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Academic Integrity - Referencing, Citation & Avoiding Plagiarism: Print journal article, one author

This guide explains what referencing and citation is and how to use APA and MLA. It includes a short interactive tutorial on each style.

Print journal article, one author

Reference: Author(s) Last name, Initials. (Year). Article title. Journal title, volume number(Issue number), page numbers.

Example: Lum, J. A. G., & Bleses, D. (2012). Declarative and procedural memory in Danish speaking children with specific language impairment. Journal of Communication Disorders, 45(1), 46-58.

In-Text-Citation:

  • Author(s) Last name (year)
  • (Author(s) Last name year)

Example:

  • Lum and Bleses (2012) took a different approach…
  • Another approach (Lum & Bleses, 2012) shows that…

Note: For journal articles only include the issue number when each issue is individually paginated.

 

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