Reference Page Basics

Your reference page will contain a list of sources that you cited in the body of your essay. If you do not have an in-text citation for a source, it should not be included in your reference page. Your list of references should begin at the end of the paper on a separate page. (Using a Page Break helps. See below). Keep the same font and style as the rest of your paper (GCU Style). The page should be titled References (do not bold, underline, or italicize) and the title should be centered. Sources should be listed in alphabetical order. Use hanging indents (see below). Follow the GCU Style Guide and APA Style to correctly cite each source. There is a specific format to follow when listing a resource. (See below).

Reference Page How-Tos

Hanging Indents A hanging indent is where the first line of a source extends out to the left-hand margin, but the rest of the lines are indented: Kernis, M. H., Cornell, D. P., Sun, C. R., Berry, A., Harlow, T., & Bach, J. S. (1993). There's more to self-esteem than whether it is high or low: The importance of stability of selfesteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 1190-1204.

Directions: 1. Highlight your references. 2. Click on the small dropdown arrow in the bottom right corner of the Paragraph section of the Home Tab.

3. Under Indentation go to Special and open the dropdown menu. 4. Select Hanging 5. Click OK OR 1. Highlight your references. 2. Right click on the highlighted references. 3. Select Paragraph 4. Under Indentation go to Special and open the dropdown menu. 5. Select Hanging 6. Click OK

Page Break If you insert a page break at the end of your essay, before your reference list, it will ensure that your references stay on a separate page. Directions: 1. Click where you want to start a new page. 2. Open the Insert Tab at the top of the window. 3. Click on Page Break

Formatting References GCU/APA Style Use the GCU Style Guide If you cant find the source in the GCU Style Guide, look up APA format at the Purdue OWL website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/05/ Here are some APA Citation Style Examples: BOOKS Author, A. A. (Year). Book title: Subtitle after colon. Location, State Abbreviation: Publisher. More than one author Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Book title: Subtitle after colon. Location, State Abbreviation: Publisher. JOURNAL ARTICLE Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), Page numbers. Online Periodical Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Periodical Title, Volume(Issue), Page numbers. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL MAGAZINE & NEWSPAPER ARTICLE Author, A. A. (Year, Month). Title of article. Title of Newspaper, pages. No author Southpaws: Today, think of those with a different side. (1999, August 13). The Detroit Free Press, p. A10. ENCYCLOPEDIA & DICTIONARY ENTRIES Author, A. A. (Year). Title of entry. Title of Encyclopedia (Vol., pp.). City, State: Publisher. No author Title of article. (Year). In Title of encyclopedia. (Volume #, pagination). Location: Publisher. WEBSITES Title of page. (n.d.). Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL

Please see the following page for an example of a GCU/APA Style Reference Page.

References Black, J. A., & English, F. W. (1986). What they dont tell you in schools of education about school administration. Lancaster, PA: Technomic. Kernis, M. H., Cornell, D. P., Sun, C. R., Berry, A., Harlow, T., & Bach, J. S. (1993). There's more to self-esteem than whether it is high or low: The importance of stability of selfesteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 1190-1204. USA swimming. (n.d.). Retrieved August 24, 2004, from
http://www.usaswimming.org/usasweb/DesktopDefault.aspx

Wegener, D. T., Kerr, N. L., Fleming, M. A., & Petty, R. E. (2000). Flexible corrections of juror judgments: Implications for jury instructions. Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, 6, 629654.