Science Research

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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary

World Book Encyclopedia

Science News, Magazines, and Journals

News and Magazines

Research in Context (Gale)
Science News for Students
ProQuest: New York Times, Washington Post
Discover (back issues available in ProQuest Science, current articles on Discover website)
Smithsonian

Journals

APA Formatting

Purdue OWL has excellent APA formatting information and examples. Below are a few sample citations, but the OWL website has examples for many other types of citations.

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Webpage or other online material:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Online journal:

Author, A. A. & Author B. B. (Date of publication). Title of page [Format description when necessary]. Retrieved from https://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

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