References & Appendices
Charles-Sturt-University-APA-7-Referencing-Summary.pdfThe reference list follows the Discussion section, on a new page headed by ‘References’ centred and in bold (i.e., Level 1 heading). The reference list is an alphabetical list of all the authors and publication details actually cited in the body of the report, not everything you read (i.e., it is not a bibliography). The reference list should follow APA Style (7th ed.) guidelines (e.g., hanging indent, double-spaced).
The reference list and the individual in-text references are formatted to the American Psychological Association style (APA 7th ed.).
There are three key resources you can use to learn how to cite in APA Style.
Appendices
If you have additional information relevant to the study, but it is too detailed or is inappropriate to include in the body of the paper, you may include this in an appendix, starting the top of a new page after your reference list. Note that in the early years of your degree you are very unlikely to need an Appendix section.
Put the centered title ‘Appendix’, in bold and centered. If you have multiple Appendices, then add headings on the top of each new page with increasing letters of the alphabet: ‘Appendix A’, “Appendix B’ , Appendix C’, etc. Always include a centered descriptive title under each Appendix heading, so that the reader knows what each Appendix contains.
You should refer to each appendix within the body of your report. For example, if you developed a new questionnaire for the study, you would refer to this in the Method section by saying “see Appendix A for the full questionnaire” and then include the full questionnaire in an Appendix.
As with Tables and Figures, NEVER include material in an Appendix without referring to it somewhere in the text of the paper.
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