Is it correct APA 6th edition citiation of a magazine article

farooqm

I cited it as magazine article in Zotero, and desired format is APA 6th edition. I therefore do not get a URL link. I am wondering if it is correct and enough for a reader to access the citation below.

Canyon or mirage? (2004, January 22). The Economist, 69.


Actual URL from where I took the reference.

http://www.economist.com/node/2367710


Regards, farooq.

damnation

I just imported it (Save to Zotero using The Economist) and created a bibliography of the item (right click Export item... ) using APA 6th and it comes out like this:

Canyon or mirage? (2004, January 22). The Economist. Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/node/2367710

Item type is: "Magazine Article"

adamsmith

depends on whether or not you add the page number. If you do, Zotero assumes you're referring to the print edition.

farooqm

Thanks very much damnation and adamsmith.

So in my case, Zotero assumed that I am referring to print edition, because I used page number. However, in reality I used electronic version. Does that really matter? Cite what you see policy seems to fail here. Because I would want to give page number to the reader, but then is URL really necessary? Reader can ofcourse put in search engine and go to orignal source.

bwiernik

In general, URLs are probably preferred over page numbers (this is the position of the official APA guide to electronic references [the 2012 update to APA style]).