The references at the end of a paper give all of the information necessary to identify and locate the sources used in that paper. All in-text citations in the paper correspond with a resource on the reference list.
Placement: Start the reference list on a new page, after the body of the assignment.
Title: Type the word References at the top of the page and center it.
Order: Order entries alphabetically by last name of author, first word of a corporate author, or, if no author, first word of title (excluding A, An, The, etc.)
Spacing: Double-space all entries
Hanging Indent: The first line of each entry should be left aligned, subsequent lines are indented 1 inch (2.5cm).
To differentiate between two or more works by the same author in the same year, assign letter suffixes to the publication year.
The author's last name comes first, followed by his or her initials.
Template:
Author, A. A. (Year). ...
Example:
Smith, J. P. (2008). ...
Authors' names are listed in the order in which they occur in the document. They are separated by a comma and an "&".
Template:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). ...
Example:
Lind, R., & Cohen. J. (2009). ...
Authors' names are listed in the order in which they occur in the document. They are separated by commas and the last two are separated by an "&".
Template:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). ...
Example
Peters, L., Clark, W., & Ball, C. (2010). ...
List the first six authors, then ellipses (...) and then the last author. Remember to list the authors' names in the order in which they occur on the document!
Template:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author, C. C., Author, D. D., Author, E. E., & Author, F. F., ... Author, Z. Z. (Year). ...
Example
Jones, R., Skitter, L, March, N., Potter, L., Crowley, D., Smith, F., ... Hilbert, B. (2012). ...
When an organization, rather than an individual, takes responsibility for the creation of a work, that organization is treated as a collective or corporate author.
Template:
Corporate Author. (Year). Title of Book or Report. ...
Example:
Statistics Canada. (2013). Gross domestic product by industry, July 2013. Retrieved from
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/130930/dq130930a-eng.htm
A source that appears to have no author usually has a corporate author. If this is not the case, then the title is used in place author's name:
Template:
Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. (Year). ...
Example
Oxford English Dictionary. (2013). ...