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APA Style Guide: References

APA Sample Paper

This sample paper provides comprehensive information on how to format a paper in the APA Style:


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SOURCE: American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000

References

The reference page should be started on a new page and the word ‘References’ should appear centered on the top of the page.

All reference entries should be double-spaced and use a ‘hanging-indent’ format, which means that the first line of each reference is left-aligned while subsequent lines are indented ½ inch.

References are listed alphabetically by author; if there is no author use the title of the reference.

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