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Nutrition and Weight Management Project APA Guide

Citing articles

APA treats citations of scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers in an identical manner (see the "Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles" heading on page 4 of our APA Style Guide. The most common errors encountered in these types of citations are:

  • Missing volume, issue, pagination, and/or DOI (NOTE: not every source will contain these elements, but you should double-check)
  • Unitalicized periodical titles
  • Fully capitalized article titles (only the first word of the title, first word of a subtitle, and proper nouns should be capitalized)
  • Authors' names in MLA format (you should use the last name, first initial format in APA)
  • Copying and pasting inaccurate citations from the internet (THIS IS ACADEMIC DISHONESTY!)
  • Failing to alphabetize the references list
  • Improper spacing and formatting of references list (here is an example of a properly formatted references list)

 

The resource listed below is cited in proper APA format and can be found in your week 1 reading materials. All article references should look similar to this citation:

 

Sogari, G., Velez-Argumedo, C., Gómez, M. I., & Mora, C. (2018). College students and eating habits: A study using an

          ecological model for healthy behavior. Nutrients, 10(12), 1823. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10121823

 

Because there are more than 2 authors, the in-text citation for a paraphrased passage would be (Sogari et al, 2018). A direct quotation MUST INCLUDE QUOTATION MARKS AROUND THE QUOTED PASSAGE AND A PAGE NUMBER IN THE IN-TEXT CITATION. Neglecting to include either is academic dishonesty and can result in severe penalties. Here is an example of a properly cited direct quote (page numbers pulled from the article's PDF file):

The authors note that "overweightness and obesity rates have increased dramatically over the past few decades and they represent a health epidemic in the United States" (Sogari et al., 2018, p. 1823).