Where to locate the volume number in a reference?
Hi all, hope your day is going well!

I wanted to cite a reference in APA style which needs the volume number. But failed to locate it in the reference.

I'm not sure if it's published or not. If it's not, it has "Arab World English Journal (August 2019)" in the front page and its ISSN. One more thing to note is that there is a wording "International Peer Reviewed Journal". I'm confused.

Any help would be very much appreciated!

Here's the link:
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/th.241

Question

Where to locate the volume number in a reference?
Hi all, hope your day is going well!

I wanted to cite a reference in APA style which needs the volume number. But failed to locate it in the reference.

I'm not sure if it's published or not. If it's not, it has "Arab World English Journal (August 2019)" in the front page and its ISSN. One more thing to note is that there is a wording "International Peer Reviewed Journal". I'm confused.

Any help would be very much appreciated!

Here's the link:
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/th.241

Answer

Hi Viola!

I've scoured the website containing the reference you want to cite. Based on my searching, I believe that there is no volume number associated with the reference. It appears to have only been published online, and as a single theses. The website published it, but did not include it in any anthologies or collections. This should be okay, because APA style only requires a volume number if one exists. As long as you include the DOI it should be fine!

The second part of your question, about "International Peer Reviewed Journal." That is a part of the title of the journal, so it would be "Arab World English Journal: International Peer Reviewed Journal." They do not include the entire thing in their suggested citation, and you shouldn't have to include it for APA either. Just the first part, "Arab World English Journal" should be enough.

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