Usually the year of publication is enough. The table at the end of this document provides instructions for both in-text and reference list formatting of the list of authors. For sources with more than seven authors, give only the first six and the last. For works with several authors, list the names in the order given in the original document. Follow each initial with a period, and separate two or more initials using single spaces. Authors names are given by surname followed by all initials provided. When there is no author, the title of the work precedes the publication date. This may be a person, several people, or a group or organization, or there may be no author. What information to include for each source For each work, give all of the following that apply: 1. If there is no author, alphabetize by the document title. If two or more works have the same first author, order by second authors, if any, then by publication date, with the most recent first. List works in alphabetical order by first author surname. A source may be an article, Prepared by Susan Lester, Center for Academic Excellence, Saint Joseph College, Januaryģ chapter, report, whole book, website article, blog posting, or other work. What sources to include Include in the reference list all the sources you have cited in the paper except personal communications, and do not include works that are not cited. In earlier versions of Word, access the same dialog box by selecting paragraph from the Format drop-down menu. In the Indentation section of the dialog box, find the Special dropdown menu and select Hanging.
Open the drop-down menu on the line spacing icon (in the) and select Line Spacing Options. To access the hanging indent feature in Microsoft Word 2007, on the Home tab find the Paragraph section. Format everything below the title using a hanging indent, in which the first line of each entry begins at the left margin and subsequent lines are indented by ½ inch. Double-space the entire page with no extra line spacing between entries. Center the word References horizontally at the top of the new page, just below the running head and page number. Creating the reference page Use the Page Break command under Insert in Microsoft Word to ensure that the list begins at the top of a new page even if you make changes in the body of the paper. The find command in Microsoft Word can help with this task. Just before proofreading, compare the in-text citations to the reference page to make sure that all sources cited are listed and that there are no entries in the reference list that are not cited in the paper. After creating an organized first draft, revise your paper for flow, deciding when to use parentheses and when to make your citations part of the narrative. Include page or section and paragraph number for word-forword quotes. Use author and date, the first two elements of the reference listing, to identify every note card or idea you write from a source. This forces you to determine its author and date so you can cite it correctly in the text.
As soon as you begin to read a source, add it to your reference list. Tips for citing accurately and efficiently 1. The APA also provides online resources at I.
The manual is available in the Pope Pius XII Library and in the college bookstore. See Chapter 7 for more examples of specific kinds of reference listings. For details not addressed in this document, consult Chapter 6 of the APA publication manual. The APA s corrected sample papers are available at 1.pdf. Long quotation with section locator Prepared by Susan Lester, Center for Academic Excellence, Saint Joseph College, JanuaryĢ APA Style of Referencing According to the 6 th Edition of the APA Publication Manual Please note that although the first printing of the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) contained formatting errors in the sample paper, this document follows the corrected second printing of the manual. Short quotation with paragraph locator 11. First citation of a source with three to five authors 4. What to include in an in-text citation B. Citing sources in the text of the paper A. Journal article with DOI (electronic or print) 2. General models for creating reference listings 1. Retrieval information for a web source E.
How to find the reference elements for a web source 1. What information to include for each source 1. Tips for citing accurately and efficiently II. 1 APA Style of Referencing (6 th Edition) I.