Journal article cited in a secondary source
You may need to consult more than one section to accurately represent the source used. Your citation and reference list entry may look different depending on the number of authors it has. Check the APA FAQs for further advice.
In-text citation example
According to Romines (1992), she is participating in "mythic time" (as cited in Mezei & Briganti, 2002).
Reference list
Reference list template
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. [authors of the article you read] (Year of publication). Title of article you read. Name of Journal, Volume(issue), pp-pp.
Reference list example
Mezei, K., & Briganti, C. (2002). Reading the house: A literary perspective. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 27(3), 837–846. https://doi.org/10.1086/337928.
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Tips
In-text citation
- In the text, name the original article, and give a citation in parentheses for your secondary source. That is, if you did not read the article cited, list the reference for the work you did access in the Reference List, but in the text, after identifying the original work, put in parentheses the phrase as cited in followed by the authors’ names for your source and the publication year of their work.
Reference list
- Use secondary sources sparingly, e.g., when the original text is not accessible.
- In the reference list, record only the secondary source.
- Journal titles are italicised.
- If pages are being directly referenced in the text, include the page number/s in the in-text citation after the year.
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