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The document provides guidelines for formatting the References page in APA 6th Edition, including layout, spacing, and organization of entries. It details the structure of reference entries, which consist of the author and date, title, and publication information, along with specific rules for capitalization and italicization. Examples are provided for different types of sources, including books, journal articles, and web pages.

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APA 6th Edition

The document provides guidelines for formatting the References page in APA 6th Edition, including layout, spacing, and organization of entries. It details the structure of reference entries, which consist of the author and date, title, and publication information, along with specific rules for capitalization and italicization. Examples are provided for different types of sources, including books, journal articles, and web pages.

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APA 6th Edition

References

 The references page begins on a new page after the end of the body of the paper (press
CTRL+ENTER in Word to force a page break.)
 The word References is centered on first line (not in bold).
 The references are double-spaced and formatted with hanging indents. To turn on hanging
indents in Word, Press CTRL+T.
 References entries are organized alphabetically by the last name of the first author.
 Bold, underlining, and professional credentials (such as Ph.D.) are not used on the References
page.
 Personal communications are not listed on the references page.
 Titles of books, titles of characters in books, and titles of journal articles are not capitalized—
only capitalize the first word and any proper nouns [sentence case]. Each significant word in the
title of a journal name is capitalized [title case].
 Titles of books and titles of journals are italicized.

Most references have three parts, each part ending with a period:

Part 1. Author and date. List the author’s last name, a comma and space, the initial(s) of the
author with a period and space after each initial, and the year of publication in parenthesis. End with
a period.

Part 2. Title. For books, chapter title is written first, followed by a period and space then the word
”In”, a space, and the book title in italics. Titles of chapters should not be italicized or in quotation
marks. For journals, list the title of the article, not italicized and not in quotation marks. For web
pages, list of the title of the web page (from the title bar in your web browser). Capitalize only the
first word and any proper nouns.

Part 3. Publication Information. For books, list the city, a comma, the state (or country) of
publication, a colon, one space, and the publisher. For printed journals, list the name of the journals
in italics (not underlined) using title case, a comma, one space, the volume number in Arabic
numerals and italics, a comma, one space, the pages of the article (not in italics), and a period. For
electronic sources, list the publication information for journals in electronic databases the same as a
printed journal but followed by the DOI. Do not end the DOI with a period. Retrieval date not
needed. For web pages, type Retrieved from then the URL address of the site. Don not end a
URL address with a period. Retrieval date not needed unless the web page changes on a regular
basis.

Example of a chapter in a non-edited book:


Morris, J. (2003). Title of chapter. In Title of book. Salt Lake City, UT: Publisher Name.

Example of an article in a printed journal:


Morris, J. (2003). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, 123, 67-70.
Example of an electronic source with DOI:
Morris, J. (2003). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, 123, 67-70. doi:10.1002/S625-
1234(09)6789-1

Example of an electronic source without DOI:


Morris, J. (2003). Title of the web page from the title bas in 1E. Retrieved from
http://www.domain.com

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