What Does an APA Style References List Look Like?
APA style research documents include a references list titled “References,” which is placed at the end of the document on a separate page. The references list contains publication information for all the sources that were cited within the document, with the exception of personal communication. Personal communication refers to sources such as correspondence, email messages and interviews, and these sources are only cited within the text of the document, not on the References page. Below, you can see examples from student writer Aaron Batty’s APA style references list (created for his Web site, “One China …”?). Aaron’s References List does not include every type of publication that you might need to document in your paper. For more information on citing other types of books, conference proceedings, and dissertations, see your textbook or visit Diana Hacker’s Research and Documentation Online.
