APA Format for a Journal Article

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

Example

Gottvall, M., Brunell, C., Eldebo, A., Metso, F. J., Jirwe, M., & Carlsson, T. (2023). Post‐migration psychosocial experiences and challenges amongst LGBTQ+ forced migrants: A meta‐synthesis of qualitative reports. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(1), 358–371. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15480

Notes

• Author's names are ordered: Last, First Initial
• Only include the year for the date
• The title of the article is in sentence case: Only the first letter and any proper nouns are capitalized
• The journal title is italicized and in Title Case
• The volume number is also italicized
• The issue number is in (parentheses)
• The DOI can be formatted as a link (https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15480) or as a number (DOI: 10.1111/jan.15480). If there is no DOI, use a permalink from the Library Search item record or the database you found it in.
• Create a half-inch hanging indent

MLA Format for a Journal Article

Last, First, and First Last. "Title of Article." Title of Journal, vol. #, no. #, Year, pp. #-#. DOI.

Example

Gottvall, Maria, et al. "Post‐migration Psychosocial Experiences and Challenges Amongst LGBTQ+ Forced Migrants: A Meta‐synthesis of Qualitative Reports." Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 79, no.1, 2023, pp. 358–71. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15480

Notes

• The first author's name is structured as last name, first name. Following authors are listed as first name last name.
  • If there are 3 or more authors, only list the first author followed by et al. (Latin for "and others").
• The title of the article is in Title Case
• The title of the journal is in italics and Title Case
• The volume number is noted with vol.
• The issue number is noted with no.
• Only the year is included for academic journal articles
• Page numbers are noted with pp.
  • Omit the first sets of repeated digits. Pages 225 to 251 would be notated as pp. 225-51
  • A single page is notated as a single p.
• The DOI can be formatted as a link (https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15480) or as a number (DOI: 10.1111/jan.15480). If there is no DOI, use a permalink from the Library Search item record or the database you found it in.
• Create a half-inch hanging indent

Chicago Format for a Journal Article

1. First name Last name, “Title of Article,” Journal Title volume number, no. # (Year): page number, DOI or permalink.

Last name, First name. “Title of Article.” Journal Title volume number, no. # (Year): page numbers. DOI or permalink.

Example

1. Johannes Schulz, “'Vergangenheitsbewältigung' Revisited: Distinguishing Two Paradigms of Working Through the Past," Philosophy & Social Criticism 50, no. 2 (2024): 391-415. https://doi.org/10.1177/01914537221117562

Schulz, Johannes. “'Vergangenheitsbewältigung' Revisited: Distinguishing Two Paradigms of Working Through the Past." Philosophy & Social Criticism 50, no. 2 (2024): 391-415. https://doi.org/10.1177/01914537221117562

Notes

• All author's names are First M. Last. Only the first author is Last, First M. for the bibliography
  • If there are 3-6 authors, only list the first one followed by et al. in the footnote but list all in the bibliography
  • If there are 7 or more authors, only list the first one followed by et al. in the footnote and list only the first three followed by et al. in the bibliography.
• The title of the article is in Title Case
• The title of the Journal is in italics and in Title Case
• The volume number is only the number
• The issue number is noted with no.
• Year of publication is in parenthesis
• In the footnote, only include the page number of what is being cited but the full page numbers for the bibliography.
• URL format for the DOI is preferred