1. Creating Reference Pages in APA Format
University of Phoenix

2. Books Required information: Who wrote it? When was it published?
What is the title of the book?
Where was it published?
Who published it?
Books. The important items in the reference citation for a book include the author or authors’ names, the year it was published, the title of the book and sub-title if there is one, the place where it was published, and the name of the publisher. The examples below will show the various nuances of that list that must be highlighted in the reference itself.

3. Book With One Author
Author’s name
Publication date
Book title
Allen, G. (2002). Pandas in pandemonium. San Francisco, CA: Bally Press.
Publisher information
A book with one author. Note that the reference begins with the author’s last name and any other names (in this case, the first name) are represented with only an initial. The title of the book is put in italics. APA (6th ed.) now requires that the state in which the book is publish be included.

4. Book With Two to Six Authors
Authors’ names
Maldonado, M., Ireland, V., & Fox, C. (2004). Training can be more efficient. Phoenix, AZ: Huxley-Madison Press.
Publication date
A book with two to six authors. Note that there is a comma between each author, and between the last two, an ampersand (&) is used.
Publisher information
Book title

5. Book With an Editor
Publication date
Editors’ names
Fibber, F., & McGee G. (Eds.). (2001). Using web-based training to your advantage: A compilation of essays. New York, NY: Jackstrap Press.
Book title
A book with an editor. Editors are listed like authors, but indicate their status after their names and before the year the volume was published. Note that only the first word of both the title and the sub-title are capitalized.
Publisher information

6. Custom-Cover Edition Book
Publication date
Author’s name
Bruno, J. (2004). APA made easy (University of Phoenix). Boston, MA: Quagmire Press.
Book title w/custom edition information
Publisher information
A custom-cover edition of a book. If a hard-copy of a title has been prepared especially for a particular institution, then remember to include that information in the citation. Other versions may not be identical.

7. Multivolume Book
Alexander, M. (2003). A concise look at instructional design. (Vols. 1–43). New York, NY: Gamut Press.
Smith, P. (2004). Instructional design across the decades. (Vol. 13). San Francisco, CA: Paul Bunyan.
Bound Volume
A work in more than one volume. Shown here are two situations. In the first one, all of the volumes are bound together; in the second one, the volume used is one of a separately-bound series.
Unbound volume

8. Article or Chapter in an Edited Book
Author’s name
Article’s publication date
Article or chapter title
Fox, C. (2001). Building a team from scratch. In C. Peterson & M. Maldonado (Eds.), Change is the constant (pp ). London, United Kingdom: Majesty Press.
Editors’ names
An article or chapter in an edited book. Instead of using the publication date of the edited book, you use the publication date of the article or chapter. Note that you do also include the name of the editor, but the author of the article or chapter is the lead-in.
Book title
Publisher information

9. Periodicals Published in intervals–journals, magazines, and newspapers
Specific additional information needed:
Day and month of publication
Volume and issue number
Page numbers
Periodicals: Journals, magazines, newspapers. Periodicals are materials that are published in intervals – daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, annually, etc. In order for others to find the material in these sources, specific information has to be included in the references. For instance, it’s important that more than the year is indicated for the publication date – if the date available includes day, month, and year, then that information needs to be included in the reference. The volume and issue numbers need to be included when available, and the page numbers for the article.

10. Periodical – Journal Article With Continuous Pagination
Author’s name
Phelps, Y. (2003). Academic stress: Working around and through the dissertation process. Edupsych Bulletin, 104,
Publication date
Article title
An article in a journal with continuous pagination throughout the annual volume. Article titles are unadorned – with no use of quotation marks, italics, or underlining. Only the first word of the title (and if there is one, the first word of the sub-title) is capitalized, plus all proper nouns. Note that the title of the journal is italicized as is the volume number. Do not add p. or pp. before the page numbers listed.
Periodical title
Volume number
Page numbers

11. Periodical – Journal Article With Issues Paged Separately
Author’s name
Publication date
Article title
Sherman, K. (2004). Editing for fun. Entrepreneurial Guide, 6(3),
Page numbers
Periodical title
Issue number
An article in a journal that pages issues separately. You’ll need to list the issue number in parenthesis after the volume with no space in-between.
Volume number

12. Periodical – Article Abstract
Author’s name
Publication date
Article title
Beckwith, D. (2002). Movies for a changing society. Cinematic Clips, 8, Abstract obtained from Literary Abstracts, 2003, 42, Item 421.
Title of periodical
An abstract of a journal article. Provide information first about the article and then include information on where the abstract was found.
Publication date of work from which the abstract was obtained
Title of work from which the abstract was obtained

13. Periodical – Magazine Article
Publication date , including month and date
Author’s name
Welzant, H. (2003, October 1). Going to school online. Time, 22-23, 89.
Page numbers
Periodical title
Article title
An article in a magazine. You’ll need to list the full date of the issue and all of the pages where the article is found, indicating which pages are skipped.

14. Periodical – Newspaper Article
Publication date, including month and day
Author’s name
Dunham, A. D. (2002, May 31). Catching the crime. The San Francisco Chronicle, pp. A5, A9.
Article title
Periodical title
Page numbers
An article in a newspaper. The entire date of publication is included here – the day, the month, the year. Use the title as it is published. For newspaper articles, you do include p. when the article is on one page, and pp. when it covers several pages when you are listing those.

15. Electronic Sources Three types of electronic references:
Item found in the University of Phoenix Library
Item found in an e-text for a course
Item found on the Internet
Electronic sources. Generally, your research will be done in the University of Phoenix’s Library – an online collection which is chockfull of article databases, journal indexes and abstracts, encyclopedias and dictionaries, other reference books, and subject guides. The information found on these virtual shelves is suitable for academic research because most of the material has been peer-reviewed, a rigorous cycle that includes several iterations with experts in the field.

16. Electronic Sources – University Library
Publication date
Author’s name
Morris, S. D. (2008). Students Get on the Ball. Physical & Health Education Journal, 73(4), doi:
Article title
Periodical title
A source found in the UOP Library. Our online collection subscribes to a variety of electronic databases. You need not cite our library; just focus on the source itself, making sure that you provide information about where you retrieved the article. Include a Document ID number when possible. If there is no Document ID, then use either the database, such as “Retrieved from ProQuest database”, or the URL.
Volume, issue and page numbers
Document ID (doi)

17. Electronic Sources – E-Text
Publication date
Editor’s name
University of Phoenix. (Ed.). (2001). Organizational behavior (University of Phoenix Custom Edition e-text). Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.
Book title and publisher info
An e-Book citation. When you cite one of the e-texts used for your class, you must label it as such.

18. Electronic Sources – Internet
Publication date, including month and day
U.S. Department of Education. (2004, August 11). Prepared remarks for Secretary Paige at the “Kids Read: Kids Succeed” grant award. Retrieved from
Author’s name
Other Internet source. If you’re citing a government publication – in this case, a speech - found on the Internet, include the retrieval information and the URL for the Web site.
Title of work
URL

19. Wrap-Up Cite all sources used in your paper
Only list sources cited in your paper
Alphabetize by first author’s last name
Use hanging indentation
Make research footprint
When in doubt, refer to approved style guide
Cite all sources used in your paper in your bibliography
List only sources cited in your paper in your reference page
Alphabetize the bibliographic entries by first author’s last name
Use a hanging indentation
Make a research footprint so someone can find the source