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PHSC 3: Introduction to Community Health (Chambers)

APA Help

APAStyle.org is the most reliable place online to get information about how to cite in this style, including help with in-text citations and your reference list, including lots of example citations for various types of sources.

You can also consult the APA Style Manual from the SCU Library.

Citing Articles in APA

To cite a journal article, you'll need the following information:
 

  • Author's name(s) - last name first followed by first initial(s)
  • Year of publication - in parentheses
  • Title of article - first word, proper nouns, and word after a colon are capitalized
  • Title of publication - all words in italics
  • Volume number - in italics
  • Issue number - in parentheses, no italics
  • Page numbers - without p. or the word "page" in front
  • DOI, when available - ask a librarian if you need help finding this

Here's an example:

Larson, D. G., & Chastain, R. L. (1990). Self-concealment: Conceptualization, measurement, and health implications. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 9(4), 439-455. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.1990.9.4.439

MLA Style Resources

Pro-tip:

  • PubMed is a great database, but it doesn't format citations. Copy/paste the title of an article you found in PubMed into Google Scholar to generate an MLA citation! Watch this short silent video demo.