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APA Style Guidelines

Popular Business Magazine

General Rules: Citing Information Quoted or Paraphrased from a Popular Magazine

In-text Citation: Information to Include

In-text citations and signal phrases can be woven into sentences and paragraphs in multiple ways, and what you emphasize depends on what information will be most relevant and/or persuasive to your reader. However, the following information should always be included:

  • Attributive tag or signal phrase that introduces your source
  • Author(s)
  • Date
  • Page number, if available

 

Reference Citation: Information to Include

Authorlastname, Authorfirstinitial. (Year, Month Day). Article title in sentence case. Title of Magazine in Italics, volume number in italics(issue number), page number(s).

 

or

Authorlastname, Authorfirstinitial. (Year, Month Day). Article title in sentence case. Title of Magazine in Italics. URL_but_not_active_hyperlink

 

or, if no author

Article title in sentence case. (Year, Month Day). Title of Magazine in Italics. URL_but_not_active_hyperlink

 

Specific Example: Print copy or PDF Print Version of a Magazine Article, with an Author and Page Number

In-text Citation Options

Vogue reported that beauty product packaging is rarely recyclable (Andrews, 2021, p. 184).

 

Some brands allow consumers to return packaging so that it can be either reused or recycled, but these programs seem unlikely to be able to deal with the vast quantities involved--"In 2018, an estimated 120 billion units of cosmetics packaging were produced globally" (Andrews, 2021, p. 184).

 

References Page Entry

Andrews, A.  (2021, September 1). Circular motion. Vogue, 211(9), 184.

 

 

Specific Example: Print or PDF Print Version of a Magazine Article, without an Author but with a Page Number

In-text Citation Options

The Economist suggested that lengthy prison sentences are a bad idea, in part, because “old codgers make costly prisoners” due to their healthcare needs (“Pointlessly punitive,” p. 14).

 

Lengthy prison sentences can be expensive because elderly prisoners often have extensive healthcare needs (“Pointlessly punitive,” p. 14).

 

References Page Entry

            Pointlessly punitive. (2021, July 10). The Economist, 440(9253), 14.

 

Specific Example: Database Magazine Article, without a PDF Print Version or an Author or a Page Number

In-text Citation Options

The Economist reported that, according to recent polling, one out of three Americans “deny that human-caused climate change exists” and that one in ten believe “the world’s climate is not changing, a view held most prominently by those on the political right” (“A third of Americans,” 2021).

 

Recent polling showed that one out of three Americans “deny that human-caused climate change exists” and that one in ten believe “the world’s climate is not changing, a view held most prominently by those on the political right” (“A third of Americans,” 2021).

 

References Page Entry

A third of Americans deny human-caused climate change exists: Daily chart. (2021, Jul 08). The Economist.

 

Specific Example: Article from an Online Magazine, with an Author

In-text Citation Options

As discussed in a Harvard Business Review article, a good way to foster collaboration is to put in the initial “sweat equity” (Clark, 2020).

 

Putting in “sweat equity” is a good way to encourage collaboration (Clark, 2020).

 

References Page Entry

Clark, D. (2020, December 15). 6 ways to convince someone to collaborate with you. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2020/12/6-ways-to-convince-someone-to-collaborate-with-you

 

 

Specific Example: Article from an Online Magazine, without an Author

In-text Citation Options

The Economist stated that gas-powered automobiles will be eliminated from the EU “by 2035” (“Why the European Union,” 2021).

 

According to a new EU rule, “cars with internal combustion engines will disappear from European forecourts by 2035” (“Why the European Union,” 2021).

 

A new EU rule could eliminate gas-powered automobiles “by 2035” (“Why the European Union,” 2021).

 

 References Page Entry

Why the European Union is a less-than-jolly green giant. (2021, July 17). The Economist.  https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/07/15/why-the-european-union-is-a-less-than-jolly-green-giant