LibGuides: APA: Works Cited Page

Formatting Your Reference Page

Formatting Your Reference page
Location	At the end of your paper, on a separate page.
Title	Center References, in bold (but not italicized or in quotations) at the top.
Order	Arrange your sources alphabetically by the first word. In most cases this will be the author or editor but sources lacking these will be by title.
Format	Every source starts flush with the left margin with the following lines indented .5." Use this video to create a hanging indent in World 2016.

Elements of APA Citations

You will need to identify important elements of the work in order to cite them. Be sure to look carefully for information on the web, and utilize the "About" on websites. Not all sources require all elements.

4 Elements of APA References
Author	The author is the creator of a work. See below for guidance on identifying and formatting different types of creators. If no author is listed, use the title to begin the reference entry.
Date	Use the date the work was published. If no date is given, use n.d. Dates can be formatted as (Year). (Year, Month/Season). (Year, Month Date). or (Year-Year). If two articles have the exact same author/s and publication year, add a and b to the end of the year to differentiate them. Use this on the reference page and for in text citations. Ex: (Jones, 1968a) and (Jones, 1968b)
Title	The title of the work is given in sentence case: Only capitalize the first word of the title, the word after a colon, and any proper nouns. Put titles of books and larger works in italics and present titles of articles, chapters, or shorter works in plain text without quotation marks.
Source	The source helps readers retrieve the work. This could include the publisher for a book; the periodical title (with all important words capitalized), volume and issue number, and/or DOI for an article; the URL for a webpage; and other elements outlined below.

Author/Authors

Author(s): Each in-text citation will have a corresponding citation on the Works Cited Page.

Authors
One Author	Last Name, First and Middle Initial. Adichie, C. N.
Two Authors	Last Name, First and Middle Initials, & Last Name, First and Middle Initial. Friedman, M., & Schwartz, A. J.
Three Authors to 20 Authors	List all authors Last Name, First and Middle Initial, followed by a comma, with & before last author. Ayim, K., Oguntoye, K., & Schultz, D.
21 or More Authors	List the first 19 authors (Last Name, First and Middle Initial, separated by commas) then an elipse (...) followed by the last author's name. No & required. Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abolins, M., AbouZeid, O. S., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abreu, R., Abulaiti, Y., Acharya, B. S., Adamczyk, L., Adams, D. L., Adelman, J., Adomeit, S., Adye, T., Affolder, A. A., Agatonovic-Jovin, T.,…Zwalinski, L.
Organization as Author	Organization Name. World Health Organization. United States Census Bureau.
No Author Provided	Title of the Work. English language arts standards. Common Core state standards initiative.
Other Contributors	Some works will have an "author" with a specialized role like editor or director. See APA Chapter 10 for more information. Put Ed. for one editor and Eds. for multiple editors after the names in parentheses to specify. Director is not abbreviated. Bruner, R. (Ed.). Bruner, R., & Peavy, K. (Eds.). Lucas, G. (Director).

Authors for Audiovisual Media
Audiovisual Media	Role as Author
Film	Director
TV series	Executive producer(s)
TV episode	Writer & director of episode
Podcast	Host or executive producer
Podcast episode	Host of episode
Webinar	Instructor
Classical music album or song	Composer
Modern music album or song	Recording artist
Artwork	Artist
Online streaming video	Person/group who uploaded video
Photograph	Photographer

Citing a Book in APA

You'll find most of this information on the title page and the copyright page, which is usually on the back of the title page.

Citing Print Book Sources
Basic Format:	Author. (Year). Title of book. Publisher. Tan, A. (1989). The joy luck club. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Book with an Editor	Editor's Name, ed. (Year). Title of book. Publisher. Bray, K., & Moore, S. D. (Eds.). (2019). Religion, emotion, sensation: Affect theories and theologies. Fordham University Press.
Essay or Chapter from an Edited Book	Name of Author of the Selection. (Year). Title of chapter. In E. E. Editor (Ed.), Title of book (pp. #-#). Publisher. Walker, D. F. (2015). The token superhero. In W. Imarisha & A. M. Brown (Eds.), Octavia's brood: Science fiction stories from social justice movements (pp. 15-22). AK Press.
Translated Book	Original Author/s. (Year of translation publication). Title of book (Translator; Trans.). Publisher (Original work published Year). Translated by Translator Name(s) [in First, Last Order], Publisher, publication year. Larsson, S. (2008). The girl with the dragon tattoo (R. Keeland, Trans.). Alfred A. Knopf. (Original work published 2005).
Edition Other Than the First*	Author. (Year). Title of book (Edition Number with -th, -rd and the abbreviation ed.). Publisher. Schacter, D. L., Gilbert, D. T., & Wegner, D. M. (2011). Psychology (2nd ed.). Worth Publishers.
Multivolume Works*	Author. (Year). Title of book (Vol. #). Publisher. Watnick, B, Ed. (2008). Education today: Issues, policies, & practices (Vol. 3). Salem Press.

