How do I find a journal's URL or homepage? (2024)

In APA 7 you do not need the journal homepage when you cite an article without a DOI.

Searching the internet is the best way to find a journal's URL, or the web address for its homepage.

• The journal's homepage is where you find information about the journal online from the publisher, including author and submission policies and guidelines.
• You typically can't access full text articles for free from the journal.

Here's an exampleforthe journalTeaching Exceptional Children.

1. Go to Google, Yahoo, or another internet search engine and search for the journal name, like this:
   

   "Teaching Exceptional Children" journal

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   Search Tips:It ishelpful to include the wordjournalin the search if it is not part of the journal name. Putthe title in quotation marks tosearchfor that exact phrase.

2. Look at the results to determine which result is the journal's homepage.
3. Clickthe journal's homepage in the search results. Copy and paste the web address, or URL, as needed.

For "Teaching Exceptional Children" the URL is:

http://journals.sagepub.com/home/tcx

More Information:

• Library Guide to Academic Publishing: Identify Publishers
• How do I find a DOI?
• How do I cite an article with a DOI?
• How do I cite an article without a DOI?
  

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