Reference Lists in APA Style

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Reference Lists in APA Style
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General Rules

• References cited in text must be in the reference
  list and vice versa.
• Each entry begins flush left and subsequent lines
  of the entry are doubled spaced and indented five
  spaces from the left margin.
• Alphabetize entries by name of author or by title
  if there is no author. Use the authors last
  name, then initials.
• Capitalize only the first word of the title and
  subtitle of books, articles and chapters.
  Capitalize all words in a journal name and proper
  nouns.
• Italicize titles and volume numbers.

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Book Citation
General Form Author, A. A. (Year). Title.
Location Publisher. Example Joseph, L. C.
(1999). Net curriculum. Medford, NJ
Information Today, Inc.
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Article Citation
General Form Author, A. A., Author, B. B.
(Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical,
volume (number), pages. Example Salpeter, J.
(2003). Web literacy and critical thinking A
teachers toolkit. Technology Learning, 23(2),
22-34.
Note If you retrieved the full text of the
article online and it is also available in print,
insert Electronic Version after the title of
the article.
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ERIC Document
General Form Author, A. A. (Year). Title of
document. Location Organization. (ERIC
Document Reproduction Service No.
ED) Example Kincannon, J. M. (2002). From
the classroom to the web A study of faculty
change. Tallassee, FL Florida State
University. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service
No. ED467096)
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Website Citation
General Form Author, A. A. (Year). Title of
work. Retrieved month day, year, from
source. Example Lorenzen, M. (2002). Active
learning and library instruction. Retrieved
March 20, 2003, from http//www.libraryreference.o
rg/activebi.html Note If no author, begin with
title. If there is no date, enter (n.d.)
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Find the Mistakes
Book Grabe, M., and Grabe, C. (2000).
Integrating the Internet for Meaningful Learning.
New York Houghton Mifflin.
Article Harris, Judi, Grandgenette, Neal.
(2002). Teachers authentic e-learning.
Learning and leading with technology, 30(3),
54-58.
Website U.S. Department of Education. (2001)
E-learning Putting a world class education at
the fingertips of all children. Retrieved from
http//www.ed.gov/Technology/elearning/
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Answers
Book Grabe, M., and Grabe, C. (2000).
Integrating the Internet for Meaningful Learning.
New York Houghton Mifflin.
Article Harris, Judi, Grandgenette, Neal.
(2002). Teachers authentic e-learning.
Learning and leading with technology, 30(3),
54-58.
Website U.S. Department of Education. (2001)
E-learning Putting a world class education at
the fingertips of all children. Retrieved March
20, 2003 from http//www.ed.gov/Technology/elearni
ng/
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Sample Reference list
References Grabe, M., Grabe, C. (2000).
Integrating the internet for meaningful learning.
New York Houghton Mifflin. Harris, J.,
Grandgenette, N. (2002). Teachers authentic
e-learning. Learning and Leading with
Technology, 30(3), 54-58. U.S. Department of
Education. (2001). E-learning Putting a world
class education at the fingertips of all
children. Retrieved March 20, 2003 from
http//www.ed.gov/Technology/elearning/