Basic Format
Lastname, F. M. (YEAR, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Magazine, volume(issue if available). DOI or URL
Reference List
Ranger, C., Wilson, P., & Eagland, S. (2025, February 24). Evaluating the risks for nurses of fentanyl exposure and the harms of perpetuating exposure misinformation. Canadian Nurse. https://www.canadian-nurse.com/blogs/cn-content/2025/02/24/risks-for-nurses-of-fentanyl-exposure
Santer, B. (2024, November). How science upstaged climate denial. Scientific American, 331(4), 58–59. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican112024-rpitktueumafkdotvjxuo
In-Text
(Ranger et al., 2025)
(Santer, 2024)
Include a DOI if the article has one.
Only include a URL if the article can be freely accessed online. Do not include a URL for magazine article accessed through a library database.
Include volume and issue information for magazines if available.
Basic Format
Lastname, F. M. (YEAR, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Magazine, volume(issue if available), page range. DOI
Reference List
Haseltine, W. A. (2024, September/October). How working memory works. Psychology Today 57(5), 15-16.
In-Text
(Haseltine, 2024)
Include a DOI if the article has one. Do not include a URL for magazine article accessed through a library database.
Include volume and issue information for magazines if available.
Basic Format
Lastname, F. M. (YEAR, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Newspaper. URL
Reference List
Lazenby, A. (2025, March 25). How the resurgence of the Liberals and the fall of the NDP complicates federal election picture in B.C. Vancouver Sun. https://vancouversun.com/news/politics/canada-election-bc-resurgence-liberals-fall-ndp-complicates-federal-election-picture?tbref=hp
In-Text
(Lazenby, 2025)
Only include a URL if the article can be freely accessed online. Do not include a URL for newspaper articles accessed through a library database, e.g. Canadian Newsstand.
The APA treats articles on news websites (such as CBC News, BBC News, HuffPost, etc.) as webpages (Publication manual, 2020, p. 351). Please see the webpages section of this guide for format.
In contrast, articles from online newspapers with corresponding print publications (such as the Vancouver Sun) are cited as articles in a periodical (Publication manual, 2020, p.320).
Basic Format
Lastname, F.M. (YEAR, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Newspaper, pages.
Reference List
Daily low dose of Aspirin cuts risk of cancer, expert says. (2010, October 22). The Globe and Mail, L1.
Smith, A. (2025, February 25). Alberta to build involuntary treatment centres for addiction. The Globe and Mail, A1, A5.
In-Text
("Daily Low Dose of Asprin", 2010)
(Smith, 2025)
When there is no author, start the in-text citation with the first few words of the article title and capitalize the article title using title case (even though sentence case is used in the reference list entry). (Publication manual, 2020, p.265)