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Jun 27, 2024 · This guide contains examples of common types of APA Style references. Section numbers indicate where to find the examples in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). More information on references and reference examples are in Chapters 9 and 10 of the Publication Manual as well as the Concise Guide to APA ...
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- Whole authored book. Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Books. Parenthetical citations: (Jackson, 2019; Sapolsky, 2017; Svendsen & Løber, 2020)
- Whole edited book. Kesharwani, P. (Ed.). (2020). Nanotechnology based approaches for tuberculosis treatment. Academic Press. Parenthetical citations: (Hygum & Pedersen, 2010; Kesharwani, 2020; Torino et al., 2019)
- Republished book, with editor. Parenthetical citation: (Watson & Rayner, 1920/2013) Narrative citation: Watson and Rayner (1920/2013) The book by Watson and Rayner was originally published in 1920.
- Book published with new foreword by another author. Kübler-Ross, E. (with Byock, I.). (2014). On death & dying: What the dying have to teach doctors, nurses, clergy & their own families (50th anniversary ed.).
- Basic Book Citation Format
- Ebooks and Online Books
- Citing A Chapter from An Edited Book
- Multivolume Books
- Where to Find The Information For An Apa Book Citation
The in-text citation for a book includes the author’s last name, the year, and (if relevant) a page number. In the reference list, start with the author’s last name and initials, followed by the year. The book title is written in sentence case (only capitalize the first word and any proper nouns). Include any other contributors (e.g. editors and tr...
A citation of an ebook (i.e. a book accessed on an e-reader) or a book viewed online (e.g. on Google Books or in PDF form) includes the DOIwhere available. If there is no DOI, link to the page where you viewed the book, or where the ebook can be purchased or accessed. Since ebooks sometimes do not include page numbers, APA recommends using other me...
When citing a particular chapter from a book containing texts by various authors (e.g. a collection of essays), begin the citation with the author of the chapter and mention the book’s editor(s) later in the reference. A page range identifies the chapter’s location in the book.
Some books come in multiple volumes. You may want to cite the entire book if you’ve used multiple volumes, or just a single volume if that was all you used.
All the information you need to cite a book can usually be found on the title and copyright pages. The APA reference listentry for the book above would look like this: Butler, C. (2002). Postmodernism: A very short introduction. Oxford University Press.
Overview of In-Text Citations • At minimum, APA format requires that you include the author's last name and the year of publication for any source that you reference in-text. • If your paper is referring to a work as a whole or an idea from a work without directly quoting that work, only the author’s last name and year of publication are ...
For any uncited works, either cite them in the text or remove the entries from the reference list. More information on in-text citation can be foundinChapter8 of both the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.) and the Concise Guide to APA Style (7th ed.). Reference examples appear in Chapter 10.
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PA In-Text Citations (Chapter 8 in the Publication Manual)1APA style papers must give proper cred. t to sources paraphrased or quoted in the body of the paper. To give su. h credit, APA style uses the author-date method of citation. The last name of the author(s) and the year of pub. ication are inserted into the text at the appropriate point ...
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APA Format: In-Text Citations. This handout is based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition, 2019. Writers incorporate researched information into papers in three ways: paraphrase, summary, and quotation. Identify the sources used in the paper. Direct the reader to the alphabetical list of References.
