APA Citation Tutorial
The “reference page” in APA style is entitled “References”. You would entitle your page with this centered at the top of a new page for your paper,
but you would not include the quotation marks and you would not underline the words either in that title. The works cited are in alphabetical order
by the first thing listed in the citation. The second (and subsequent) lines of each citation is indented (some of the examples show this).
(Author, A. A. = Last name, First name initial. Middle name initial if provided.)
Books
Book with one author
Author, A. A. (publication year). Book name with only first word capitalized: Also capitalize subtitle if there is one. Publisher’s city,
state: Publisher’s name.
Book with no author, but editor (if multiple editors, treat same as multiple authors and change (Ed.) to (Eds.)
Author, A. A. (Ed.). (publication year). Book name with only first word capitalized: Also capitalize first word of subtitle if there is one.
Publisher’s city, state: Publisher’s name.
Books with 2 authors
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (publication year). Book name with only first word capitalized: Also capitalize first word of subtitle if
there is one. Publisher’s city, state: Publisher’s name.
Books with 3-6 authors
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (publication year). Book name with only first word capitalized: Also capitalize first word of
subtitle if there is one. Publisher’s city, state: Publisher’s name.
Journal Articles
Journal Article (1 author)
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.
Things to note: (1) only the first letter in the title of the article and subtitle are capitalized, (2) title of periodical is
capitalized, (3) volume number is italicized like the title of journal, (4) there is not a space between the volume number and
the parentheses of the issue number, and (5) pages are listed with a dash between (for example 7-10).
Journal Article (2 authors)
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.
Journal Article (3 or more authors)
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.
Electronic Media
Internet Site
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if
available). Retrieved Month day, year, from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/
Internet Site with no author or possibly no date
Name of webpage. (either the year of publishing or n.d. for no date). Retrieved Month day, year, from
http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/
Internet Articles Based on Print Source
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article [Electronic version]. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number
if available), pages. Retrieved Month day, year, from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/