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Reference Page

Every source cited in the paper must be on the reference page
All sources listed on the reference page must be cited in the paper
Starts on a separate page
Last page of paper
The word References is placed in bold at the top center of the page

Hanging Indentation

Creating a Hanging Indentation

Follow instructions in the document below to properly create a hanging indentation.

Basic Rules of the Reference Page

The reference list will always begin on a new page, with the section label References centered in bold at the top of the page.
Order all entries alphabetically by Author's surname, followed by the author's initial(s) separated by periods. Use a comma to separate the initials of one author from the surname of the next author, and separate initials with a single space following the period.
List up to 20 authors using the surname, initials format in the order listed in the resource. Use an ampersand (&) prior to the final author's name: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B.
For works with 21 or more authors, list the first 19 author's name, followed by an ellipsis (...) and then the final author's name.
References written by the same author should be categorized from the earliest source to most recent
Write the title of journals exactly as written in the journal
The second line of every source must be indented one-half inch from the left margin
- Known as a hanging indentation

Creating an APA Style Reference List - The linked document was created by APA to assist students in creating properly formatted 7th edition APA Style reference list.

American Psychological Association. (2020). Creating an APA style reference list.

https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/creating-reference-list.pdf

Reference Page

Reference Page Example

References

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7^th ed.).

https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019, August 20). Chicken and food poisoning. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/chicken.html

Kalnay, E., Kanamitsu, M., Kistler, R., Collins, W., Deaven, D., Gandin, L., Iredell, M., Saha, S., White, G., Woollen, Y., Zhu, Y., Chelliah, M.,

Ebisuzaki, W., Higgins, W., Janowiak, J., Mo, C., Ropelewski, C., Wang, J., Leetmaa, A., …Joseph, D. (1996). The NCEP/NCAR 40-

year reanalysis project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77(3), 437-471.

https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0437:TNYRP>2.0.CO;2

Norris, C. E., & Colman, A. M. (1994). Effects of entertainment and enjoyment of television programs on perception and memory of

advertisements. Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 22(4), 365–376.

https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1994.22.4.365

Smith, M. (2001). Writing a successful paper. The Trey Research Monthly, 53, 149-150.

Zaugg, J. & Peng, J. (2019, November 5). China approves seaweed-based Alzheimer's drug. It's the first new one in 17 years. CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/03/health/china-alzheimers-drug-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

7th Edition APA Style Reference Examples - This linked document provides more examples of common reference types in 7th edition APA Style. Examples include references from journal articles, books, webpages, organizational authored reports, etc.

American Psychological Association. (2020).APA style reference examples.

https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/reference-examples.pdf