Reference List:
Author, Initial. (Date). Title of article. Title of Journal/Magazine/Newsletter, Volume number (Issue number), first page –last page. doi: if available
Arthur, N. (1998). Counsellor education for diversity: Where do we go from here? Canadian
Journal of Counselling, 32 , 88-103.
Notes:
Author / Date:
For a description of how to list various authors – see the Author commentary.
For a description of how to list the date
– see the
Date commentary.
Title of article:
For the title of the article, capitalize the first letter of both the title and subtitle
(where applicable).
Arthur, N. (1998). C ounsellor education for diversity: W here do we go from here? Canadian Journal of Counselling, 32 , 88-103.
Capitalize proper nouns.
Include additional descriptors of the work after the title in brackets (e.g., Abstract,
Letter to Editor, Monograph).
Arthur, N. (1998). Counsellor education for diversity: Where do we go from here? [Special issue]. Canadian Journal of Counselling, 32 ,
88-103.
Mishra, T. (2005, July 23). Building online database systems [Letter to the editor] . Technology Weekly, 34 , 40-45.
For reviews of other works, include the medium being reviewed, the title of the work being reviewed, and the authors of the work in brackets after the title (e.g.,
Review of the book, review of the motion picture).
Lalande, V. (2003). Excellence in practicum experiences [Review of the book Comparative practices in counsellor education, by S. Low &
R. Brown]. Canadian Journal of Counselling, 32 , 88-103.
Note: There is no punctuation between the medium and the title; both begin with a capital letter on the first word, but only the title is in italics.
Journal, magazine, or newsletter:
Use upper and lowercase letters for the name of the journal/magazine/newsletter and place in italics.
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Arthur, N. (1998). Counsellor education for diversity: Where do we go from here? Canadian Journal of Counselling, 32 , 88-103.
Mishra, T. (2005, July 23). Building online database systems. Technology
Weekly, 34 , 40-45.
Volume is in italics (e.g., 37 ). Issue is not [e.g., (3) ].
Include issue number only if each issue of a journal begins on page 1; if it does not, omit the issue number.
Do not include issue number for magazines or newsletters.
There is no space between volume and issue numbers 37 (3) .
Brown, D. (1996). Reply to Derald Wing Sue. Spectrum, 57 (2) , 5-7.
Always use Arabic (4), not Roman (IV), numerals, even if the source uses
Roman.
Page numbers:
For most articles, page numbers must be included.
One exception is an entire special issue of a journal. Note that [Special issue] is indicated with the title of the issue.
Martin, H., & Reed, R. W. (2003). The globalization of psychology
[Special issue].
Journal of International Psychotherapy, 45 (4).
For publications of limited circulation:
For association newsletters, organization monthly magazines, and so on that aren’t easily accessible to the public, list the publisher location and name.
For details on page references for monographs, see APA 4.16 – 13 and 14.
Haney, C. (2001, February). Comments about the accreditation process.
CPA Counselling Section Newsletter, 3-5. Ottawa, ON: Canadian
Psychological Association.
For additional information, see APA 6.29-6.30; 7.01 – 1-4, 7, 9-10, 12-14; 7.06 – 45-48
For the following sources, which you are less likely to use, please see the relevant sections of the APA Manual :
Journal supplements
– APA 7.01 – 12-13, 15
Non-English journal articles
– APA 7.01 – 4
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