For journal articles, the APA style requires including the Digital Object Identifier or doi when available.
Author name. (Year of Publication). Title of article. Journal title, volume number(issue number),
pages. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx
Example: Herbst-Damm, K.L., & Kulik, J.A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the
survival of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24(1), 225-229.
doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225
Cited in text: (Herbst-Damm & Kulik, 2005)
Note: DOI stands for Digital Object Identifier. It is a unique number assigned to article so that its information can be shared or retrieved quickly through a website such as crossref.org. Not every article will have a DOI, and if it is not present on the article or in the record, don't panic! The DOI is gaining wider acceptance, but many articles still do not have them. If the DOI is not present, and the article was retrieved online, then use one of the options below to direct the reader to the article.
Note: For journal articles that do not have a doi, there are two options. Option 1, provide the URL of the journal homepage. Option 2, provide the name of the database used to access the article. Check with your professor as to which one you should use.
Author name. (Year of Publication). Article title. Journal title, volume number, pages. Retrieved from
from database name.
Example: Borman, W.C. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor performance.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 443-449. Retrieved from PsycARTICLES.
Cited in text: (Borman, 1993)
Author name. (Year of Publication). Article title. Journal title, Volume number, page numbers.
Retrieved from URL.
Example: Sillick, T.J., & Schutte, N.S. (2006). Emotional intelligence and self-esteem mediate
between perceived early parental love and adult happiness. E-Journal of Applied
Psychology, 2(2), 38-48. Retrieved from http://ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index.php/ejap
Author. (Year). Title of document. Retrieved from ERIC database. (Eric Document #)
Example: Brewster, C., & Railsback, J. (2002). Full-day kindergarten: Exploring an option for
extended learning. Retrieved from ERIC database. (ED472733)
Cited in text: (Brewster & Railsback, 2002)
Note: Use this option for items that are not published in a journal, magazine, book, or elsewhere.
Author. (Date). Article title. Newspaper title. Retrieved from URL.
Example: Moss, M. (2011, March 27). Philadelphia school battles students’ bad eating habits,
on campus and off. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com
Cited in text: (Moss, 2011)
Article title in author position. (Date of publication, showing year, month date). Retrieved from URL.
Example: All 33 Chile miners freed in flawless rescue. (2010, October 13). Retrieved from
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/
Presenter. (Year, month). Title of paper of poster. Paper or poster presented at the meeting
of Organization Name, Location. Retrieval information.
Example: Shaw, C. L. M. (1997, November). Customer satisfaction: Communication training and
the help-desk hot-line. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National
Communication Association, Chicago, IL. Retrieved from ERIC database. (ED416553)
Cited in text: (Shaw, 1997)