APA Citations and Reference List--here's how to do it!
The following pages walk through the details of making in-text citations and developing a reference page at the end of your paper. They contain numerous illustrative examples.
- Addresses the basic formatting requirements of using the APA Style for citing secondary sources within the text of your essay.
- Provides guidance on how to incorporate different kinds of references to borrowed material, from short quotes to summaries of entire articles.
- Focuses on various details about referring to the authors of your sources within your essay, which can be a difficult task if the source has more than one author or has an unclear author (e.g., an organization).
- Describes how to cite indirect quotes, electronic sources, and/or sources without page numbers.
- Guides you through the general rules that apply to any reference list developed using APA Style.
- Serves as a primer on formatting the sorts of references that will be described in greater detail at the pages linked below..
- Walks through how to construct a reference entry for sources with a wide variety of author configurations.
- Notes how references differ depending on the number of authors or if there are multiple works by the same author.
- Describes how to refer accurately to academic journal articles—a very important kind of source in scholarly writing.
- Lists types of entries depending on the type of periodical (e.g., journal, newspaper, magazine, etc.) and the type of article.
- Describes how to properly refer to book-length sources.
- Addresses both the basic book format as well as requirements for unique book sources that require additional detail, such as translations or parts of multivolume works.
- Offers a short list of uncommon print sources with instructions for how to construct references for them.
- Examples include indirect print citations (i.e., a print source that is cited in another) and government documents.
- Walks through the requirements and unique qualifications for constructing references for electronic sources.
- Covers sources from online periodicals and scholarly databases to emails.
- Offers guidance on all manner of audiovisual sources, including sound recordings and YouTube clips.
- Also describes how to cite visual artwork hosted online.
- Focuses primarily on how to reference uncommon non-print sources, including presentations and interviews.
- Notes that personal communication (e.g. an interview or conversation) is not to be included in the reference list.
