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CDU APA Referencing: Articles, Conference Papers, Theses

A guide to help you better understand CDU APA 7th Referencing

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Citation Elements

Journal article

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of article. Journal Title, volume number(issue number), page range. http://doi.org/... OR URL

Newspaper article

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year, Month Day). Article title: Subtitle. Newspaper Title. URL

Important:

  • If the article is from a CDU Library database and does NOT have a DOI, do NOT include a URL
  • If accessed through a search engine like Google, include a URL
  • If missing information (e.g. volume number, page numbers) omit that information from reference
  • When a journal article has an Article Number, use Article Number instead of page range

 

Reference Examples

Print Journal Article

(Birbilis, 2018)

Birbilis, J. (2018). When psychology and politics commingle. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74(5), 730-733.

Endnote Reference Type = Journal Article

Online Journal Article

(Levenson, 2017)

Levenson, J. (2017). Trauma-informed social work practice. Social Work, 62(2), 105–113. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swx001

Note: If a journal article is from a CDU Library database and does NOT have a DOI, do NOT include a URL.

Endnote Reference Type = Journal Article

Article from a health database

Cochrane - (Walsh et al., 2019)

Walsh, A., Perrem, L., Khashan, A. S., Henry, M. T., & Ni Chroinin, M. (2019). Statins versus placebo for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011959.pub2

Joanna Briggs Institute - (Nguyen, 2017)

Nguyen, D. H. (2017). Wound packing: Clinical information. Joanna Briggs Institute, Evidence Summary, Article JBI241.

Nursing Reference Centre Plus - (Pilgrim & Oji, 2018)

Pilgrim, J., & Oji, O. (2018). Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive (COPD): Smoking cessation. Nursing Reference Center Plus, Evidence-Based Care Sheet.

UpToDate - Bordeaux and Lieberman (2020)

Bordeaux, B., & Lieberman, H. R. (2020). Benefits and risks of caffeine and caffeinated beverages. UpToDate. Retrieved February 26, 2020, from https://www.uptodate.com/contents/benefits-and-risks-of-caffeine-and-caffeinated-beverage

Endnote Reference Type = Journal Article

Article from Statpearls

Bailey and Shaw (2020)

Bailey, I. B. & Shaw, P.M. (2020). Abdominal aorta repair. StatPearls. Retrieved May 4, 2022 from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430752/5–113

Endnote Reference Type = Journal Article

Article: article number instead of page numbers

(Laskowski et al., 2020)

Laskowski, M., Schioler, L., Gustafsson, H., Wennberg, A.-M., Aberg, M., & Toren, K. (2021). Cardiorespiratory fitness in late adolescence and long-term risk of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis among Swedish men. PLOS ONE 16(1), Article e0243348. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.02433484

Endnote Reference Type = Journal Article

Article translated into English

(Piaget, 1970/1972)

Piaget, J. (1972). Intellectual evolution from adolescence to adulthood (J. Bliss & H. Furth, Trans.). Human Development, 15(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1159/000271225 (Original work published 1970)

Endnote Reference Type = Journal Article

Article in a language other than English

Eckert & Biermann-Ratjen (2020)

Eckert, J., & Biermann-Ratjen, E.-M. (2020). Gesprächspsychotherapie in PatientInnen mit einer Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung [Person-centred psychotherapy with patients with a broderie personality disorder]. Psychotherapie Forum, 24, 108-114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00729-020-00153-2

Endnote Reference Type = Journal Article

Newspaper article: CDU Library database

Author listed - (Parnell, 2018)

Parnell, S. (2018, October 11). Health risk with early obesity. The Australian.

Note: If a newspaper article is from a CDU Library database and does NOT have a DOI, do NOT include a URL.

No author - (“Australian Special Forces”, 2018)

Note: Use the first few words of the title in quotation marks. In the citation, capitalise all main words.

Australian special forces soldiers could be prosecuted under rarely-used war crime laws. (2020, December 11). Herald Sun.

Endnote Reference Type = Newspaper Article

Article from a reading list

(Chau, 2019)

Chau, H. S. (2019). Producing (im)mobilities in home care for the elderly. International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 13(2), 23-50. https://doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.18396

Note: Reference and cite as per resource type, i.e. journal article, book, video...

Endnote Reference Type = Journal Article

Blog Post

(Lee, 2019)

Lee, C. (2019, October 1). The APA style blog of the future. American Psychological Association. https://apastyle.apa.org/Blog/future-blog

Endnote Reference Type = Journal Article

Conference Presentation

(Garces, 2017)

Garces, E. (2017, July 23). Regulation of digital and intangible assets [Paper presentation]. ACCC/AER Regulatory Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. https://www.accc.gov.au/about-us/conferences-events/accc-aer-regulatory-conference

Endnote Reference Type = Conference Paper

Theses

Online - (Chen, 2019)

Chen, T. (2019). Effective and efficient representation learning for graph structures [Doctoral thesis, University of California Los Angeles]. University of California. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8gk8977j#main

Note: If a thesis was accessed through a search engine like Google, include a URL.

In a database - Taiyeb (2019) discusses …

Taiyeb, A. (2019). Understanding external policy influences in Pakistani higher education (Publication No. 27539824) [Doctoral thesis, University of Toronto]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.

Endnote Reference Type = Journal Article

Articles submitted for publication

Use the published version of a paper if it is available.

Not yet accepted for publication - (Lippincott and Poindexter, 2019)

Lippincott, T., & Poindexter, E. K. (2019). Emotion recognition as a function of facial cues: Implications for practice [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology, University of Washington.

Accepted and peer reviewed - Pachur & Scheibehenne (in press) discuss …

Pachur, T., & Scheibehenne, B. (in press). Unpacking buyer-seller differences in valuation from experience: A cognitive modelling approach. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.

Endnote Reference Type = Thesis

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