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Online Journal Article

General Format

Last Name, First and Middle Initial. (Year of Publication). Article Title. Journal Title, Volume Number(Issue Number), Page Numbers. DOI

Examples

Baniya, S., & Weech, S. (2019). Data and experience design: Negotiating community-oriented digital research with service-learning. Purdue Journal
            of Service-Learning and International Engagement, 6
(1), 11-16. https://doi.org/10.5703.1288284316979

Parenthetical Citation: (Baniya and Weech, 2019)

Herbst-Damn, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24(2),
            225-229. https://doi.org/10.1037/027806133.24.2.225

Parenthetical Citation: (Herbst-Damn and Kulik, 2005)

Journal Articles from a Database

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Last Name, First and Middle Initial. (Year of Publication). Article Title. Journal Title, Volume Number(Issue Number), Page Numbers. DOI or stable
           URL

Note: If there is no available DOI or stable URL, the 7th edition of APA does not require the inclusion of a database name. 

Examples

Denny, H., Nordlof, J., &Salem, L. (2018). "Tell me exactly what it was that I was doing that was so bad": Understanding the needs and
            expectations of working-class students in writing centers. Writing Center Journal, 37 (1), 67-98. htttps://www.jostor.org/stable/26537363

Parenthetical Citation: (Denny et al., 2018)

Mershon, D. H. (1998, November). Star trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds. American Scientist, 86(6), 585. 

Parenthetical Citation: (Mershon, 1998)