Note: News and magazine articles often have no author. If no author is listed, begin newspaper and magazine article citations with the article title.
Author, Initials. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Magazine Title, Volume(Issue), page numbers. https://xxxxxxxxx
Levy, A. (2020, January 6). A world without pain: Does hurting make us human? The New Yorker, 95(55), 18-24. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/13/a-world-without-pain
Author, Initials. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Newspaper Title, page numbers.
Schwartz, J., & Palmer, S. (1993, September 30). Obesity affects economic status. The Washington Post, A1, A4.
Author, Initials. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Newspaper Title. https://xxxxxxx
Reed, S., & Krauss, C. (2020, January 8). Why oil prices are slow to reflect gulf turmoil. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/business/energy-environment/iran-oil-soleimani.html
Author, Initials. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Site name. https://xxxxxxx
Glynn, P. (2020, January 7). Should all screen stars stop flying for work? BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51018170
*Online news sources such as BBC news, Bloomberg, CNN, HuffPost, MSNBC, Reuters, Salon, Vox, etc.
Author, Initials. (Date). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), page numbers. https://doi.org/xxxxxxxxxx
Jensen, D. R. (2003). Understanding sleep disorders in a college student population. Journal of College Counseling, 6(1), 25-34. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-1882.2003.tb00224.x
Patrick, M. E., Griffin, J., Huntley, E. D., & Maggs, J.L. (2018). Energy drinks and binge drinking predict college students' sleep quantity, quality, and tiredness. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 16(1), 92-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2016.1173554
Author, Initials. (Date). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), page numbers. https://xxxxxxxx
Taheri, M., & Arabameri, E. (2012). The effect of sleep deprivation on choice reaction time and anaerobic power of college student athletes. Asian Journal of Sports Medicine, 3(1), 15-20. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3307962/
Author, Initials. (Date). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), page numbers.
Watts, L. (2016). Synchronous and asynchronous communication in distance learning: A review of the literature. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 17(1), 23-32.
There are many ways to include this information in your text. Some examples are below.
Smith (2015) surveyed this phenomenon.
A famous survey of this phenomenon (Smith, 2015) showed that...
In 2015, Smith demonstrated that...
"White rats are the best subjects for this test," said Smith (2015, pp. 50-51).
Smith went on to explain, "Hamsters make better pets than lab rats" (2015, p.51).
The parentheses are used to indicate the parts of an in-text citation not included in prose. Also notice that the parts of the parenthetical citation (author, year, page) are separated with commas. Lastly, notice that the "p." is used for a citation on one page and "pp." is used for a citation that spans multiple pages.
The punctuation in your own writing follows the parenthetical citation. This is the case even when the citation is for a block quote (a long, indented quote, not surrounded by quotation marks).
