BIBLIOGRAPHYAmerican Psychological Association

General Definition: List of books, magazines, articles,etc. relating to a particular subject,

period, or author.

The history, identification, or description of writings or publications . A bibliography is a list, that goes at the end of a work of research

writing , that lists all the sources utilized in the paper. Preparing bibliographies helps researchers keep track of the sources

they consulted or cited for their written material and gives readers a framework of how the writers' arguments were formed.

The most important element of a research paper.

APA Style Definition: American Psychological Association Is most commonly used to cite sources within the social

sciences that is revised according to the 6th Edition is widely accepted in the social sciences and other fields, such

as education, business, and nursing requires parenthetical citations within the text rather than

endnotes or footnotes Citations in the text provide brief information, usually the name

of the author and the date of publication, to lead the reader to the source of information in the reference list at the end of the paper.

Basic Bibliography

Standard Formats1. Basics

a. End or new page with the centered title, References.

b. Alphabetize the entries in your list by the author’s last name,

if the author’s name is unknown, alphabetize by the title, ignoring A, An or The.

c. For dates, spell out the names of months in the text of your paper.

Basic Bibliography Standard Formats

2. Underlining or italics

a. name of the publications must be underline or italics

3.Hanging Indentations

a. APA citations should use hanging indents, that is, the first line of an entry should be flush left, in the second and the subsequent lines should be indented ½’’.

Basic Bibliography Standard Formats4.Capitalization, Abbreviation and Punctuations

a. Sentence-style capitalization, title italicized.

b. More than one author, use an ampersand (&) before the name of the last author; if there are more than six authors, list only the first one and use et al. for the rest.

c. place the date of publication in parenthesis () immediately after the name of the author, place a period after the closing parenthesis.

Format Examples 1.Books

Author’s last name, first initial. (Publication date). Book title. Additional information. City of Publication: Publishing company.

Example:

Allen, T. (1974). Vanishing wildlife of North America. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society.

Format Examples 2. Encyclopedia and Dictionary

Author’s last name, first initial. (Date). Title of Article. Title of Encyclopedia. (Volume, Pages).City of Publication: Publishing Company.

Example:

Bergamann, P.G. (1993). Relativity. In The New Encyclopedia Britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica.

Format Examples 3. Magazines & Newspapers Articles

Author’s last name, first initial. (Publication date). Article title. Periodical Title, volume number (issue number if available), inclusive pages.

Example:

Kanfer, S.(1986, July 21). Heard any good books lately?Time, 113, 71-72.

Format Examples 4.Website or Webpage

Online periodical :

Author’s name. (Date of Publication). Title of Article. Title of Periodical, volume number, retrieved month day, year, from full URL.

Format Examples For Online document:

Author’s name. (Date of Publication). Title of Work. Retrieved month day, year, from full URL.

Example

Dove, R. (1998). Lady freedom among us. The Electronic Text Center. Retrieved June 19, 1998, from Alderman Library, University of

Virginia Website: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/afam.html

Annotated Bibliography Is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150

words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation.

The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.

Link: guides.library.cornell.edu/annotatedbibliography

Basic APA Style Format for an Annotated

Bibliography1.Double space the entire bibliography, including within the citations and annotations.

2.Hanging Indents are required for citations in the bibliography. The first line of the citation starts at the left margin. Subsequent lines of the citation are indented 4 spaces.

3. At the end of the citation, press the Return Key to drop down to the next line(double spaced).Do not add a blank line.

Basic APA Style Format for an Annotated Bibliography

4. The annotation is indented as a block, 2 additional spaces.

5. The right margin is the normal right margin of your document.

6.In a long bibliography, organize your entries by topic.

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