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The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the ultimate resource for questions on APA format.

These sites can also help you answer quick citation questions:

• All references should be included in the reference list
• Put references in alphabetical order by the last name of the author
• Authors' first names are not listed, only initials
• Titles of books, magazines, journals, and newspapers should be in italics
• Capitalize the first letter of the first word in titles and subtitles for books, chapters, articles, and webpages
• Journal titles should maintain the capitalization used by the journal
• Use a hanging indent of .5 inch to indent all lines after the first line of a citation on the reference list

• Whenever you paraphrase or directly quote from a source, you must acknowledge the author with a citation
• APA format requires the year after the author's name for in-text citations
• Page number (or paragraph number for sources without page numbers) is required for direct quotes

Examples:

Direct quote, work with author and page numbers:   (Author, 2008, p. 74) 

Paraphrase, work with author:   (Author, 2008)

Direct quote, work with no author and no page numbers:  (“Short title,” 2015, para. 2)

Paraphrase, work with no author:  (“Short title,” 2015)

This guide is adapted from a guide by Rob Snyder at Bowling Green State University Libraries.