For all APA References pages, remember:
 If no author is available, start with the title of the work.
 In student papers, the first line of every entry is at the left margin; subsequent lines
are indented.
 Always alphabetize the list by authors’ last name (or title, if no author is available).
 For two or more works by the same author, arrange entries by date, the earliest first.
 For both titles of books and titles of articles, capitalize only the first word of the title
and subtitle (as well as all proper nouns). Capitalize titles of periodicals as you would
normally.
 Double-space throughout.
Basic Book Format
Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of book. City of Publication: Publisher.
Ex: Tapscott, D. (1998). Growing up digital. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Editors
Editor Last Name, First Initial. (Eds.). (Year). Title of Book. City of Publication:
Publisher.
Ex: Duncan, G.H., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997). Consequences of growing up poor.
New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Article in a Journal Paginated by Issue
Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Titles of article. Title of Journal, volume
number(issue), Pages.
Ex: Roberts, P. (1998). The new food anxiety. Psychology Today, 31(2), 30-38, 74.
Material from a Database Accessed via the Web
Author Last Name, First Initial. (Date). Title of document. Title of Journal, (issue).
Retrieval statement.
Ex: Caruba, A. (1998, January 1). The plague of boredom. The World & I, 13. Retrieved
June 17, 1999 from Electric Library database (Magazines) on the World Wide
Web: http://www.elibrary.com
Website
Author Last Name, First Initial. (Date). Title of document. Title of Site. Retrieval
statement.
Ex: Coram, J. (1999, June 4). Commencement grads show richness, diversity.
Community College Times. Retrieved June 17, 1999 from the World Wide Web:
http://www.aacc.nche.edu/headline/060499head2.htm
For more information and examples, see the Everyday Writer website.