The document provides guidelines for formatting a references page, including: 1) The references page should begin on a new page after the paper and before any appendices, titled "References" centered at the top. 2) References should be listed alphabetically by author's last name and formatted with a hanging indent. 3) Each reference should be double spaced, with author's name formatted by last name, then initials, and publication date in parentheses.

1. ABCs & 123s
The reference list should start on a
separate page at the end of your
paper, but before any appendices.

2. ABCs & 123s: Title
Title the page “References,” centered
at the top (no bold, italics, quotation
marks, colors, etc.)

3. ABCs & 123s: Order
List each source in alphabetical order by the
last name of the first author. If there is no
author, alphabetize by the first significant
word in the title.
(Remember this alphabetization only applies
to the reference list. Each reference should
list the authors in the same order their
names are listed by the publication.)

4. ABCs & 123s: Hanging Indent
References should be in a hanging indent
format—meaning that the first line of
each reference is set flush left and
subsequent lines are indented. Like this:
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massa. In non cursus lectus.

5. ABCs & 123s: Spacing
Double-space each reference, the same
as the rest of your paper is double-
spaced. (No extra spacing between each
reference.)

6. ABCs & 123s: Author
Authors should be provided with their last
names first, followed by a comma and then the
initial of the first and middle names (if
available).
Use the same order provided by the
publication.
Finish the author statement with a period.

7. ABCs & 123s: Author
If a source has up to seven authors, provide all
authors’ name in the reference.
If a source has more than seven authors,
provide the first six authors’ names, followed
by an ellipses (. . .) followed by the last author’s
name.

8. ABCs & 123s: Date
Provide the publication date in parentheses,
followed by a period.
Provide the year for books, journal articles, and
reports.
Provide the full publication date for magazine,
newsletter, and newspaper articles.This may be a
year and month, or a year, month, and date. If the
date is provided as a season, provide the year first,
followed by a comma, followed by the season.

9. ABCs & 123s: Date
Quickly changing content (such as webpages)
should have the full publication date.
If an article has been accepted for publication but
not yet published, provide in press instead of a
date.
If no date is available, provide n.d. instead of a
date.

10. ABCs & 123s: Title
Use sentence case capitalization for
most titles (books, articles, etc.).
Journal, magazine, and newspaper
titles should be in title case
capitalization.

11. ABCs & 123s: Title
Italicize “larger” sources: books, journals,
reports, standalone videos, etc.
Use plain text for “smaller” sources:
chapters, articles, videos that are part of
a set, etc.

12. ABCs & 123s: Publisher Info
Provide the publisher’s location (city and
state) for books.
Provide the volume, issue, and page
numbers for articles. Also provide the DOI,
if available.
Provide either DOIs or URLs for electronic
sources.

13. ABCs & 123s: Publisher Info
When providing a URL, use a direct URL
whenever possible. For journal articles that
don’t have DOIs, provide the URL to the
journal’s homepage.
Do not provide a URL to the source’s location
in a database.The only time database URLs
are allowed is when the source is not available
from any other location.