In Psychology, you will find that most class assignments involving information research will require you to find and cite peer-reviewed or scholarly articles.
Most databases and search tools will generate a citation to cut and paste into your assignment. But you always want to double check the accuracy of any computer generated citation before handing your assignment in.
Think you already know what a correctly cited article looks like?
Test your knowledge by rearranging the correctly formatted APA article citation parts below. Use the arrows to move the components, you can check and retry the ordering as many times as you like.
Getting stuck? Check out the breakout illustration of an journal article citation from the APA style blog handout below.