Use the author’s last name and publication year in in-text citations
Place the citation in parentheses
Include page numbers for direct quotations
Format one author as: (Smith, 2020)
Format two authors as: (Smith & Jones, 2020)
Format three or more authors as: (Smith et al., 2020)
For a direct quote, format as: (Smith, 2020, p. 15)
For a paraphrase, include author and year only
In the reference list, start with the author’s last name and initials
Italicize book titles and journal titles
Capitalize only the first word of titles and subtitles, and proper nouns
Use a hanging indent for each reference entry
Alphabetize references by the first author’s last name
Include DOI or URL when available
Match every in-text citation with a reference list entry
Match every reference list entry with an in-text citation