Introduction

A reference list is a page at the end of your paper that has a list of your citations. This list will include more information than the in-text citations, such as the name of the article or web page, the journal it was published in, volume/issue numbers (if applicable) and a URL (if applicable). This is the same citation you wrote for your Annotated Bibliography (but you will not include the annotation/summary here, just the citation).

For more information on how to create reference list entries and/or how to format a reference list, see the following resources:

"Quick and Dirty" Reference List Citations

The following are some quick and dirty (read: fast) methods for finding reference list citations for journal articles or academic books. 

Google Scholar Method

See the video below the instructions for an example of using Google Scholar to get APA citations. 

1. After you download an article from Google Scholar, go back to the search results page.

2. Click the "Cite" link, which can be found under the search result for that article. 

3. Copy the APA citation from the list of citations. 

4. Paste that citation somewhere you won't lose it, like in a Word document saved as Project 1 Sources. 

5. If the PDF of the article has a DOI number or DOI link somewhere on the first page:

   1. Copy that link/DOI number and paste it at the end of the citation. 

6. If the PDF of the article does not have a DOI number or link:

   1. Go back to the search results and right click on the article name, and then click Copy Link Address. 

   2. Paste that URL at the end of the citation. 

If you have already saved all your sources and you forgot to grab the citations during the process:

1. Open the PDF of the article that you want to cite. 

2. Go to Google Scholar (scholar.google.com) 

3. Copy the name of the article from the PDF into Google Scholar and search for it.  (Typically, the first result will be the article, but double-check the author names). 

4.  Click the "Cite" link, which can be found under the search result for that article. 

5. Copy the APA citation from the list of citations. 

6. Paste that citation somewhere you won't lose it, like in a Word or Google Doc saved as Project 1 Sources. 

7. If the PDF of the article has a DOI number or DOI link somewhere on the first page:

   1. Copy that link/DOI number and paste it at the end of the citation. 

8. If the PDF of the article does not have a DOI number or link:

   1. Go back to the search results and right click on the article name, and then click Copy Link Address. 

   2. Paste that URL at the end of the citation. 

Formatting Your Reference Page

In Google Docs

The following video has been queued up to where the reference page formatting starts.