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APA (American Psychological Association) Format
Sample Bibliographic Entries

  • Book, 1 author
  • Book, 2 authors
  • Essay or article from collection by different authors (anthology)
  • Article from journal
  • Article from magazine
  • Web pages
  • Article from EBSCOhost

See entries displayed as a References page.

Formatting considerations:

Title of page: References
This title appears at the top of the bibliography page without underlining or quotation marks.

Spacing: Double-spaced throughout
This means between the lines of each entry and between entries.

Order of entries: Alphabetical order according to author's last name
If there is no author, use the first word in the title to alphabetize.

Indentation: Hanging indent
Each bibliographic listing begins at the margin of the page. Second (and third, fourth, etc.) line should be indented as far as for a paragraph.

Italicizing or underlining:
 Italicize or underline the title of a book, journal, magazine, newspaper, play, movie.

Book:

Hale, J. (1994). The old way of seeing: How architecture lost its magic (and how to get it back). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Holmevik, J. R., & Haynes, C.  (2000).  MOOniversity: A student's guide to online learning environments.  Needham Heights, MA:  Allyn & Bacon.

Work in an Anthology:

Eliot, T. S. (1999). Tradition and the individual talent.  In D. Damrosch and C. Baswell (Eds.), The Longman anthology of British literature (pp. 2447-2452). New York: Longman.

Article from Scholarly Journal:

Wu, S., & Rubin, D. L. (2000).  Evaluating the impact of collectivism and individualism on argumentative writing by Chinese and North American college students. Research in the Teaching of English, 35. 148-178.

Article from Magazine:

Lemann, N. (2001, January 22). The Iraq factor. The New Yorker. 34-38.

Webpages:

Davis, R. H. (1861/2003). Life in the iron mills.  Retrieved Sept. 2, 2003, from http://www.samford.edu/schools/artsci/english/lasseter/editiron.htm

Foreman, J.  (2003). Next-generation educational technology versus the lecture.  Educause Review, 38 (4), 13-22.  Retrieved Sept. 2, 2003, from http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0340.pdf

McCain, J.  (2003, August 31).  Why we must win. Washington Post.  Retrieved Sept. 2, 2003, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2466-2003Aug29.html

Article from EBSCOhost:

Smith, S.  (2003, October).  The revision thing.  Harper’s Magazine.  62-63.  Retrieved October 9, 2003, from Academic Search Elite database.

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