LOCATING PUBLICATIONS

Locating publications for research involves several steps to ensure relevance and reliability of sources. This
includes:

 Defining the Topic

 Identify and Use Keywords
 Choose Sources and Databases
o Google Scholar
o Internet Archive
o DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
o PLOS ONE
o JSTOR
o BASE: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
o DeepDyve
o ERIC: Education Resources Information Center
o TUKLAS
o PHILIPPINE E-JOURNALS
o Science Direct
 Search, Evaluate, and Access Results
 Explore Citations
 Stay Updated
 Evaluate Sources
 Cite Your Sources
o APA Format
CITATION GUIDE (APA Format)

Template
Sources
Reference List Entry In-Text Citation
(Author, Year)
Author. (Publication Date). Title of the Page or Article. Website
Website
Name. URL.
Author (Year)

Author. (Publication Date). Title. Title of the Container (e.g. book (Title, Year)
Journal Article title, journal title, website name, etc.), issue number, page number.
DOI. Title (Year)
Online Articles
from (Author, n.d.)
Author. (Publication Date). Article Title. Publication/Blog Name.
Newspapers,
URL.
Magazines, and Author (n.d.)
Blogs
(Author, Year)
Online-Only
Author. (Publication Date). Article Title. Site Name. URL.
News Sites
Author (Year)

With missing element/s

Template
Missing Element
Reference List Entry In-Text Citation
Nothing (Author, Year)
(all elements are Author. (Date). Title. Source.
present) Author (Year)

(Title, Year)
Author Title. (Date). Source.
Title (Year)

(Author, n.d.)
Date Author. (n.d.). Title. Source.
Author (n.d.)

(Author, Year)
Author. (Date). [Description of Work].
Title
Source.
Author (Year)

(Title, n.d.)
Author and Date Title. (n.d.). Source.
Title (n.d.)

([Description of Work], Year)

Author and Title [Description of Work]. (Date). Source.
[Description of Work] (Year)
 (Author, n.d.)
Author. (n.d.). [Description of Work].
Date and Title
Source.
Author (n.d.)

([Description of Work], n.d.)

Author, Date, and
[Description of Work]. (n.d.). Source.
Title
[Description of Work] (n.d.)
(C.C. Communicator, personal
communication, month day, year)
Source no reference list entry
C.C. Communicator (personal
communication, month day, year)

CITING ONLINE REFERENCES (APA Format)

Template
Sources
Reference List Entry In-Text Citation
(Author, Year)
Author. (Publication Date). Title of the Page or Article. Website
Website
Name. URL.
Author (Year)

Author. (Publication Date). Title. Title of the Container (e.g. book (Title, Year)
Journal Article title, journal title, website name, etc.), issue number, page number.
DOI. Title (Year)
Online Articles
from (Author, n.d.)
Author. (Publication Date). Article Title. Publication/Blog Name.
Newspapers,
URL.
Magazines, and Author (n.d.)
Blogs
(Author, Year)
Online-Only
Author. (Publication Date). Article Title. Site Name. URL.
News Sites
Author (Year)

(Author, Year)
Author. (Publication Date). First 20 Words of Post [Description of
Social Media
Multimedia Aspects] [Type of Post]. Site Name. URL.
Author (Year)
With missing element/s

Template
Missing
Source In-Text
Element Reference List Entry
Citation
(Org. Name,
Year)
Organization Name. (Date). Page Title. Site Name.
Website Author
URL.
Org. Name
(Year)

If you can’t identify any author at all, replace the author’s name with the title of the page or article.

In the in-text citation, put the title in quotation marks if it is in plain text in the reference list, or in italics if it
is in italics in the reference list. Note that title case is used for the title here, unlike in the reference list.
Shorten the title to the first few words if necessary.

(Title, Year)
Page Title. (Date). Site Name. URL.
Title (Year)
Website
(Author, n.d.)
Author. (n.d.). Page Title. Site Name. Retrieved Month
Date
Day, Year, from URL.
Author (n.d.)

(Author, Year)
Author. (Publication Date). Article Title. Site Name.
Social Media
URL.
Author (Year)

References:
Cornell University. (2024, January 19). Cornell University Library. https://guides.library.cornell.edu/sevensteps

Berkeley University of California. (2024, February 2). Berkeley Library.

https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/evaluating-resources

Caulfield, J. (2024, January 17). How to Cite a Website in APA Style | Format & Examples. Scribbr.
https://www.scribbr.com/apa-examples/website/

American Psychological Association. (2022, July). Missing Reference Information. APA Style.
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/missing-information#:~:text=Provide%20the
%20title%2C%20write%20%E2%80%9Cn.d.,Source.