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APA Style 7th Edition: Reference Page

The Reference Page

The Reference Page

When you use information from other sources, you already know that you need to use an in-text citation, but you also need to do a bibliographic citation for the work so that people have enough information to look up the source that you have cited.  The reference page is called a Works Cited page in MLA formatting, and you will sometimes hear people refer to it as a bibliography.  For APA formatting, we call this page "References."

  • Start on the next blank page after your conclusion.  Use a page break to help you with this.
  • Use the center align button and type the word "References" at the top of the page and bold the text.  (Don't include the quotation marks.  They are there to highlight the word that you should use.)
  • Hit enter.  Use your left align button.
  • Your references should be in alphabetical order by the author's last name.  If you don't have an author, but are using editors in place of authors, then you will use the first listed editor's last name.  If you have no author or editor, use the title.
  • Type the first reference, remember that it should be alphabetically first.
  • If your citation goes onto the second line or further, use a hanging indent for the second line and any successive lines.
  • If you find that the whole citation moves when you try to do the hanging indent, put the cursor in front of the second line and hit the "Enter" key on your keyboard.  Then, use the indent arrow, which you can find on both the Microsoft Word and Google Docs toolbars.
  • Your citations should be double-spaced just like the rest of your paper.

Here are screenshots of where to find the indent button on Microsoft Word and Google Docs and a screenshot of a reference page:

 

 

 

 

Bibliographic Citations

Bibliographic Citations

The information below is a consolidation from the OWL at Purdue, and the original content can be accessed via this link.  Note that "F" stands for first initial of the author's first name, and "M" stand for the first initial of the author's middle name.  So, if the author's name is Larry Scott Jones, I would use "L" for "Larry" and "S" for Scott, so I would use this for my author's name in the citation:  Jones, L. S.

Online Scholarly Journal Article

Basic Format

Last name, F. M., & Lastname, F. M. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, Vol.(Issue), page numbers. DOI

Example

Drollinger, T., Comer, L. B., & Warrington, P. T. (2006). Development and validation of the active empathetic listening scale. Psychology &

Marketing, 23(2), 161-180.https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.20105

Articles in Electronic Journals

Example

Denny, H., Nordlof, J., & Salem, L. (2018). "Tell me exactly what it was that I was doing that was so bad": Understanding the needs and

expectations of working-class students in writing centers. Writing Center Journal, 37(1), 67–98. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26537363.

Online News Article

Basic Format

Last name, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of article. Title of Publication. URL

Example

Richards, C. (2019, December 9). Best music of 2019: Lana Del Rey sings lullabies about the end of America. Washington

Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/best-music-of-2019-lana-del-rey-sings-lullabies-about-the-end-of-

america/2019/12/06/6e82c5ec-15d8-11ea-a659-7d69641c6ff7_story.html

Electronic Books

Basic Format

Last name, F. M. (Year). Title of book. Publisher. URL (if applicable)

Last name, F. M. (Year). Title of book [eBook edition]. Publisher. URL (if applicable)

Last name, F. M. (Year). Title of book (N. Narrator, Narr.) [Audiobook]. Publisher. URL (if applicable)

Example

Eriksen, R. & C. Markuson. Designing a school library media center for the future (2nd ed.) [eBook edition]. ALA Editions.

Articles in Periodicals (Print)

Basic Format

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy.

Example

Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5–13.

Article in a Magazine (Print)

Example

Peterzell, J. (1990, April). Better late than never. Time, 135(17), 20–21.

Article in a Newspaper (Print)

Example

Schultz, S. (2005, December 28). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. The Country Today, 1A, 2A.

Webpage or Piece of Online Content

Basic Format

Last name, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL

Example

Price, D. (2018, March 23). Laziness does not exist. Medium. https://humanparts.medium.com/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01

Books (Print)

Basic Format

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher Name. DOI (if available)

Example

Stoneman, R. (2008). Alexander the Great: A life in legend. Yale University Press.

Edited Book (No Author)

Basic Format

Editor, E. E. (Ed.). (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher. DOI (if available)

Example

Leitch, M. G., & Rushton, C. J. (Eds.). (2019). A new companion to Malory. D. S. Brewer.

