Citation Generators - A Warning!
There are several free online citation generators that will make your Works Cited or Reference pages for you. Beware that these do not always format your sources correctly (there is a reason they are free). If you choose to use one of these tools, use the tabs at the top of the screen to check that they are correct before submitting your assignment. You don't want to lose points on your assignment because the AI generators were wrong!
APA Reference Page Format
The references go on their own page at the end of the paper and use the following format:
- The word References is bold and centered at the top of the page.
- Sources are alphabetized based on how the sources are formatted.
- See the source type tabs (Book, Web Pages, etc) at the top of the page to see how to format each type of source.
- Everything should be double spaced.
- Do not add extra lines between sources.
- Use a Hanging indent if your entry is more than one line. Go to the Hanging Indent page to see how to set this up in Word.
See the example below for the layout. The example comes from the 7th edition APA Publication Manual.
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