Step by step referencing with APA (PDF)

MAKING APA REFERENCES
STEP-BY-STEP

3 REFERENCES IN APA
• Book 
Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Journal 
Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles. Journal of Comparative
and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896.
• Website 
American Red Cross. (2004). A home fire escape plan can save your life. Retrieved from
http://www.redcross.org/news/article/A-Home-Fire-Escape-Plan-Can-Save-Your-Life

3 PARTS TO A REFERENCE

Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13.

3 PARTS TO A REFERENCE
• An article in a journal/periodical
Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13.

Author(s)/date

Article title

Journal/volume/pages

3 PARTS TO A REFERENCE
• An online source
American Red Cross. (2004). A home fire escape plan can save your life. Retrieved from
http://www.redcross.org/news/article/A-Home-Fire-Escape-Plan-Can-Save-Your-Life

Author(s)/date

Article title

Hyperlink

3 PARTS TO A REFERENCE
• A book
Barman, J. (1991). The west beyond the west: A history of British Columbia. Toronto, ON: Toronto University Press.

Author(s)/date

Book Title

Location / Publisher

STEP 1: FORMAT THE AUTHOR AND DATE
* The author should have the last name first:
e.g. Einstein, A.
* The date should be in parentheses
e.g. Einstein, A. (1922).
* Format the following names and dates:
1. Daniel Goleman—1995
2. John McWhorter--2001

STEP 1 ANSWERS
• 1. Daniel Goleman—1995  Goleman, D. (1995).
2. John McWhorter—2001  McWhorter, J. (2001).
• Step 1 formatting is the same for most sources types
• McWhorter, J. (2001).

• Goleman, D. (1995).

STEP 2 FORMAT THE BOOK TITLE
• The main title is italicized. Italicism looks like this. Do not underline the title.
• The first letter of the title has a capital letter
e.g. Stony creek woman: the story of Mary John
• The first letter of the subtitle has a capital letter
e.g. Stony creek woman: The story of Mary John
• Any proper nouns, like names are also capitalized
e.g. Stony creek woman: The story of Mary John
• For books the title of the book is italicized
e.g. Barman, J. (1991). The west beyond the west: A history of British Columbia. Toronto, ON: Toronto University Press.
• For articles the title of the journal is italicized
e.g. Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13.
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