How to cite 4 commonly used types of periodicals in APA on the references page 1. An article in a journal with continuous paging A journal with continuous paging numbers an entire year’s worth of journals consecutively, even though there are separately numbered issues. When an articles comes from a journal with continuous paging, list its authors first, followed by the year and the article title. Next, include the title of the journal, a comma, the volume number, and another comma (all italicized.) Finish the entry by including the inclusive page numbers, without a page abbreviation. Nussbaum, J. F., & Betterin, L, M. (1994). Shared stories of the grandparent-grandchild relationship. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 39, 67-60. In-text citation: (Nussbaum & Bettini, 1994) 2. An article in a journal with separate paging A journal with separate paging begins each numbered issue with page 1, even though a year’s worth of journals is assigned a single volume number. When a journal has separate paging for each issue, follow the volume number with the issue number, in parentheses; no space separates the volume from the issue, and the while the volume is italicized, the issue number is not. Graves, D. (2000). Multiculturalism and the choral canon. Choral Journal, 41(2), 37-44. 3. A monthly magazine You can distinguish magazines from journals because they are commercial publications and are not usually affiliated with professional organizations. Magazines target general readers and provide nontechnical discussions and general reactions to issues. Journals are written by and for scholars and professionals and are reviewed by them as well. Furlow, B. (2000, October.) The uses of crying and begging. Natural History, 109, 62 – 67. 4. A weekly magazine The entry for a weekly magazine is presented just as that for a monthly magazine, with one important difference: The day (along with the year and the month) is included in parentheses. In the corresponding in-text citation, however, only the year is required. Gest, T. (2000, October 9). Fixing your school. U.S. News and World Report, 129, 65-67. Note on capitalization: APA follows two distinct patterns for the capitalization of titles: one within the text of a paper and one in the reference list. In the reference list, the titles of periodicals are capitalized. For the titles of articles and all other sources (such as books), only the first words of titles and subtitles and proper nouns and proper adjectives are capitalized; all other words appear in lowercase letters. In the text of a paper, both in your prose and in your in-text citations, the first words or titles and subtitles and ALL major words are capitalized, whether they are periodicals, books, or electronic sources. However, conjunctions and prepositions of fewer than four letters (and, or, but, as, for, to) are not capitalized nor are articles (a, an, the.) Source: Perrin, R. (2004). Pocket guide to APA style. New York: Houghton Mifflin.