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Referencing
Journal Articles
& Electronic
Databases

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SAMPLE JOURNAL ARTICLE

Journal Title,
Volume
Number, Issue
Number, Date
of publication,
page number,
DOI (not always
Article Title Author’s name given)

NOTE: Many online journals/databases use a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), made up of
numbers, letters and symbols to uniquely identify an article or document, and to provide it
with a permanent web address (URL). However, this is not always available.
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Articles with DOI (Digital Object Identifier)

DOI is a unique string of letters, numbers, and symbols that identifies an
article or book and links to it on the web. This protects the link from
being broken.

Example:
Drollinger, T., Comer, L. B., & Warrington, P. T. (2006). Development and
validation of the active empathetic listening scale. Psychology &
Marketing, 23(2), 161-180. https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.20105

Format:
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

Include the DOI, if available; otherwise, use the

stable URL for that article provided by the
journal/web site

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Articles without DOI

Articles without DOI - provide the database/URL address

Examples:
Perreault, L. (2019). Obesity in adults: Role of physical activity and
exercise. UpToDate. Retrieved January 12, 2020,
from https://www.uptodate.com/contents/obesity-in-adults-role-of-
physical-activity-and-exercise

Wang, C. L. (2016). Towards self-realisation: Exploring the ecological self

for education. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 48(12), 1256-
1265. Retrieved March 21, 2020, from https://eric.ed.gov/?+self-
+Exploring+the realisation%3Aecological+self+for+%09education

For Apr24 sem