HOW TO DO REFERENCES FOR JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS APA Style

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HOW TO DO REFERENCES FOR JOURNALS, MAGAZINES,
NEWSPAPERSAPA Style
Created by Mrs. Barb Wargo
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Write the following

• Parsons

• Indent and write the authors last name.

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Write the following
,

• Parsons

• Indent and write the authors last name.
• Put a comma after the authors last name.

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Write the following

• Parsons,

W.

• Indent and write the authors last name.
• Put a comma after the authors last name.
• Write the authors first initial and put a period
  after it.

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With no author listed, write the following.

• Indent and write the title of the article.

• Dog show

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Write the following

• Parsons,W.

• Indent and write the authors last name.
• Put a comma after the authors last name.
• Write the authors first initial.
• Write the date of the publication in parentheses
  (year, comma, month, and day.)

(1976)
Or if you have more information...
(1976, January 16)
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Write the following

• Parsons,W.
• (1976)

.

• Indent and write the authors last name.
• Put a comma after the authors last name.
• Write the authors first initial.
• Write the date of the publication in parentheses.
• Put a period after the date.

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Write the following

• Indent and write the authors last name.
• Put a comma after the authors last name.
• Write the authors first initial.
• Write the date of the publication in parentheses.
• Put a period after the date.
• Write the title of the article, capitalizing only
  the first word unless it is a proper noun or is
  the first word following a colon.

• Parsons,W.
• (1976).

Dog
shows
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Write the following

• Parsons,W.
• (1976). Dog
• shows

.

• Indent and write the authors last name.
• Put a comma after the authors last name.
• Write the authors first initial.
• Write the date of the publication in parentheses.
• Put a period after the date.
• Write the name of the article.
• Put a period after the title.

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Write the following

• Parsons, W.
• (1976). Dog
• shows.

• Indent and write the authors last name.
• Put a comma after the authors last name.
• Write the authors first initial.
• Write the date of the publication in parentheses.
• Put a period after the date.
• Write the title of the article.
• Put a period after the title.
• Write the name of the publication in italics.

Newsweek
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Write the following

• Parsons, W.
• (1976). Dog
• shows. Newsweek

,

• Indent and write the authors last name.
• Put a comma after the authors last name.
• Write the authors first initial.
• Write the date of the publication in parentheses.
• Put a period after the date.
• Write the title of the article.
• Put a period after the title.
• Write the name of the publication in italics.
  Underline it if you are writing.
• Put a comma and italicize it.

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Write the following

• Parsons,W.
• (1976). Dog
• shows. Newsweek,

• Indent and write the authors last name.
• Put a comma after the authors last name.
• Write the authors first initial.
• Write the date of the publication in parentheses.
• Put a period after the date.
• Write the title of the article.
• Put a period after the title.
• Write the name of the publication in italics.
  Underline it if you are writing.
• Put a comma.
• Write and italicize the volume number.

53
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Write the following

• Indent and write the authors last name.
• Put a comma after the authors last name.
• Write the authors first initial.
• Write the date of the publication in parentheses.
• Put a period after the date.
• Write the title of the article.
• Put a period after the title.
• Write the name of the publication in italics.
  Underline it if you are writing.
• Put a comma.
• Write and underline the volume number.
• In parentheses write the issue number. This is
  not italicized.

• Parsons,W. (1976). Dog
• shows. Newsweek, 53

(7)

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Write the following

• Indent and write the authors last name.
• Put a comma after the authors last name.
• Write the authors first initial.
• Write the date of the publication in parentheses.
• Put a period after the date.
• Write the title of the article.
• Put a period after the title.
• Write the name of the publication in italics.
  Underline it if you are writing.
• Put a comma.
• Write and underline the volume number.
• In parentheses write issue number.
• Put a comma.

• Parsons,W. (1976). Dog shows. Newsweek,
• 53 (7)

,

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Write the following

• Indent and write the authors last name.
• Put a comma after the authors last name.
• Write the authors first initial.
• Write the date of the publication in parentheses.
• Put a period after the date.
• Write the title of the article.
• Put a period after the title.
• Write the name of the publication in italics.
  Underline it if you are writing.
• Put a comma.
• Write and underline the volume number.
• In parentheses write the issue number.
• Put a comma.
• Write the page number. If it is more than one
  page, write the first and last pages with a dash
  between them.

• Parsons,W.
• (1976). Dog
• shows. Newsweek,
• 53 (7),

17-20

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Write the following

• Indent and write the authors last name.
• Put a comma after the authors last name.
• Write the authors first initial.
• Write the date of the publication in parentheses.
• Put a period after the date.
• Write the title of the article.
• Put a period after the title.
• Write the name of the publication in italics.
  Underline it if you are writing.
• Put a comma.
• Write and underline the volume number.
• In parentheses write issue number.
• Put a comma.
• Write the page numbers. If it is more than one
  page, write the first and last page number with a
  dash in between.
• End with a period.

• Parsons,W.
• (1976). Dog
• shows. Newsweek,
• 53 (7), 17-20

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• Be sure you have a space after each comma and
  each period.

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Your completed source should look like this with
an author.

• Parsons, W. (1976). Dog shows.
• Newsweek, 53 (7), 17-20.

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Your completed source should look like this
without an author.

• Dog shows. (1976). Newsweek, 53 (7), 17-20.