APA-Style Reference List
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All sources researched must be included
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At
top of a new page, center the title Reference
List in upper and lower case—do not underline
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Alphabetize entries by last name of
authors (or editors) or by the title if there is no author (ignore A, An, or The)—don’t number the references
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Capitalize the names of magazines, but
otherwise, capitalize first letter only
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Italics for titles of books and titles of magazines
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Indent the second & subsequent
lines 5 letter spaces (“hanging” indentation)
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Omit terms such as Press, Inc.,
and Co.(except for a university press)
Atwood,
M. (1988). Cat’s eye. Toronto:
McClelland and Stewart.
(Author).
(Year). (Title). (City): (Publisher)
Bonnet,
B, Johnson, R. & Keen, D. R. (1995). Science
fair projects: The environment. New York: Sterling.
A
book edited by an editor
Colombo, J. R. (Ed.). (1998). The 1998 Canadian global almanac.
Toronto: Macmillan.
.
Government
Publication, subsequent edition
Statistics Canada. (1999). Canada: A portrait (56th
ed.). Ottawa: Minister of Industry.
Story,
essay or chapter in an edited book or an anthology
James,
H. (1991) The romance of certain old clothes. In M. Cox and R. A. Gilbert
(Eds.), Victorian ghost stories (pp. 123-145).
London: Oxford University Press.
Article
in a newspaper (author and no author)
Dyer, G. (1998, November 17). No time
left to tame the climate dragon. Times Colonist,
p. A8.
Greenpeace wins: Sinking stops. (1995,
June 22). Times Colonist, pp. A2, A7.
Article
in a magazine (author and no author)
Wood, C. (1998, November 16). The first
treaty. Maclean’s, 111, 27.
Rivers of ice. (1998, November/December).
Canadian Geographic, 118, 34 - 43.
Encyclopedias
(no author for the article)
Bicycling.
(1990). In The Junior Encyclopedia of
Canada (Vol. 1, pp. 163-164). Edmonton, AB: Hurtig.
Encyclopedias
(includes author of the article)
Reddy,
W. M. (1998). Lightning. In The World
Book Encyclopedia (Vol. 12, pp. 299-301). Chicago, IL: World Book.
Encyclopedias
(include publishing information for
less familiar sets).
Haramundanis,
K. (1990). Study of the universe. In The
New Book of Popular Science (Vol. 1, pp. 2-12). Danbury, CN: Grolier.
CD-ROM
or On-line Encyclopedia (cite city and publisher if available).
Gough,
B.M. (1995). Overlanders of 1862. In The
Canadian Encyclopedia Plus [CD-ROM]. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.
Pollution.
(1996). In Encarta. [CD-ROM].
Ebola
virus. (1998). In Encyclopedia Britannica
Online. [On-line].
Article
from On-line Magazine Index:
Wallace,
B. (1998, October 19). For the love of power: Is Jean Chretien a closet
autocrat? Maclean’s [On-line serial].
Available: Infotrac Searchbank.
Internet
(with author): Author/editor. (Last
update or copyright date). Homepage Title. Retrieved access date, from URL.
Altis, K., & Tindle, N. (Eds.).
(1995). Understanding Alzheimer's Disease.
Retrieved October 1, 2004, from http://www.alzheimersforyou.com/
Internet
(with no author & no date): Title of
Document. (n.d.) Retrieved access date, from
URL.
GVU's
8th WWW user survey.
(n.d.). Retrieved August 8, 2000, from
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/usersurveys/survey1997-10/
Radio
or Television Interview
Ondaatje, M. (1995, May 18). Morningside. Toronto: CBC-One Radio.
Videocassette
Branagh, K. (Director). (1993). Much ado about nothing. [Videotape].
Goldwyn.
Personal
Email, Letter or Interview
Omar,
B. W. (bomar@aol.com). (1996, June 5). Excellent
web sites for job seekers. E-
mail to M. E. Guffey (meguffey@rain.org).
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for example, “Article in a
newspaper” or “Article in a magazine”
etc.
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