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APA 7th Edition: Reference List: Citing Books

Books in Print

Book with One Author and Note for Multiple Authors (Print)

Basic Format:

Last name, First and Middle Initials (Year of Publication). Title of book. Publisher. 

Example:

Hurston, Z. N. (2006). Their eyes were watching God. Modern Classics.

Parenthetical (In-text) citation: (Hurston, 2006) or Narrative citation: Hurston (2006)

Note: For books with more than one author, provide surnames and initials for up to and including 20 authors (see page 1 for more information).

 

Chapter in a Book with Unique Authors for Each Chapter (print)                        

Basic Format:

Last name, First and Middle Initials (Year of Publication). Title of article in book. In First and Middle

     Initials of Editors (Eds.), Title of book (edition., page(s)). Publisher. 

Example:

McGuigan, F. J., & Lehrer, P. M. (2007). Progressive relaxation: origins, principles, and clinical applications. In

     P. M. Lehrer, R. L. Woolfolk, & W. E. Sime (Eds.), Principles and practice of stress management (3rd ed.,

     pp. 57–87). Guilford Press.

Parenthetical (In-text) citation: (McGuigan & Lehrer, 2007) or Narrative citation: McGuigan & Lehrer (2017)

 

Use the template below to construct references for books and reference works.

Author or Editor

Date

Title

Publisher

Author, A.A., & Author, B.B.

(2020).

Title of book

Publisher Name.

Name of Group

(2020).

Title of book (2nd ed., Vol. 4).

Editor, E.E. (Ed.).

(2020).

Title of book [Audiobook]. *only note audiobook if you are referencing audio that is unique from the text such as narration or interview from the audiobook.

Editor, E.E., & Editor, F.F. (Eds.)

Title of book (J.M. Jones, Ed.).

Title of book (R. Translator, Trans.; F. Narrator, Narr.).

 

 

 

 

E-Books

Basic Format:

Last name, First initial (Year of Publication). In First initial and Last name of Editor (Ed.), Title of

     book (edition.,page(s)). Publisher. 

Example:

Boersen, T. (2014). Work. In D. Rowe (Ed.), Achieving sustainability: visions, principles, and practices (Vol. 2,

     pp. 791-798). Macmillan Reference USA.

Parenthetical citation: (Boersen, 2014) or Narrative citation: Boersen (2014)

Note: If the book edition is available, include it before the volume: 3 rd ed., Vol. 2, pp. 212-225. If the DOI (digital object identifier) is available, include it at the end of the publisher information: https://doi.org/

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