For this assignment, you'll most likely be citing the following types of content:
The following resources have the same information - they're just in different formats:
Here are a few additional APA resources that you might find useful:
Most library databases provide you with a citation for their articles. They are usually mostly correct. It's more common that there are problems with the citations, usually having to do with capitalization and author names.
Here's an example from the Education Source database:
In the citation, most of the words in the article title are capitalized, which is not correct.
Note: the journal in this example has a volume number, but no issue number. This is becoming more common as more journals become online-only!
When putting together a reference list in APA style, the first line should be normal, but all other lines should be indented. This is called a hanging indent. Here's how you can do it.
