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Zotero is a free tool, available to help you automatically format your bibliographies and organize all those articles, books and websites you find.
The library offers an online guide, a guided tutorial, or online workshops to support a variety of learning styles.
The basic format for a journal article citation in APA style is as follows (pay attention to capitalization in the article and journal titles and to where italics appear).
In-text Citation:
(AuthorLastName, Year)
Reference List:
Author, A.A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal,
volume_number(issue number if available), starting_page-ending_page. doi:00000/00000000 [or] https://doi.org/10.000/00000
Example
In-text Citation (3-5 authors)
(Bull, Levine, Black, Schmiege, & Santelli, 2012)
Reference List
Bull, S. S., Levine, D. K., Black, S. R., Schmiege, S. J., Santelli, J. (2012). Social media-
delivered sexual health intervention: A cluster randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 43(5), 467-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2012.02.022
So where do you find this information on the article? See the image below for one example.
