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This is a continuously updated document created by business librarians across the US to give citation examples for common business databases (Mintel, Business Source Premier, IBIS, etc.) and documents (reports, analysis, etc.).
View theAPA Style website for additional style and grammar guidelines.
Basic APA Formatting Guidelines
Reference list entries are alphabetized by author’s last name or equivalent.
Reference lists are doubled spaced with a hanging indent after the first line of each entry
References (in bold) should appear at the top center of the page.
When referring to books, chapters, articles, or webpage titles, capitalize only the first letter of the first word of a title and subtitle, the first word after a colon or a dash in the title, and proper nouns
Cite up to the first 20 authors. Separate the authors name with a comma, and place the & symbol prior to the last name.
Example: Last, F. M., Last, F. M., & Last, F. M.
In-text citations are placed directly after the quote or paraphrase. Information needed: (Author's Last Name, Year, page number).
Narrative citation, if the author is mentioned in the sentence, place the year after the last name and the page number after the quote. Example: Furlong (2015) found that “direct quote” (p. 25)
American Psychological Association Publication Manual 7th Edition
