The Reference Page in APA Style

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The Reference Page inAPA Style

• University of Scranton
• CTLE Writing Center

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General Format of the Reference Page

• The title of your paper (shorten it, if its a
  long title) and page number should appear as a
  running header in top right corner (following the
  format of the rest of the paper).
• Center the word References at the top of the
  page. Do not underline.

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General Format of the Reference Page

• The entire page should be double-spaced.
• The first line of each entry is at the left
  margin. Indent each additional line of the
  citation.
• Do not add extra spaces between citations.
• The list is alphabetized by authors last name.

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Citing books

• EXAMPLE of BASIC FORMAT
• Highmore, B. (2001). Everyday life and cultural
  theory. New York Routledge.
• Authors last name, first initial. (year of
  publication). Title. City of Publication
  Publisher.
• (These colors are used as a learning tool.
• Dont color coordinate your Works Cited page!!)
• All other citations are variations of this basic
  format.
• Note the major differences between this citation
  and MLA style.

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Citing editors

• For a book/work without an author but with an
  editor, enter the editors last name, first
  initial followed by (Ed.).
• Example Duncan, G.J. (Ed.).
• For a book/work with an author and an editor, use
  the format on the previous slide and insert the
  editors name after the title of the work.
• Example
• Plath, S. (2000). The unabridged journals.
  (K. V. Kukil, Ed). New York Anchor.

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Citing a multivolume work

• Cite the total number of volumes after the title
  of the work.

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Citing a Journal Article

• Authors last name, Authors first initial.
  (publication year). Article Title. Journal
  Title, volume number, page numbers.
• Example
• Morawski, J. (2000) Social Psychology a Century
  Ago. American Psychologist, 55, 472-431.

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For More Information

• Hacker, Diana. A Writers Reference. New York
  Bedford/St. Martins, 2003.
• www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
• www.apastyle.org
• Or stop by the Writing Center for assistance.