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 word of the entry. If the first word of the entry is "a", "an", or "the" move to the next word.

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) HINT: If you are having trouble creating a hanging indent, go to YouTube and search for "hanging indent" and the word processing program you are using for help.

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