APA-Style Reference List

§ All sources researched must be included

§ At top of a new page, center the title Reference List in upper and lower case—do not underline

§ 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

§ Capitalize the names of magazines, and proper nouns; but otherwise, capitalize first letter only

§ Italics for titles of books and titles of magazines

§ Indent the second & subsequent lines 5 letter spaces (“hanging” indentation)

§ Omit terms such as Press, Inc., and Co. (except for a university press)

A book by one author

Atwood, M. (1988). Cat’s eye. Toronto : McClelland and Stewart.

(Author). (Year). (Title). (City): (Publisher)

A book by three or more authors

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 (56^th ed.). Ottawa : Minister of Industry.

Poem, 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.

Bell , M. (2006, Spring). Dressed for the weather. The Claremont Review. 29, 18.

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 8^th 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).

S. Stenson, personal interview, January 11, 2007.

Vertical File

For items found in the vertical files, please follow the appropriate guidelines, for example, “Article in a newspaper” or “Article in a magazine” etc.

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