A SAMPLE REFERENCES PAGE - APA

The American Psychological Association format calls the list of sources the "References" page. A sample "References" page has certain general characteristics:

sources are listed alphabetically, by authors' last names
sources without authors are listed alphabetically by either the editor's last name or by the title of the work (disregarding the words "a," "an," and "the")
author's first names are always abbreviated by using the first letter
each source entry starts at the left margin
2nd & subsequent lines of each entry are indented 5 spaces
capitalize the first word and all proper nouns in the titles and subtitles of books and articles
do not put article titles in quotation marks

A sample "References" page in APA format looks like this.

                              References       

Baker, H. A., Jr.  (1984).  Blues, ideology, and Afro-American 
     literature: A vernacular theory.  Chicago:  University of
     Chicago Press.            

Bloom, H. (Ed.).  (1987).  Zora Neale Hurston's their eyes were 
     watching God.  New York:  Chelsea House.             

Hurston, Z. N. (1937).  Their eyes were watching God.  Online.
     U of Minnesota Lib. Internet. 26 July 1995. Available:
     gopher.cic.net.   

Raye, L., and Knight, S.  (1995).  Somebody's watching, God:    
     A collection of essays on Zora Neale Hurston.  Boston:
     Houghton Mifflin.            

Wolff, M. T. (1982).  Listening and living:  reading and experience
     in their eyes.  Black American literature forum, 16 (1), 29-33.