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How to Cite a Magazine Article in APA Style: A Guide for Students

This guide provides clear instructions on how to cite a magazine article in APA style, focusing specifically on the citation of the article "Torn Apart, Pulling Together" by Alicia Dennis, Pam Grout, and J. Todd Foster from *People*. Learn the correct order for listing authors, the significance of publication dates, and the proper formatting for titles and volume information. This resource is essential for students and researchers who need to reference magazine articles accurately in their work.

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How to Cite a Magazine Article in APA Style: A Guide for Students

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  1. APA Style How to Cite a Magazine Article Steve Poppino CSI Library 6/12/2012

  2. Torn Apart, Pulling Together.By: Dennis, Alicia; Grout, Pam; Foster, J. Todd. People, 3/19/2012, Vol. 77 Issue 12, p64-67, 4p, 5 Color Photographs; Reading Level (Lexile): 580 This is how a magazine article citation looks when you copy it from MasterFILE Premier. It needs some work.

  3. Dennis, A., Grout, P., & Foster, J. T. In APA style, start with the author: Last name first, followed by initials. This article has three authors. Type a comma after the first two and the & before the last one.

  4. Dennis, A., Grout, P., & Foster, J. T. (2012, March 19). Next comes the date of the issue of the journal. For a weekly magazine, include the month, day, and year. The year comes first, because it is an important part of in-text citations.

  5. Dennis, A., Grout, P., & Foster, J. T. (2012, March 19). Torn apart, pulling together. Next comes the title of the article. Notice that for this title, only the first word gets a capital letter.

  6. Dennis, A., Grout, P., & Foster, J. T. (2012, March 19). Torn apart, pulling together.People, Next comes the title of the magazine. All the main words are capitalized, and in italics.

  7. Dennis, A., Grout, P., & Foster, J. T. (2012, March 19). Torn apart, pulling together. People, 64-67. Now type the page numbers of the article. No need for the volume and issue numbers for a weekly magazine.

  8. Dennis, A., Grout, P., & Foster, J. T. (2012, March 19). Torn apart, pulling together. People, 64-67. If you found this article in a paper copy of People, this is all the information that you need to cite it.

  9. Dennis, A., Grout, P., & Foster, J. T. (2012, March 19). Torn apart, pulling together. People, 64-67. Retrieved from http://www.people.com If you found this article online, either on the People website or in a Library database, finish the citation with the URL of the magazine. It does not matter whether or not you can actually open the article at this website without a subscription. To the APA, this is the “online home” of this article.

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