APA reference entries

Directory of APA Reference Entries

AUTHOR INFORMATION ELECTRONIC SOURCES
1. One author 19. Letter to the editor
2. Two authors 20. Review
3. Three or more authors 21. Article with a DOI
4. Group, corporate, or government author 22. Article without a DOI
5. Unidentified author 23. Article in Internet-only periodical
6. Multiple works by the same author 24. Multipage Web site
BOOKS 25. Part of a Web site
7. Book: Basic Format 26. Online posting
8. Author and editor 27. Computer software or app
9. Work in an anthology or a collection 28. Entry in a blog (Weblog)
10. Edited collection 29. Podcast
11. Multivolume work 30. Entry in a wiki
12. Later edition OTHER
13. Translation 31. Group, corporate, or government document
14. Article in a reference book 32. Published conference proceedings
PERIODICALS 33. Dissertation abstract
15. Article in a journal paginated by volume 34. Film
16. Article in a journal paginated by issue 35. Television program
17. Magazine article 36. Musical recording
18. Newspaper article

General Guidelines for Reference Entries in APA Style

AUTHOR NAMES

  • When an author’s name appears before the title of the work, list it by last name followed by a comma and first initial followed by a period. (Middle initials may also be included.)
  • If an author, editor, or other name is listed after the title, then the initial(s) precede the last name (see examples on pp. 523, 524–25, 527).
  • When multiple authors are listed, their names should be separated by commas, and an ampersand (&) should precede the final author.

DATES

  • For scholarly journals, include only the year (2014).
  • For monthly magazines, include the year followed by a comma and the month (2014, May).
  • For newspapers and weekly magazines, include the year followed by a comma and the month and the day (2014, May 27).
  • Access dates for electronic documents use the month-day-year format: “Retrieved May 27, 2014.”
  • Months should not be abbreviated.
  • If a date is not available, use “n.d.” (for “no date”) in parentheses.

TITLES

  • Titles of periodicals should be italicized, and all major words capitalized (Psychology Today; Journal of Archaeological Research).
  • Titles of books, Web sites, and other nonperiodical long works should be italicized. Capitalize the first word of the title (and subtitle, if any) and proper nouns only (Legacy of ashes: The history of the CIA).
  • For short works such as essays, articles, and chapters, capitalize the first word of the title (and subtitle, if any) and proper nouns only (The black sites: A rare look inside the CIA’s secret interrogation program).

PAGE NUMBERS

  • Reference entries for periodical articles and sections of books should include the range of pages: “245-257.” For material in parentheses, include the abbreviation “p.” or “pp.” before the page numbers (“pp. A4-A5”).
  • If the pages are not continuous, list all the pages separated by commas: “245, 249, 301-306.”