How to Format Citations With APA
The American Psychological Association has come up with a set of formatting standards to be used when publishing papers in APA journals. These standards included specific rules for formatting citations, known as a reference list. The APA standard is also used in schools for term papers as well as the business environment to ensure precision in writing and communication.
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Instructions
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Arrange the list alphabetically by the author's last name. If the work has no author, list it alphabetically by the title of the work.
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Start each entry with the author's last name, followed by their first name's initial and a period. Use an ampersand when listing multiple authors.
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Write the year the work was published in parenthesis, followed by a period.
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Write the title of the work in italics, capitalizing only the first word and any proper nouns, followed by a period.
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Write the page numbers the cited work is found if it is part of a periodical or encyclopedia. Write the page numbers in parenthesis with "p." or "pp." before the numbers.
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Write the edition of the book in parenthesis, if it is later than the first edition, followed by a period.
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Write the city the work was published in, followed by a colon and the publishing company.
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Add an Internet address preceded by "Retrieved from" if the work is published online.
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Indent the second and any additional lines of all entries 1/2 inch.
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