APA Citation Style: Putting the Reference List together

Reference list at the end of the paper (See pp. 193–224 in the Publication Manual for complete examples)

• The heading (centered, no italics/bold/underline) on the page of sources should be References.

• Double space the entire list, both between and within entries.  

• Arrange entries alphabetically by the last name of the first author of each work. If no author is given, start with the first significant word in the title.

• In dates, include in parentheses as much of the date as is provided – (year, month day) if possible, or (year, month), or (year).

• In titles:

• • Italicize book and full journal title and maintain the punctuation and capitalization that is used by the journal in its title.
  • Do not italicize, underline, or put quotes around the titles of shorter works such as essays in edited collections and journal articles.
  • of articles and books (but not journal titles), capitalize only the first word of the title and subtitle, and proper names. the first word after a colon or a dash in the title, and proper nouns.

•  Italicize the volume number.

•  Each entry starts at the left margin. If there is more than one line, each subsequent line should be indented one-half inch (“hanging indent” in the Paragraph menu of Microsoft Word)

•  If the article has a DOI (digital object identification) number, you should include this after the page numbers.

•  If you accessed the article online from a database and there is no DOI, cite the article as a print article; do not include database information. If the article is from an online journal, magazine, or newspaper, include the URL at the end of the reference.