How to Cite Citations With Volumes in APA

Citing Articles from Journals with Volume Numbers

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  Place a parenthetical reference after the paraphrased or quoted sentence(s) in your paper. Begin your parenthetical reference with an open bracket. Write the author's or authors' surname(s) followed by a comma and the year of publication. End your parenthetical citation with a close bracket and the appropriate punctuation (See Reference 1).

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  Test your parenthetical reference against this example:

  (Sparrow & Turner, 2003)

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  Create an entry in your References list for the full citation. The full citation should begin with the surname(s) used in your parenthetical reference.

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  Write the author's surname followed by a comma. Write the author's initial(s) followed by a period (See Reference 2).

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  Write the year of the article's publication in brackets followed by a period (See Reference 2).

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  Write the title of the article followed by a period (See Reference 2).

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  Write the title of the journal, in italics, followed by a comma. Write the volume number, also in italics. Do not italicize anything after this point. Write the issue number in brackets, if there is one, followed by a comma (See Reference 2).

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  Write the page range of the article within the journal followed by a period (See Reference 2).

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  Model your full citation using this example:

  Sparrow, J. & Turner, W. (2003). How to be a pirate. Piracy Quarterly, 4(2), 203-211.