If both edition and volume information is present, put the edition, then a comma, then the volume. Example: (2nd ed., Vol. 3).

Note that Ed(s). is reserved for editors while ed(s). identifies editions.

Citing Print Periodicals in APA

Print Periodicals
Article in a Print Journal	Author. (Date). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume #(issue #), page range. (Note that the volume number is italicized while the issue number is not.) Doucet, A. (2016, July). Is the stay-at-home dad (SAHD) a feminist concept? A genealogical, relational, and feminist critique. Sex Roles 72*(1-2), 4-14.
Article in a Print Magazine	Author. (Date). Title of article. Title of Magazine. Allen, Jodie. (1995, August 29). Working out welfare. Time Magazine, 53-54.
Article in a Print Newspaper	Author. (Date). Title of article. Title of Newspaper, page range. Stevenson, A. (2020, February 14). When you're on lock down: 'Everyone here is so bored'. New York Times, A9.

Citing Audiovisual Sources in APA

Audiovisual Sources
Film	Author. (Director). (Date). Title of film [Description]. Production Company. Segal, P. (Director). (1995). Tommy boy [Film]. Paramount Pictures.
TV Series	Author(s) (Executive Producer/s). (Date range in years; use -present if still airing). Title of series [TV series]. Production Company; Network. Weiner M., Hornbacher, S., Jacquemetton, A., Jacquemetton, M., & Leahy, J. (Executive producers). (2007-2015). Man men [TV series]. AMC Original Productions; Lionsgate Television.
TV series episode	Writer/s (Writer), & Director/s (Director). (Date). Title of episode (Season #, Episode #) [TV series episode]. In Executive Producer/s (Executive Producers), Title of series. Production Company; Network. Curtis, R. (Writer), & Campbell, J. (Director). (2010, June 5). Vincent and the Doctor (Season 5, Episode 10) [TV series episode]. In Moffat, S., Wenger P., & Willis B. (Executive Producers), Doctor Who. BBC Studios.
Streaming Video	Person or group who uploaded the video. (Date). Title of video [Video]. Title of website. URL homestarrunnerdotcom. (2017, September 13). Teen girl squad #1 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJsqv3JStWI.

Citing Digital Sources in APA

Digital Sources
Article in a Database	Author. (Date). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume #(issue #), page range. DOI or URL Fairclough, M. (2018, Fall). Frankenstein and chemistry. Literature and Medicine, 36(2), 269-286. https://doi.org/10.1353/lm.2018.0014
Article in a Journal on the Web	Author. (Date). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number). DOI or URL Meyer, G. (2019). Humanist limits in the material phenomenology of religion. The Journal for the Study of Religion, 32(2). http://www.scielo.org.za/pdf/jsr/v32n2/05.pdf
Article in Magazine or Newspaper on the Web	Author. (Date). Title of article. Title of Magazine/Newspaper. DOI or URL Dobrzynski, J. H. (2020, March 13). Met adds Clara Peeters still-life to its petit bouquet of works by early women painters." The Art Newspaper. www.theartnewspaper.com/news/met-adds-clara-peeters-still-life-to-its-petit-bouquet-of-works-by-early-women-painters
Digital Book	Author. (Year). Title of book. Publisher. DOI or URL Romero, Channette. (2012). Activism and the American novel: Religion and resistance in fiction by women of color. University of Virginia Press.
Entry in an Online Reference Work	Author [if provided]. (Date; use n.d. if continuously updated). Title of entry. In Title of reference work. Retrieved Month Date, Year [only include retrieval date if resource is continuously updated], from URL Mander, W. Pantheism. (2020, January 21). In Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. https://www.plato.stanford.edu/entries/pantheism/.
Short Work from a Website	Author [if provided]. (Date; use n.d. if no date). Title of work. Site name [If same or similar to author, omit]. Retrieved Month Date, Year [if there is no date on site], from URL Wesleyan College. (n.d.). Statement of mission. Retrieved March 25, 2020, from https://www.wesleyancollege.edu/about/wesleyan-mission.cfm.

Citing Other Sources in APA

To cite types of resources not included in this guide, please consult your EasyWriter, Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Excelsior Online Writing Lab, or make an appointment with a librarian.