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Citing Electronic Articles
in APA
How to Cite in the References List
Jule L. Kind
©2010,
2013
First and Best Option
• Use the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) for
your article.
– P. 198, #1 - #2*
– DOI numbers always start with 10. The
remainder may be letters, numbers or both.
– If you have a DOI#, click here.
– If you do not have a DOI#, click here.
*All page numbers refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association, 6th ed. and the APA style guide to electronic references, 2012.
1. Where do you find DOI’s?
As a part of the database citation.
1. Where do you find DOI’s?
• You may have to click to view the Abstract
or click on the title to see the fuller
information for the article.
2. Where do you find DOI’s?
On the 1st page of the
article.
3. Where do you find DOI’s?
Copy and paste the citation(s) into
CrossRef.
– http://www.crossref.org/SimpleTextQuery/
– Requires a free registration.
References citation with a DOI
Samnani, A., & Singh, P. (2013). When leaders
victimize: The role of charismatic leaders in
facilitating group pressures. Leadership
Quarterly, 24(1), 189-202. http://dx.doi.org/
10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.10.006
Note that this is a new way to display the DOI# as of June 2012.
If your article has no DOI (and
this is not unusual), then the next
step is to locate the journal
publisher’s home or entry page.
No DOI available
• Use the publisher’s (journal’s) home page
as the URL for the article.
– These may take a little digging to locate, but
by trying one of the following suggestions, it
usually is available.
1. Where do you find the
publisher’s home page?
If you are searching in the EBSCO family of
databases, use their publication
information page.
– Click on the hyperlinked title of the needed
article.
– The journal title will be hyperlinked; click on
it.
– Locate the Publisher’s URL
– Copy / paste it into your citation.
Where do you find the publisher’s
home page?
• On the publication
details page, locate
the Publisher URL.
• Copy / paste it to your
citation.
• This method only
works for EBSCO
databases!
References citation for no DOI
Babcock-Roberson, M. E., & Strickland, O.
(2010). Journal of Psychology, 144(3),
313-326. Retrieved from
http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/
2. Where do you find the
publisher’s home page?
Google or Bing the journal title.
Where do you find the publisher’s
home page?
References citation for no DOI
Humphreys, J., Zhao, D., Ingram, K.,
Gladstone, J., & Basham, L. (2010).
Journal of Behavioral & Applied
Management, 11(2), 118-136. Retrieved
from http://www.ibam.com/pubs/
jbam/default.asp
3. Where do you find the
publisher’s home page?
Use the database, Ulrich’s Periodical
Directory.
– Available from http://www2.indwes.edu/ocls
– Click on: General (under Article Databases)
– Click on: Ulrich’s
Where do you find the publisher’s
home page?
Where do you find the publisher’s
home page?
Where do you find the publisher’s
home page?
References citation for no DOI
Miller, M. (2007). Transformational
leadership and mutuality. Transformation,
24(3/4), 180-192. Retrieved from http://0www.sagepub.com.oak.indwes.edu/journal
sProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201948
[Note: Be sure to remove the hyperlink on the URL and
change to black font!]
4. Where do you find the
publisher’s home page?
When all previous steps fail, call Off
Campus Library Services.
– Librarians have access to additional tools.
– 800-521-1848
– http://www2.indwes.edu/ocls/oclsform.html
References
American Psychological Association. (2010).
Publication American Psychological Association
(6th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Author.
American Psychological Association. (2012). APA style
guide to electronic references. Retrieved from
http://www.apastyle.org/products/index.aspx