Course: Advanced Academic Writing

Lecturer: Umiati Jawas, M.Sc, Ph.D

Meeting 9: Setting up the APA reference page

Follow these instructions to set up your APA reference page:

 Place the section label “References” in bold at the top of the page (centered).
 Order the references alphabetically.
 Double-space all text.
 Apply a hanging indent of 0.5 inches.
APA alphabetization guidelines

References are ordered alphabetically by the first author’s last name. If the author is unknown, order
the reference entry by the first meaningful word of the title (ignoring articles: “the”, “a”, or “an”).

Word processors like Word or Google Docs and citation generators can usually order the reference list
automatically. However, ordering becomes challenging when citing multiple works by the same author
or works by authors with the same last name.

Which sources to include on the reference page

Only include references for sources cited in the body text (with an in-text citation). Don’t include
references for:

 Sources that you only consulted;

Annotated bibliography

For some student papers, it’s common to describe or evaluate the source in an annotation. These
annotations are placed on a new line below the corresponding reference entry. The entire annotation is
indented 0.5 inches.

If an annotation consists of multiple paragraphs, the first line of the second and any subsequent
paragraphs is indented an additional 0.5 inches.

How to cite a journal article in APA Style

An APA Style citation for a journal article includes the author name(s), publication year, article title,
journal name, volume and issue number, page range of the article, and a DOI (if available). Use the
buttons below to explore the format.

 Journal article
 Webpage
 Book
 Newspaper article
 Video
 Cite a journal article by title or DOI

The article title appears in plain text and sentence case, while the journal name is italicized and in title
case (all major words capitalized).

Format Last name, Initials. (Year). Article title. Journal Name, Volume(Issue), Page range. DOI or URL

Reference entry:

Mounier-Kuhn, P. (2012). Computer science in French universities: Early entrants and latecomers.
Information & Culture: A Journal of History, 47(4), 414–456. https://doi.org/10.7560/IC47402

In-text citation (Mounier-Kuhn, 2012)

A DOI should always be used where available. Some databases do not list one, but you may still find one
by looking for the same article on another database. You don’t need to include the name of the
database in your citation.
If no DOI is available and the article was accessed through a database, do not include a URL.

If the article is not from a database, but from another website (e.g. the journal’s own website), you
should ideally use a stable URL: this is often provided under a “share” button. Otherwise, copy the URL
from your browser’s address bar.

Citing unpublished journal articles

When citing from an article that has not yet been formally published, the format varies depending on
whether or not it has already been submitted to a journal. Note that different formats are used for
unpublished dissertations and raw data.

Unpublished article

The text of an article which has not yet appeared online or in publication (i.e. which is only available
directly from the author) should be cited as an “Unpublished manuscript.” The title is italicized and
information about the author’s university is included if available:

Format Last name, Initials. (Year). Article title [Unpublished manuscript]. Department Name, University
Name.

Smith, J. M., & Davis, H. (2019). Language acquisition among autistic children [Unpublished
manuscript]. Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame.

In-text citation (Smith & Davis, 2019)

Article submitted for publication

An article that has been submitted to a journal but not yet accepted is cited as a “Manuscript submitted
for publication.” The title is italicized, and the name of the journal to which it was submitted is not
included:

Format Last name, Initials. (Year). Article title [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Department
Name, University Name.

Smith, J. M., & Davis, H. (2019). Language acquisition among autistic children [Manuscript
submitted for publication]. Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame.

In-text citation (Smith & Davis, 2019)

Article in press

An article that has been submitted and accepted for publication in a journal is cited as “in press.” Here,
the name of the journal is included, university information is omitted, and “in press” is written in place
of the year (both in the reference list and the in-text citation):

Format Last name, Initials. (in press). Article title. Journal Name.

Smith, J. M., & Davis, H. (in press). Language acquisition among autistic children. Journal of
Developmental Psychology.

In-text citation (Smith & Davis, in press)

Special issue of a journal

If you want to cite a special issue of a journal rather than a regular article, the name(s) of the editor(s)
and the title of the issue appear in place of the author’s name and article title:
Format Last name, Initials. (Ed. or Eds.). (Year). Title of issue [Special issue]. Journal Name,
Volume(Issue).

Pollak, S. D., Camras, L. A., & Cole, P. M. (Eds.). (2019). New perspectives on the development of
human emotion [Special issue]. Developmental Psychology, 55(9).

In-text citation (Pollak et al., 2019)

Note that if you want to cite an individual article from the special issue, it can just be cited in the basic
format for journal articles.

Exercise:

Forum:

What kinds of journal articles that you can use in your academic paper?

Tell to the class the progress of your academic writing paper

Assignment:

Make the brief outline of your body of the essay paragraphs of your paper and what supporting details
you plan to use to provide the evidence of your ideas.