APA Citations

• Q: What font am I supposed to use for the reference page or bibliography?

  Sans Serif: Calibri, Arial, Lucida

  Serif: Times new Roman, Georgia, Normal/Computer Modern
• Q: What are the margins supposed to be for the reference page or bibliography?

  0.5 Indent
• Q: What information goes into an APA style reference page or bibliography?


  Full citations for all the sources, may they be summarized, paraphrased or directly quoted.
• The reference list is organized by alphabetical order BY author
• • The last name(s) and initials of the author(s).
  • The date the source was published (shown in parentheses).
  • The title of the source in sentence case. The title should be in italics if the source stands on its own (like a book, webpage, or movie).
  • The name of the periodical, database, or website if the source is an article from a magazine, journal, newspaper, etc. Names of periodicals are usually italicized; names of databases and websites usually are not.
  • The publisher of the source and/or the URL where the source can be found.