Citing Sources: APA

Basic Format:
(The APA Manual no longer requires you to include database information.  However you may still find it helpful to include a link to the DOI (digital object indentifier) link.  Unlike a database link, which can expire when your search session ends, a DOI is like a unique barcode assigned to an article that will not change.)

Last Name, First Initial. (Year, Month Day of Publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), page range. DOI

Example:
(Scholarly Journal/Magazine/Newspaper from Database)

Alegi, P. (2008). Rewriting patriarchal scripts: Women, labor, and popular culture in South African clothing industry beauty contests, 1970s-2005. Journal of Social History, 42(1), 31-56. doi:10.1353/jsh.0.0070

No DOI:
(​If you do not see a DOI number try to include a link to the article.  Some databases have a button that gives you a "permalink" which is a permanent link to the article that will not expire.)

Pouillard, V. (2011, July 1). Design piracy in the fashion industries of Paris and New York in the interwar years. The Business History Review, 85(2), 319-344. https://libproxy.fitsuny.edu:2598/stable/41301394

3 or more authors:
(Use a comma between each name and an ampersand in front of the last author.)

Larson, S., Delnat, A., & Moore, J. (2018, July). The use of clinical cervical spine clearance in trauma patients: A literature review. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 44(4), 368–374. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2017.10.013

If you are citing an article that is online-only (does not appear in print) and does not have page numbers then leave the page numbers out.  

Aylmer, O. (2016, July 13). Why Hiroko Matsumoto was more than just a model muse. AnOther Magazine. https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/8859/why-hiroko-matsumoto-was-more-than-just-a-model-muse

Both scholarly journals and magazines are cited the same way.

Last name, First Initial. (Year, Month Day of Publication). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume(issue), page range. 

Magazine Example:

Fiori, P. (2013, February). All about Audrey. Harper's Bazaar, (3610), 200-203, 213.​

Scholarly Journal Example:

Alegi, P. (2008). Rewriting patriarchal scripts: Women, labor, and popular culture in South African clothing industry beauty contests, 1970s-2005. Journal of Social History, 42(1), 31-56. 

Citing a newspaper is similar to citing a magazine article but newspapers usually have a different style of page number. Page numbers for newspapers should have p. or pp. (for multiple pages) in front of the page number.

WSJ Example:

Jargon, J. (2017, April 3). Starbucks CEO Faces U.S. Challenge. Wall Street Journal, p. B3.

New York Times Example:

Krugman, A. (2007, May 21). Fear of Eating. New York Times, p. A1.

Some databases such as Mintel, Hoover's and MRI contain reports rather than articles.  If there is no author, begin with the title.  

Mintel Example:

DeSalva, A. (2018, May). Men's and Women's Footwear-US. Mintel. http://libproxy.fitsuny.edu:2151/display/860397/

MRI-Simmons Insights Example:

MRI-Simmons Insights. (2018, Spring). Breakfast Cereals Cold: Cheerios. https://libproxy.fitsuny.edu/login?url=https://insights.mrisimmons.com/university/fitnyc/essentials/crosstab

Example from Hoovers:

Dun & Bradstreet. (n.d.) Starbucks Corporation [company profile]. D&B Hoovers. Retrieved February 8, 2024. from https://app.hoovers.dnb.com/company/0250c240-5428-306d-b86c-caab1ef52075#report/company_summary