Directory to APA reference list models

Directory to APA reference list models

general guidelines for listing authors

  1. Single author
  2. Two to seven authors
  3. Eight or more authors
  4. Organization as author
  5. Unknown author
  6. Author using a pseudonym (pen name) or screen name
  7. Two or more works by the same author
  8. Two or more works by the same author in the same year
  9. Editor
  10. Author and editor
  11. Translator
  12. Editor and translator

    articles and other short works

  13. Article in a journal
    1. Print
    2. Web
    3. Database
  14. Article in a magazine
    1. Print
    2. Web
    3. Database
  15. Article in a newspaper
    1. Print
    2. Web
  16. Abstract
    1. Abstract of a journal article
    2. Abstract of a paper
  17. Supplemental material
  18. Article with a title in its title
  19. Letter to the editor
  20. Editorial or other unsigned article
  21. Newsletter article
  22. Review
  23. Published interview
  24. Article in a reference work (encyclopedia, dictionary, wiki)
    1. Print
    2. Web
  25. Comment on an online article
  26. Testimony before a legislative body
  27. Paper presented at a meeting or symposium (unpublished)
  28. Poster session at a conference

    books and other long works

  29. Basic format for a book
    1. Print
    2. Web (or online library)
    3. E-book
    4. Database
  30. Edition other than the first
  31. Selection in an anthology or a collection
    1. Entire anthology
    2. Selection in an anthology
  32. Multivolume work
    1. All volumes
    2. One volume, with title
  33. Introduction, preface, foreword, or afterword
  34. Dictionary or other reference work
  35. Republished book
  36. Book with a title in its title
  37. Book in a language other than English
  38. Dissertation
    1. Published
    2. Unpublished
  39. Conference proceedings
  40. Government document
  41. Report from a private organization
  42. Legal source
  43. Sacred or classical text

    web sites and parts of web sites

  44. Entire Web site
  45. Document from a Web site
  46. Section in a Web document
  47. Blog post
  48. Blog comment

    audio, visual, and multimedia sources

  49. Podcast
  50. Video or audio on the Web
  51. Transcript of an audio or a video file
  52. Film (DVD, BD, or other format)
  53. Television or radio program
    1. Series
    2. Episode on the air
    3. Episode on the Web
  54. Music recording
  55. Lecture, speech, or address
  56. Data set or graphic representation of data (graph, chart, table)
  57. Mobile application software (app)
  58. Video game
  59. Map
  60. Advertisement
  61. Work of art or photograph
  62. Brochure or fact sheet
  63. Press release
  64. Presentation slides
  65. Lecture notes or other course materials

    personal communication and social media

  66. E-mail
  67. Online posting
  68. Twitter post (tweet)
  69. Facebook post