Below are some general guidelines for formatting references.
• The references list is double spaced.
• Each entry is formatted with a hanging indent.
• The author's last name is given first, followed his or her initials..
• The date is enclosed in parentheses and followed by a period.
• Titles of books and journals are italicized.
• Titles of books and articles are in sentence case.
• Titles of journals are in title case.
• Capitalize all proper nouns.
If you are accustomed to another citation style, such as MLA, you will need to remember the following:
• Authors’ first and middle names are not spelled out.
• Titles of journal articles are not italicized.
• Non-initial common nouns in book and article titles are not capitalized.