Citations & Avoiding Plagiarism

Creating an APA7th ed. Style Reference Guide (PDF from APA Style)

Sources cited in your paper must appear on a reference list. This page should meet the following guidelines:

Format

• A reference list appears as a separate page at the end of your paper.

• Title the page "References" and center the title at the top of the page.

• Each source cited in your paper should be represented in your reference list.

• Double space the entries. Do not add extra spaces between entries.

Authors

• Write out the last name and initials for each author of a given work up to 20 authors. 

Titles

• Use sentence capitalization. This means capitalize the first word and any proper nouns.

ex. How to succeed in business without really trying: Broadway and beyond

Italicizing

• Italicize publication titles, but not article titles.

Order

• A reference list should be arranged in alphabetical order according to the first authors' last name.

• Entries without authors should be arranged alphabetically by title within the reference list.

Indentation

• ​Hanging Indent: The first line of a citation is flush on the left margin and each subsequent line indented one-half inch (one tab)

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