APA reference list

At the end of your paper, include a page titled “References” that presents an alphabetical list of all the sources you cited in your text. Reference list entries for most sources include four major elements in the following order: the author(s), year of publication, name of work, and publication information. The entire reference list is organized alphabetically according to the first word in the entry, usually the author’s last name. If more than one source begins with the same word, then the order is determined by a different element—the date of publication or name of the work—as described in the following sections.

Authors

  • List authors’ last names first, use initials only for authors’ first and middle names, and use ...

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