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A note about online sources:
The APA 6th edition does not require URLs or
database information for articles from a database. If you find an
article on the "open web" (that is, you found it using a
search engine such as Google), you need the URL of the article. If
you have a doi (digital object identifier), include it at the end
instead of the source URL.
To create correct citations, ask yourself: Did I
find this article on the open web? If yes, then include the doi (if
given) or the full URL of the article.
(APA
style is a writing style and format for academic documents such
as scholarly journal articles and books, and is commonly used for
citing sources within the field of social sciences.)
Citing a journal article found online
APA format structure:
Author, A. (Publication Year). Article title.
Periodical Title, Volume(Issue), pp.-pp. DOI:XX.XXXXX or Retrieved
from journal URL
APA format example:
Jameson, J. (2013). E-Leadership in higher
education: The fifth "age" of educational technology
research. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44(6), 889-915.
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12103
Notes:
When creating your online journal article citation,
keep in mind:
APA does NOT require you to include the date of
access/retrieval date or database information for electronic
sources.
You can use the URL of the journal homepage if there
is no DOI assigned and the reference was retrieved online.
Example: Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8535;jsessionid=956132F3DE76EEB120577E99EE74CE9C.f04t01
A DOI (digital object identifier) is an
assigned number that helps link content to its location on the
Internet. It is therefore important, if one is provided, to use it
when creating a citation. All DOI numbers begin with a 10 and are
separated by a slash.
The DOI prefix (10.1037, in the case of APA
journals) is a unique number of four or more digits assigned to
organizations; the suffix (rmh0000008) is assigned by the publisher
and identifies the journal and individual article.
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