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APA 7th Edition Style Guide: Pagination

How to set-up and cite your sources using APA 7th edition format.

General Rules for Pagination

Pagination is a required part of a reference to a book only in in-text citations. It indicates the specific point within a work at which the information to be referenced is located. Pagination is required in periodicals, but if a periodical has no page numbers it may be left out of the citation (this is sometimes the case with articles found on the Internet). You should make a reasonable effort to locate page numbers, they are often present in pdf documents.

Journal articles 

Entire article:

Pagination consists of the first and last page of the article.

  • If the pagination is continuous, separate pages by a hyphen.
  • If the pagination is discontinuous, separate groupings of page numbers by a comma and space.
  • If the publication has no page numbers, leave out pagination.

Retain page numbers as they appear in the publication, as XI, v-vii, N37-N49, 230s-252s.

Place pagination information after the volume/issue preceded by a comma.

Example:

Landau, H. (2010, September). Winning grants: A game plan. American Libraries, 41(9), 34-36.

Newspapers

Pagination differs in newspaper articles. Precede the page numbers with p. or pp. as you would with books. Write the page numbers the same as they appear in the newspaper, most newspapers use a number and section letter (i.e. A1; 1H; B5-B7; 1D-2D, 7D).

  • If the pagination is continuous, separate pages by a hyphen.
  • If the pagination is discontinuous, separate groupings of page numbers by a comma and space.
  • If the publication has no page numbers, leave out pagination. 

Example:

Roy, R., Garcia, J., & Kennedy, J. (2005, July 12). Dennis' trail of destruction - Panhandle sustains pockets of destruction; At least 4 dead. The Orlando Sentinel, p. A1.