APA Style Bibliography Guide

A brief guide to creating a bibliography using the APA (American Psychological Association) style. For further help consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition), or The Little, Brown Handbook - ask for these publications at the Reference Desk.

As with making any bibliography, arrange the entries alphabetically by the author's last name. Remember to double-space and indent after the first line.

Books
Journals
Websites

General Book Format

One author

Two to six authors

Two or more books by the same author

To cite two or more books by the same author, give the author's name in all references, and arrange by year of publication, the earliest first.

Corporate author

Unknown author

Editors

Entry in an encyclopedia

General periodical (journal) Format

Journal article

Journal article - Two to six authors

Electronic version of journal article that differs from print version

Website

For the latest information on citing web pages go to their website: http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

From University Website

Stand-alone document, no author identified, no date

For further help go to APA Style's homepage or APA's Frequently Asked Questions, or ask at the Reference Desk in the library for:

The APA Style Guide: 'Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association', Call Number: R 808.06 P976 2001, or

The Little, Brown Handbook, Call Number: R 808.042 F786li