APA Reference Page
What is a Reference Page?
Whereas the in-text citation is a small snippet of information, each Reference entry contains the rest of that bibliographic information. The reference page is it's very own page, at the end of your paper, and it will include one citation entry per outside source that you use. So, if you used three outside sources, you'd have three citation entries on your reference page. Each reference entry is going to be different depending on the source you are citing.
I'm Citing A. . .
A PAGE ON A WEBSITE (WITH AUTHOR)
EXAMPLE:
Weitkeamp, M. (19 Dec. 2019). How Star Wars revolutionized entertainment. National Air and Space Museum,
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/how-star-wars-revolutionized-entertainment.
PATTERN:
Author last name, author initial. (Publication Year, Month Day). Title of article. Website name. URL.
A PAGE ON A WEBSITE (NO AUTHOR)
EXAMPLE:
5 reasons to go to Star Wars celebration for the first time. (21 Feb. 2023). Lucasfilm.
https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-celebration-reasons-to-go.
PATTERN:
Title of the article. (Publication Year, Month Day). Website name. URL.
A PAGE ON A WEBSITE (ORGANIZATION AS AUTHOR)
EXAMPLE:
NASA. (2024). Meet 8 ‘Star Wars’ Planets in Our Own Galaxy.
https://science.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/meet-8-star-wars-planets-in-our-own-galaxy/.
PATTERN:
Organization Name. (Publication date). Title of the article. URL.
A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLE FROM AN ONLINE DATABASE
EXAMPLE:
Dresang, E.T., & Koh, K. (2009). Radical change theory, youth information behavior, and school libraries. Library Trends, 58(1), 26-50.
https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.0.0070
PATTERN:
Author last name, author first initial. (Publication year). "Title of article." Title of the Journal, vol. #, issue #, pp. page range, Database, DOI.
BASIC PRINT BOOK
EXAMPLE:
Stover. M. (2005). Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Del Rey Books.
PATTERN:
Author last name, author first initial. (Year). Title of the the Book. Publication.
eBook
EXAMPLE:
Estelle Frankel, V. (2021). Star Wars and the Hero’s Journey : Mythic Character Arcs Through the 12-Film Epic. McFarland. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2888623&site=ehost-live&scope=site
PATTERN:
Author last name, author first initial. (Published year). Title of E-book. Publisher. PERMALINK.
MAGAZINE ARTICLE FROM A LIBRARY DATABASE
EXAMPLE:
Crewe, Dave. “Cinema Science: Using the Force of Star Wars.” Metro, no. 204, May 2020, pp. 86–91. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=142970444&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
PATTERN:
Author last name, author first initial. (Year published). Article name. Title of Web Magazine, issue number, URL.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FROM A WEBSITE
EXAMPLE:
Brown, T. (3 May 2024). 'The Phantom Menace" built the way forward, but it took time. Los Angeles Times, , https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2024-05-03/the-1999-project-star-wars-episode-i-phantom-menace-franchise
PATTERN:
Author's last name, author first initial. (Year of publication, Month Day if Given). Title of article. Name of Newspaper. URL.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FROM A LIBRARY DATABASE
EXAMPLE:
Godfrey, C. (23 May 2022). Redemption is a powerful concept: Hayden Christensen on Star Wars and daring to return as Darth Vader. The Guardian.
PATTERN:
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication, Month Day if Given). Title of article: Subtitle if any. Name of Newspaper.