The correct order for listing work cited in the References section of an APA-format manuscript is
A) according to the order in which the works were cited in the manuscript.
B) based on the relevance of the work to the manuscript (i.e., most relevant first, and so on).
C) alphabetically according to the last name of the first author.
D) according to the year the work was published, with the most recent works listed first.

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APA-format requires that the References section be listed in alphabetical order based on the last name of the first author. This is to allow for easy location and retrieval of sources.

The Correct Order for Listing Work Cited in the References