APA Style Guide

References Page or Bibliography

References include only sources that are cited in the text of your paper and this is usually
what is required for APA style. If you are asked to include all sources you used as evidence
of wider reading then you must create a Bibliography
o At the top of the page, write References or Bibliography, centered.
o Do not use all capital letters.
o Do not use italics.
o List the reference entries in alphaetical order according to the first word in each
entry.
o !tart each entry on a new line, using a hanging indent. "In a hanging indent, the
first line of the entry starts at the left margin. #he remaining lines are indented one
ta stop. #o get a hanging indent in $ord, select the entire reference entry, then go
to %ormat&Paragraph&Direction and Indents&!pecial&'anging.(
References
#he following are examples of each type of reference you may need to include in your
iliography. %ollow the examples elow, using the information from your own sources.
"Note: Italici)e the titles of ooks, titles of periodicals, and periodical volume numers.(
Books
Author(s) given:
Author"s(. "*ear(. Title of book. Place of pulication+ Pulisher.
ncyclopedias
Author(s) given:
Author"s(. "*ear(. #itle of article. In Title of encyclopedia "volume, pages(. Place of
pulication+ Pulisher.
No author given:
#itle of article. "*ear(. In Title of encyclopedia "volume, pages(. Place of
pulication+ Pulisher.
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Note that for !ost
titles" only the first
#ord of the title and
sub$title is capitali%ed"
as #ell as proper
nouns&
'a!ple:
:homsky, 0., ; 'alle, 5. "4<8=(. The sound patterns of English.
0ew *ork+ 'arper ; ,ow.
'a!ple:
/ergmann, P. >. "4<<?(. ,elativity. In The new encyclopedia Britannica
"@ol. 18, pp. 234 A 23?(. :hicago+ Bncyclopedia /ritannica.
'a!ple:
Diaetes. "4<<C(. In The world book encyclopedia "@ol. 9, pp. C3A<4(.
London+ $orld /ook, Inc.
(ntervie#s
0ot included in list of references7iliography. :ite inAtext only.
Articles
)ro! database:
Author"s(. "*ear(. #itle of article. Title of Periodical, volume, pages.
,etrieved 5onth Day, *ear, from 0ame of dataase.
*ournal or !aga%ine article:
Author"s(. "*ear(. #itle of article. Title of Periodical, volume"issue( pages.
Ne#spaper article" author given:
Author"s(. "*ear, 5onth Day(. #itle of article. Name of Newspaper, page.
Ne#spaper article" no author:
#itle of article. "*ear, 5onth Day(. Name of Newspaper, page.
+eb sites
Author and date given:
Author"s(. "*ear(. Title of web page/site. ,etrieved 5onth Day, *ear, from D,L
No author or date given:
Title of web page/site. "n.d.(. ,etrieved 5onth Day, *ear, from D,L
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Note that for
periodical titles"
all
signi
fican
t
#ords are
'a!ple:
'ien, D. , ; 'oneyman, #. "1333(. A closer look at the drug auseAmaternal
aggression link. ournal of !nterpersonal "iolence, #$, 23?A211.
,etrieved 5ay 13, 1333, from Proquest 2333 dataase.
'a!ple:
'oose, .. , ; Legrand, P. "1333(. It takes parents, the whole village and
school to raise children. %iddle &chool ournal, '#"8( ?1A?C.
'a!ple:
.efferson, >. "4<<=, August 41(. 5icrosoft to face lengthy court attle. (erald
!nternational, A4.
'a!ple:
0ew drug appears to sharply cut risk of death from heart failure. "4<<?, .uly
42(. The )ashington Post, A41.
'a!ple:
Daly, /. "4<<C(. )riting argumentative essays. ,etrieved 5ay 41, 4<<=, from
http+77www.eslplanet.com7teachertools7arguewe7frntpage.htm
'a!ple:
*rt movements in the +,
th
century. "n.d.( ,etrieved %eruary =, 1333, from
http+77lirary.thinkquest.org71C81<7features7art.html
Notice that the date is
al#ays the second
ele!ent in an APA
citation&