Indent the entire quote 05 inches just like a new paragraph using double spacing.

How to cite apa for a journal article. You can embed this information within the sentence or cite it at the end of the sentence or use a mixture of both as long as all the components are used in your APA journal citation. APA 7 th edition does not provide guidance on how to cite abstracts. If you cannot find a fully published version of the article that includes this information you can cite the article as an advanced online publication noting its status where you would usually include the volume issue and page.

This is a quick easy explanation to help students cite an APA citation p. For all online scholarly journals provide the author s name s the name of the article in quotation marks the title of the publication in italics all volume and issue numbers and the year of publication. Journal name italicised Volume italicisedIssue or number Page numbers.

Italicize titles of journals magazines and newspapers. Publication year goes between parentheses followed by a period. However if you only use information from the abstract but the full text of the article is also available we advise you to add Abstract after the article or source name.

Include the description Supplemental material in square brackets after the article title. For eight or more authors include the first six names followed by an ellipsis and add the last authors name. Use only the first authors last name followed by et al for every use of the reference.

Give the last name and initials e. When citing a block quote from a journal article in APA 6 students should do the following. When using a direct short quote for APA citation of journal articles you must list the author the year of publication the page numbers and use quotation marks.

Start the quote on a new line. The foundation of the reference is the same as for a journal article. To cite an online journal article in a reference entry in APA style 6th edition include the following elements.