APA citation style



Guidelines

  • for Copy Manuscripts, doublespace all lines
  • for Final Manuscripts, singlespace all lines and skip a line in between each reference
  • arrange the items alphabetically by author, interfiling books, articles, etc.
  • indent the second and following lines 5 to 7 spaces
  • use only the initials of the authors' first (and middle) names
  • if no author is given, start with the title and then the date
  • for article titles and book titles, capitalize only the first word of the title and subtitle
  • capitalize all significant words of periodical titles
  • for magazine articles, include the month and day
  • for websites, if page creation date is not given, use (n.d.)
  • for more details, go to http://apastyle.apa.org/