A reference list, formatted in accordance with the American Psychological Association (APA) style, should be alphabetized by the first author's last name.
Journal article Author, A., Author, B., & Author, C. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, volume(issue), start page-end page.
Example Smith, K., Jones, L. J., & Brown, M. (2012). Effect of Asian citation databases on the impact factor. Journal of Information Science Practice and Theory, 1(2), 21-34.
Book
Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Book title. Publisher location: Publisher Name.
Example
Smith, K., Jones, L. J., & Brown, M. (2012). Citation patterns of Asian scholars. London: Sage.
Book chapter
Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Chapter title. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Book title (pp. xx-xx). Publisher location: Publisher Name.
Example Smith, K., & Brown, M. (2012). Author impact factor by weighted citation counts. In G. Martin (Ed.), Bibliometric approach to quality assessment (pp. 101-121). New York: Springer.
Conference paper
Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Article title. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds.), Conference title (pp. xx-xx). Publisher location: Publisher Name.
Example Smith, K., & Brown, M. (2012). Digital curation of scientific data. In G. Martin & L. J. Jones (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Digital Curation (pp. 41-53). New York: Springer.
Online document
Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Article title. Retrieved from URL.
Example Smith, K., & Brown, M. (2010). The future of digital library in Asia. Digital Libraries, 7, 111-119. Retrieved from http://www.diglib.org/publist.htm.
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