LibGuides: APA 7 Citation &amp; Style: Hanging Indent

Adding a Hanging Indent

Hanging Indent

Reference list entries should have a hanging indent of 0.5 inches. This means that the first line of each reference entry is left justified and the following lines are indented 0.5 inch. This makes it possible to easily and visually identify each entry on the page.

References

Frey, K.B. (2018). Surgical technology for the surgical technologist (5th ed.). Cengage.

Grunwald, A. T. D., Roy, S., Alves-Pinto, A., & Lampe, R. (2021). Assessment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis from body scanner image by finite element simulations. PLoS ONE, 16(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243736

Lustosa, L. (2023). Scoliosis. Radiopaedia. https://radiopaedia.org/articles/scoliosis

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Skin Diseases. (2019). Scoliosis in children and teens. National Institute of Health. https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/scoliosis/

Instructions to Add a Hanging Indent in Word

Select the text where you want to add a hanging indent.
Go to Home > Paragraph Settings dialog launcher > then choose Indents and Spacing.
Under Special, select Hanging.
Select OK.

The brief (15 second) video below demonstrates how to format the references page with a hanging indent.