APA Citations

• Place your citations in alphabetical order according to the first letter of the first word.


• Skip words like A, An, and The.


• In Microsoft Word 2013, highlight your list of citations and click the "A-Z" button on the "Home" toolbar.

• Your references page (and your whole paper) should be double spaced WITHOUT extra spaces between paragraphs and citations.


• In Microsoft Word 2013, press CTRL+A to highlight your entire paper. 
  
  
  • Click the "Spacing" button on the "Home" toolbar.  Select "2.0" to double space the paper.
  
  
  • To remove extra spaces after paragraphs, make sure the entire paper is still highlighted.  Click the "Spacing" button again and select "Remove Space After Paragraph."

Make sure each citation has a hanging indent.

The top line of each citation should be further to the left than the lines below.

In Microsoft Word 2013, highlight your list of citations and click CTRL + T.

Book and Article Titles in a Reference List

Capitalize only the first word of the title and subtitle, along with all proper nouns.

Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Titles

Capitalize and italicize all major words and words of four letters or more.

E.g. Journal of the American Medical Association 

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