Edited Book (with Authors)

Basic Format

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (E. Editor, Ed.). Publisher. DOI (if available)

Example

Malory, T. (2017). Le morte darthur (P. J. C. Field, Ed.). D. S. Brewer. (Original work published 1469-70)

A Translation

Basic Format

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (T. Translator, Trans.). Publisher. (Original work published YEAR) DOI (if available)

Example

Plato (1989). Symposium (A. Nehamas & P. Woodruff, Trans.). Hackett Publishing Company. (Original work published ca. 385-378 BCE)

Edition Other Than the First

Basic Format

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (# edition). Publisher. DOI (if available)

Example

Belcher, W. (2019). Writing your journal article in twelve weeks: A guide to academic publishing success (2nd ed.). University of Chicago Press.

Article or Chapter in an Edited Book

Basic Format

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In E. E. Editor & F. F. Editor (Eds.), Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle

(pp. pages of chapter). Publisher. DOI (if available)

Example

Armstrong, D. (2019). Malory and character. In M. G. Leitch & C. J. Rushton (Eds.), A new companion to Malory (pp. 144-163). D. S. Brewer.

Multivolume Work

Basic Format

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (Vol. #). Publisher. DOI (if available)

Example

David, A., & Simpson, J. (Eds.). (2006). The Norton anthology of English literature: The Middle Ages (8th ed.,Vol. A). W. W. Norton and Company.

Film or Video

Basic Format

Director, D. D. (Director). (Date of publication). Title of motion picture [Film]. Production company.

Example

Loyd, P. (Director). (2008). Mamma mia! [Film]. Universal Pictures. 

TV Series

Basic Format

Executive Producer, P. P. (Executive Producer). (Date range of release). Title of series [TV series]. Production company(s).

Example

Sherman-Palladino, A., Palladino, D. (Executive Producers). (2017-present). The marvelous Mrs. Maisel [TV series]. Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions; Picrow,

Amazon Studios.

Episode of a TV Series

Basic Format

Writer, W. W. (Writer), & Director, D. D. (Director). (Original air date). Title of episode (Season number, Episode number) [Tv series episode]. In P. Executive Producer

(Executive Producer), Series title. Production company(s). 

Example

Korsh, A. (Writer & Director). (2019, September 25). One last con (Season 9, Episode 10) [TV series episode]. In D. Liman & D. Bartis (Executive Producers), Suits.

Untitled Korsh Company; Universal Content Productions; Open 4 Business Productions. 

YouTube or Other Streaming Video

Basic Format

Last Name, F. M. [Username]. (Year, Month Date). Title of video [Video]. Streaming Service. URL

Example

Lushi, K. [Korab Lushi]. (2016, July 3). Albatross culture 1 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AMrJRQDPjk&t=148s

Ted Talk

Basic Format

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Date). Title of talk [Video]. TED. URL

Example

Al-Mutawa, N. (2010, July). Superheroes inspired by Islam [Video]. TED. https://www.ted.com/talks/naif_al_mutawa_superheroes_inspired_by_islam#t-4909

Music Album

Basic Format

Recording artist. (Year of release). Title of album [Album]. Record label.

Example

The National. (2019). I am easy to find [Album]. 4AD.

Single Song or Track

Basic Format

Recording artist. (Year of release). Title of song [Song]. On Title of album [Album]. Record label. 

Example

Dacus, L. (2018). Night shift [Song]. On Historian [Album]. Matador Records.

Single Podcase Episode

Basic Format

Executive Producer, E. P. (Executive Producer). (Date of publication). Title of podcast episode (Episode number) [Audio podcast episode]. In Title

of podcast. Production company. URL

Example

Koenig, S. (Host). (2014, October 3). The alibi (No. 1) [Audio podcast episode]. In Serial. WBEZ Chicago. https://serialpodcast.org/

Artwork in a Museum or Museum Website

Basic Format

Artist, A. (Year of release). Title of artwork [medium]. Name of museum, City, State, Country. URL of museum

Example

Hopper, E. (1942). Nighthawks [Painting]. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States. https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111628/nighthawks

Photograph (Not Associated with a Museum)

Basic Format

Photographer, P. (Year of publication). Title of photograph [Photograph]. Source. URL

Example

Ryan, S. (2019). [Sea smoke on Lake Michigan] [Photograph] New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/world/year-in-

pictures.html