database information. Provide either the front page URL of the database, or the name of the database and any numerical information for the source:<\/p>\n
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Author, A. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, 5<\/em>(1), 22-26. Retrieved from http:\/\/…<\/p>\nAuthor, A. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, 5<\/em>(1), 22-26. Retrieved from XXX Database. (Accession No. 12345)<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThis should only be done as a last resort.<\/p>\n
More information<\/h3>\n
For more information, check out the official guide to APA style:<\/p>\n
\n- American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.<\/em> Washington, DC: Author.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Or OWLL’s APA guide:<\/p>\n
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Here’s the situation: you\u2019ve found a journal article through the library’s online databases (e.g. EBSCO or JSTOR). Your lecturer has provided a journal article on Stream or in the course\u2019s study materials. You want to add it to your reference list. But how?<\/p>\n