When creating a reference in APA format, there are four elements that are required.
Author: Who created this work?
Date: When was this work published?
Title: What is the name of the work?
Source: Where can one get this work from?
Most reference types will use the following format, with the source element changing depending on the type of work referenced.
Author. (Date). Title. Source.
When writing the title of articles, books, chapters, reports, and webpages, you only capitalize proper nouns, the first word, and any word after a dash or colon. However, for the title of an academic journal, you must capitalize all major words.
Also, be sure to use a "hanging indent" within your reference page. This will indent the second (or more) lines of text if your citation is long.
Lastname, F.M. (Year of publication). Title of work. Publisher name. DOI (if available)
Brooks, M. (2011). World War Z. Random House.
Author, A.A., & Lastname, F. M. (Year) Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. DOI (if available) or URL (if found online with no DOI assigned).
Bradley, L., Noble, N., & Hendricks, B. (2021). Mastering the new APA publication manual: Teaching techniques. The Family Journal, 29(1), 4-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480720954207
Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month date). Title of page. Site name. URL
Lovelace Jr., B. (2022, October 26). Why isn’t there an RSV vaccine for kids? NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rsv-vaccine-kids-rsv-vaccine-babies-toddlers-rcna53956