Suggested Sources of Science News and Information
Online Periodicals
Science Daily: News & Articles in Science, Health, Environment
Database
Gale Cengage Learning Infotrac
Provides access to articles in magazines, journals and newspapers.
No password needed when accessing at school. Please ask for password at front desk to access from home.
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Peer-reviewed science journal articles Examples: Journal of Microbiology, Journal of Botany, Nature
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Reputable science magazines Examples: Science Daily, Science News, Scientific American, Discover, New Scientist
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Newspapers, non-science but reputable journals or magazines
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Wikipedia, many websites
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Citing Sources APA style in a Reference List
For books, print or e-book edition, with or without DOI:
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Author or Corporate Author Lastname, F. M., Lastname, F. M., Lastname, F. M., Lastname, F. M., Lastname, F. M., Lastname, F. M., & Lastname, F. M. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher.
Beriatsky, N. (2015). Are social networking sites harmful? Greenhaven Press Dhamoon, R., Bhandar, D., Mawani, R., & Bains, S. K. (2019). Unmooring the Komagata Maru: Charting colonial trajectories. UBC Press. Glismann, P. J. (2017). Systems engineering and safety: Building the bridge (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b14815 American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596
Author and Editor Lastname, F. M. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. B.B. Editor (Ed.). Publisher.
Plath, S. (2000). The unabridged journals. K. V. Kukil (Ed.). Anchor. |
For articles from a website:
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Lastname, F. M., & Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date of publication). Title of webpage. Site name. http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/
Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderland, L., & Brizee, A. (2010, May 5). General format. Purdue Online Writing Lab. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ |
For articles from an online magazine or newspaper:
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Lastname, F. M., & Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Publication. http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/
Carrington, D. (2018, Apr 27). E.U. agrees total ban on bee-harming pesticides. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/27/eu-agrees-total-ban-on-bee-harming-pesticides |
For articles from an online journal with DOI Assigned (from Database or Internet):
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Lastname, F. M., & Lastname, F. M. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page range. DOI
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 |
For articles from an online journal with no DOI Assigned (from Database or Internet):
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Lastname, F. M., & Lastname, F. M. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page range.
Rush, M. A., Skora, J. I., Lawrence, J. H., & D'Aurora Richardson, L. (2019). Health care's new wilderness: The intersection of telehealth and ancillary services. Journal of Health Care Compliance, 21(3), 5-16. |
Use Citation Machine to help with formatting APA citations.
Sample Reference List
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References Dunlop, J., Francis, L., Gaspar, P., Gibbons, K., Grace, E., Mills, A., & Searle, S. (2010). Biology 11. McGraw-Hill Ryerson. Milius, S. (2018, May 23). As CO2 increases, rice loses B vitamins and other nutrients. ScienceNews. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/carbon-dioxide-increases-rice-loses-b-vitamins-nutrients?tgt=nr Sumalapao, D. E. P., Tuppil, C. G., Urtula, A. A. C., Valdestamon, D. M., Villanueva, L. M. D., & Ledesma, N. A. A. (2018). Tolerance of mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) to lactic acid, a potential herbicide: growth and morphology. Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 28(1), 138-145. University of Birmingham. (2018, April 11). Plants 'hedge their bets' in germination: The route to better crop yields. ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180411220812.htm |