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Contributor: Melissa Kowalski. Lesson ID: 11925
If you cited sources in your essay, you must have found the information important. Others may want to read for themselves, so you need a reference page with complete information. Here's the APA way!
"Hmmmm . . . This writer made an interesting point in this essay. I wonder where the writer got this information? I'd like to read more." Read more about how and where to use the reference page in an APA-style essay!
The reference page is the final page in an APA-style essay.
For instruction on formatting the APA-style essay itself, view the Elephango lesson under Additional Resources in the right-hand sidebar.
To view an example of a correctly-formatted APA-style reference page, see References from Jefferson Community and Technical College. Take any notes about this page that you find useful; you may even want to print out this sample APA reference page as a reference for yourself.
Why do you think the reference page uses the hanging indent format for sources longer than one line? Tell your parent or teacher your answer, then move on to the Got It? section to see if your hunch was correct!