What Is APA Style?

The American Psychological Association has established its own style, APA style, and it is fast becoming the norm for all social and behavioral sciences. These sciences include psychology, sociology, anthropology, business, education, and more. In APA style, the bibliography is referred to as the "list of references".

APA Style: Basics

List of references must begin on a separate page at the end of the paper, and double spaced.

Page must be labeled References, with no formatting (underlining, quotation marks, etc..) and centered at the top of the page.

List of references must include every source cited in the paper.

Author's names are presented with last name first, and listed alphabetically.

Multiple articles by the same author are listed in order by the year of publication.

Capitalize the first word of a title and subtitle when referring to any work that is NOT a journal.

All major words in journal titles must be capitalized.

Journals, books, or other longer works must be italicized.

Do not italicize shorter works such as journal articles, short essays, etc...

APA Style Examples

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