Articles

• Articles

  

  Articles, e.g. journal, magazine or newspaper articles, have a few extra elements to include when referencing. You may have a physical copy in your hand, but, more often, you will have found your article online.

  Below are:

  • practice activities using journal articles
  • things to note about magazine and newspaper articles
  • things to note when referencing articles retrieved online
• Journal* articles

  (*articles published in a scholarly/academic publication)

  Complete the activities below to learn more.

• Practice activity

  Parts of a full reference for a journal article

  A reference for an article includes two titles. Take a look at the example below. Have a think about what each title refers to?

  Kidman, J. (2014). Representing Māori youth voices in community education  research. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 49(2), 205-218. 

  You will also notice a string of numbers after the second title. What do you think these refer to?

  Kidman, J. (2014). Representing Māori youth voices in community education  research. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 49(2), 205-218. 

  Complete the next activity to find out more. 

• Practice activity

  journal vs magazine vs newspaper articles

  There are a few small differences in how different types of articles are referenced in APA. Can you identify below which is a journal article, magazine article, newspaper article? (Use a referencing guide to help you).

• You will notice the differences are:

  • date: a full reference for a journal article in APA includes year only, whereas magazine and newspapers include the full date.
  • page range: notice the format for page range in the newspaper example above is "p. B5" (B = the section of the newspaper) versus, journals/magazines, where the page range is stated with no "p" preceding e.g. "315-316"  or "10". 

  DON'T WORRY - you are not expected to memorise all these details and variables. The point of the exercise above is to highlight that each different type of source may have small variations in referencing format (whether you are using APA style, Chicago style, or another style), and that's why it is important to have a guide on hand to refer to.

• Articles retrieved online

  In the exercise above, the references shown are for print copies of the articles. More often though it is likely you will source your articles online. Here are the same three article references with their online retrieval details included:

  Lane, A., & Lee, D. L. (2018). Career transitions of highly skilled immigrants: Two case studies. The Career Development Quarterly, 66(4), 315. doi:http://dx.doi.org.nmit.idm.oclc.org/10.1002/cdq.12153
  
  

  Crabtree, R. (2018, Dec 12). Shane McDonald and the education of a basketball career | legends of yesterday. The Wimmera Mail – Times. Retrieved from https://www.mailtimes.com.au/
  (* note the page number/section is now not included, as online newspapers are different to print versions)

  
  Schwartz, S. (2019, May 15). The power of facing our unconscious bias. Education Week, 38(33), 10. Retrieved from http://edweek.org/
  
  or Nursing Students

  Schwartz, S. (2019, May 15). The power of facing our unconscious bias. Education Week, 38(33), 10. Retrieved from ProQuest database.

  With DOI / without DOI

  • Many online articles have a direct object identifier (DOI) assigned, like the Lane & Lee article above. If a DOI is available, you should use that (it will usually be listed at the top of the article - see the example below).
  • If there is no DOI available, APA advise using a retrieval statement + the URL to where it is located, if this is freely accessible, or, if retrieved from a database*, to the publishing body, e.g. the journal's homepage.
    *Nursing students simply state the name of the database used. 

  Example of an article with a DOI:

  

• Practice activity

  Referencing an article

  Have a go referencing an article, or articles, of your choosing. See if you can find different types of articles online, and/or use a physical article you may have.

  1. use a referencing guide to check which elements you need
  2. take a piece of information from the article/s
  3. write an in-text citation to go with the information
  4. write the full reference for the article/s

  Check:

  • whether there is a DOI number, if retrieved online (and, if there is no DOI, that you have included a retrieval statement + url to the publishing body, or, if a nursing student, to name of the database).
  • whether you have all the necessary elements needed for the type of article
  • whether you have used correct punctuation, i.e. italics, capital letters, parentheses, commas, colons etc, as necessary
  • tip: if possible, use a PDF of the article, so you can easily locate page numbers
• Summary

  We have taken a good look at the three most common source types, books, webpages and articles.

  By now you should have a good sense of the steps to follow to ensure you are referencing accurately, i.e.

  1. identify what type of source you have used
  2. find an example of that type in a referencing guide (keep in mind whether your source is print or electronic/online, number of authors etc.)
  3. follow the same format as the guide, noting details e.g. when to include italics, capital letters etc.
  4. Ensure you have included both an in-text citation and a full reference

  Our examples so far have used direct quotations, or the exact words from the original source. More often though, you tutor will prefer you to paraphrase wherever possible.

  Move now to the next section on Paraphrasing vs Quoting.

• References

  Crabtree, R. (2018, Dec 12). Shane McDonald and the education of a basketball career | legends of yesterday. The Wimmera Mail – Times. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.nmit.idm.oclc.org/docview/2154348795?accountid=40261

  Kidman, J. (2014). Representing Maori youth voices in community education  research. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 49(2), 205-218. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.nmit.idm.oclc.org/docview/1639632672?accountid=40261

  Lane, A., & Lee, D. L. (2018). Career transitions of highly skilled immigrants: Two case studies. The Career Development Quarterly, 66(4), 315. doi:http://dx.doi.org.nmit.idm.oclc.org/10.1002/cdq.12153

  Savio, J., Preci, D., Castelle, M., Manzolli, A., Fernandes, I. A., Junges, A., . . . Valduga, E. (2018). Development and structural behaviour of soybean gelato. Food Technology and Biotechnology, 56(4), 516-523. doi:http://dx.doi.org.nmit.idm.oclc.org/10.17113/ftb.56.04.18.5710

  Schwartz, S. (2019, May 15). The power of facing our unconscious bias. Education Week, 38(33), 10. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.nmit.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=136657538&site=ehost-live