APA 7
APA 7th Edition is the most commonly used referencing style here at the University of Portsmouth. Below you will find general guidance on how to reference and cite using APA 7th Edition, as well as examples for the specific sources you are likely to use in your assignments.
Your department or lecturer may prefer you to reference sources differently from the guidance given here. Always follow the requirements of your department or lecturer.
External visitors are welcome to use this guide, but note that your institution's requirements may differ from those suggested here.
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Online magazine article with a single author
Reference
If the online magazine doesn't give page numbers, omit them from your reference.
Author, Initials. (Year, Month Date). Title of article. Title of Magazine, Volume number if applicable(Issue number), start and end page numbers. https://doi.org/or URL
Macdonald, H. (2018, December 12). Time travel on a woodland walk. New Statesman, 147(5448), 38-39. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=133433590&site=eds-live
In-text Citation
If the article doesn't have any page numbers you can use paragraph numbers in place of pages if you need to use them. You should use para. in place of p. to show this is what you are doing. For information about the use of page and paragraph numbers within in-text citations, please see our guidance here.
It has been shown... (Macdonald, 2018).
In her article, Macdonald (2018, p. 38)...
If your article has more than one author, please follow the guidance here.
Online magazine article with no named author
Reference
If the author of an article is unknown, move the title of the article to the author position at the beginning of the reference.
If the online magazine doesn't give page numbers, omit them from your reference.
Title of article. (Year, Month Date). Title of Magazine, Volume number if applicable(Issue number), start and end page numbers. https://doi.org/or URL
UK companies set to clean up space sector. (2021, April 22). BBC Sky at Night, (192), 12. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/sky-at-night-magazine/20210422/page/12
In-text Citation
As the title is not italicised in the reference, use double quotation marks around the title in the in-text citation. If the title is long you can shorten it to the first few significant words.
If the article doesn't have any page numbers you can use paragraph numbers in place of pages if you need to use them. You should use para. in place of p. to show this is what you are doing. For information about the use of page and paragraph numbers within in-text citations, please see our guidance here.
It was reported... ("UK companies set", 2021).
In "UK companies set" (2021, p. 12) it was suggested that...
Not all magazines give their issues both volume and issue numbers. If the magazine does not use volume, issue, and/or article or page numbers, omit the missing element(s) from the reference. For examples of this, please click 'more' below.
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Example with a missing volume number
Reference
Hewitt, C. (2021, June 1). The mischief maker. Empire (UK), (388), 48-57. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/empire-uk/20210601
In-text Citation
If the article doesn't have any page numbers you can use paragraph numbers in place of pages if you need to use them. You should use para. in place of p. to show this is what you are doing. For information about the use of page and paragraph numbers within in-text citations, please see our guidance here.
In an interview... (Hewitt, 2021).
Hewitt (2021, p. 50) suggests that...
Example with a missing volume number, issue number and page number
Reference
Preston, D. (2021, May 10). Has an old Soviet mystery at last been solved?. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/17/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solved
In-text Citation
If the article doesn't have any page numbers you can use paragraph numbers in place of pages if you need to use them. You should use para. in place of p. to show this is what you are doing. For information about the use of page and paragraph numbers within in-text citations, please see our guidance here.
It was found... (Preston, 2021).
Preston (2021, para. 2) wrote that...