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Secondary source in a journal article

Entry in Reference List

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. [authors of the article you read] (Year of publication). Title of article you read. Name of Journal, xx(issue), pp-pp.

Style notes

• Use secondary sources sparingly, e.g., when the original text is not accessible.
  
• In the Reference List, record only the secondary source.
  
• 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.
  
• Journal titles are italicized.
  
• If pages are being directly referenced in the text, include the page number/s in the in-text citation after the year.