Fillable Printable APA Style Sample References List

APA Style Sample References List

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Prepared by Susan Lester, Center for Academic Excellence, Saint Joseph College, August 2009

Sample Reference Page

Following is a sample reference page constructed according to the sixth edition of the

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Please note that, although this

list includes formatting for a listing for a Wikipedia article, wikis are not considered scholarly

sources and are not usually acceptable as sources for student work. For an explanation of how to

construct individual listings, see the separate document addressing the basics of the APA style of

referencing.

Formatting the reference page

Center the word “References” (in plain type, not bolded) horizontally at the top of a new

page (use the “Page Break” command under “Insert” in Microsoft Word to ensure that the

heading remains at the top of a new page even if you make changes in the body of the paper),

just below the running head and page number. Double-space the entire page with no extra line

spacing between entries. Format everything below the title using a “hanging indent,” in which

the first line of each entry begins at the left margin and subsequent lines are indented by ½ inch.

To access the hanging indent feature in Microsoft Word 2007, begin in the “Paragraph”

section on the “Home” tab. Open the drop-down menu on the “line spacing” icon and select

“Line Spacing Options.” In the dialog box that appears, find the “Indentation” section. Select

“Hanging” from the drop-down menu under “Special.” In earlier versions of Word, select

“paragraph” from the “Format” drop-down menu to access the same dialog box.

What to include in the list of references

Include in the reference list all the sources you have cited in the paper except personal

communications, and include no works that are not cited. A source may be an article, chapter,

report, whole book, website article, blog posting, movie, or other work. List works in

alphabetical order by first author surname. If two or more works have the same first author,

order by second authors, if any, then by publication date, with the most recent first.

If this page differs from the manual

Please note that although the first printing of the sixth edition of the Publication Manual

of the American Psychological Association [APA] contained formatting errors in the sample

paper, this document follows the corrected second printing of the manual. The APA’s corrected

sample papers are available at http://supp.apa.org/style/PM6E-Corrected-Sample-Papers.pdf.

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References

American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

ed., text rev.). Washington, DC: Author.

Bower, H. (2001). The gender identity disorder in the DSM-IV classification: A critical

evaluation. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 35, 1-8.

doi:10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.00859.x

Carroll, L. & Gilroy, P. J. (2002). Transgender issues in counselor preparation. Counselor

Education & Supervision, 41, 233-242. Retrieved from http://www.counseling.org

Carroll, L., Gilroy, P. J., & Ryan, J. (2002). Counseling transgendered, transsexual, and gender-

variant clients. Journal of Counseling and Development, 80(2), 131-129. Retrieved from

http://www.counseling.org

Castillo, R. J. (1996). Culture and mental illness: A client centered approach. Pacific Grove,

CA: Brooks/Cole.

Chen-Hayes, S. F. (2001). Counseling and advocacy with transgendered and gender-variant

persons in schools and families. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and

Development, 40(1), 34-48. Retrieved from http://www.counseling.org

Crain, W. (2005). Theories of development: Concepts and applications (5

ed.). Upper Saddle

Ridge, NJ: Pearson.

Dixon, A. L., Scheidegger, C., & McWhirter, J. J. (2009). The adolescent mattering experience:

Gender variations in perceived mattering, anxiety, and depression. Journal of Counseling

and Development, 87, 302-310.

Green, R. (2000). Family co occurrence of “gender dysphoria”: Ten sibling or parent-child pairs.

Archives of Sexual Behavior, 29(5), 499-505. Retrieved from http://www.springer.com

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Klimkiewicz, J. (2008, January 10). Audrey Conrad, outside the box: Those in the transgender

community find a warm embrace at Real Art Ways. Hartford Courant. Retrieved from

http://www.courant.com

McAdoo, T. (2009, August 13). Re: The flexibility of APA style [Web log message]. Retrieved

from http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2009/08/the-flexibility-of-apa-style.html

Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary (11

ed.). (2005). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.

Meyer, W., III, Bockting, W. O., Cohen-Kettenis, P., Coleman, E., DiCeglie, D., Devor, H.,…

Wheeler, C. C. (2001). The Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria

Association's standards of care for gender identity disorders, sixth version. International

Journal of Transgenderism, 5(1). Retrieved from http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals

/haworth-journals.asp

Netter, G., Johnson, B., & Kosove, A. (Producers) & Hancock, J. L. (Director). (2009). The blind

side [Motion Picture]. United States: Warner Bros.

South Park Inn. (n.d.). South Park Inn: About us. Retrieved from http://www.southparkinn

.org/aboutus.html

Transgender. (n.d.). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 29, 2009, from

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Transgender&oldid=316822385

Wagstaff, D. A., Abramson, P. R., & Pinkerton, S. D. (2000). Research in human sexuality. In

Szuchman, L. T. & Muscarella, F. (Eds.), Psychological perspectives on human sexuality

(pp. 3-59). New York: Wiley.

Zucker, K. J., Beaulieu, N., Bradley, S. J., Grimshaw, G. M., & Wilcox, A. (2001). Handedness

in boys with gender identity disorder. Journal of Child Psychology, 42(6), 767-776.

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