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APA (7th edition) Citation Guide

Books, eBooks, Dissertation

Book, eBook, Dissertation

 

Basic structure for an entire book: 

 

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Title of book: Capital letter also for subtitle (X ed., Vol. X). Publisher Name. https://doi.org/10.xxxxxxxx

 

You can leave out any parts that you don't have, like a DOI or the volume/edition.

Jump to more specific examples by using the table below: 

Book with DOI E-Book or Audiobook from the Web, no DOI Entire Edited Book
Book without DOI Illustrated Children's Books Specific Edition
Corporate Author or Organization Chapter or Section Specific Volume
Two to Twenty Authors  Reference Entry Dissertation
Textbooks

 

 

Book with DOI (p. 321 in Manual)

Use this format for print or ebooks with a DOI. Include the author's last name and then first and middle initial.

Fessler comma D period parenthesis 2018 parenthesis period The energy disruption triangle colon Three sectors that will change how we generate comma use comma and store energy period John Wiley & Sons period <a href= “https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119347101 ” </a>

 

Book without DOI (p. 321 in Manual)

If you have no DOI, use this format, whether it's a print book or an ebook from an academic database. 

Flanagan comma O period J period parenthesis 2007 parenthesis period The really hard problem colon Meaning in a material world period The MIT Press period

 

 

Corporate Author or Organization (p. 329-330 in Manual)

Put the organization's full name in the author position. If the publisher is the same as the author, you don't need to repeat it. 

American Psychological Association period parenthesis 2020 parenthesis period Publication manual of the American Psychological Association period parenthesis seventh ed period parenthesis period <a href= “https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000 ” </a>

 

Two-Twenty Authors (see more)

List up to twenty authors in the order they are listed on the title page. Use the ampersand (&) rather than the word "and." If there are more than 20 authors, list the first 19 authors, then ..., then the last author. 

Parkinson comma B period comma Fischer comma A period comma & Manstead comma A period S period parenthesis 2005 parenthesis period Emotion in social relations colon Culture comma group comma and interpersonal processes period Psychology Press period

 

 

Textbooks

Baumann comma J period F period comma Chard comma D period J period comma Cooks comma J period comma Cooper comma J period D period comma Gersten comma R period comma Lipson comma M period comma Morrow comma L period M period comma Pikulski comma J period J period comma Templeton comma S period comma Valencia comma S period W period comma Valentino comma C period comma & Vogt comma M period parenthesis 2014 parenthesis period Journeys Common Core: Grade 3 parenthesis Teacher's ed period comma Unit 5 parenthesis period Houghton Mifflin Harcourt period

 If there are more than 20 authors, list the first 19 authors, then ..., then the last author. 

In this example, Common Core is a proper name for the published set of standards, so it is capitalized. Add in the parentheses after the title, the edition, volume, unit, grade level designation, whatever is needed to identify what specifically you used. 

 

 

eBook or Audiobook from the Web, No DOI (see pp. 321-322 in Manual)

At the end, include the DOI. If there is no DOI, include the ​ebook's URL address if it is a stable URL. Do not include URLs from subscription-only databases, as these are not usually stable URLs. 

Verne comma J period parenthesis 2004 parenthesis period Around the world in eighty days period <a href= “https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/103 ” </a>

 

 

Illustrated Children's Books (see more)

Illustrator Different from Author

Colleen comma M period parenthesis 2017 parenthesis period Love comma triangle parenthesis B period Shea comma Illus period parenthesis period Balzer Bray period

Illustrator Same as Author

Jaramillo comma S period parenthesis 2017 parenthesis period My little donkey: A Christmas song = Mi burrito colon Una canción Navideña parenthesis S period Jaramillo comma Illus period parenthesis period Encantos Media Studios period

 

Chapter or Section (see pp. 326-328 in Manual)

If you are citing a specific chapter or section of an edited book, list the author of that section first. Include information such as page numbers, edition and volume numbers after the title of the book.

Palfrey comma J period parenthesis 2016 parenthesis period Reframing privacy and youth media practices period In C period Greenhow comma J period Sonnevend comma & C period Agur parenthesis Eds period parenthesis comma Education and social media colon Toward a digital future parenthesis pp period 113-130 parenthesis period MIT Press period

 

 

Reference Entry (see p. 328 in Manual)

With Author

Begin with the author of the entry, not the author or editor of the book.

Haslum comma M period N period parenthesis 2004 parenthesis period Dyslexia period In R period L period Gregory parenthesis Ed period parenthesis comma The Oxford companion to the mind parenthesis 2nd ed period comma pp period 272-275 parenthesis period Oxford University Press period

No Author

Begin with the entry title.

Confucianism period parenthesis 2006 parenthesis period In M period Frassetto & W period Doniger parenthesis Eds period parenthesis comma Encyclopedia of world religions parenthesis pp period 251-259 parenthesis period Encyclopedia Brittanica period

 

Entire Edited Book 

Put the editor in the author position followed by (Ed.) or (Eds.).

 Neu comma J period parenthesis Ed period parenthesis period parenthesis 1991 parenthesis period The Cambridge companion to Freud period Cambridge University Press period

 

Specific Edition

Include edition in parentheses after the title. Cite the edition as it is printed on the title page (2nd ed., Rev. ed., 2019 ed., etc.)

Seligman comma M period E period P period comma Walker comma E period F period comma & Rosenhan comma D period L period parenthesis 2001 parenthesis period Abnormal psychology parenthesis 4th ed period parenthesis period W period W period Norton & Company period

 

Specific Volume 

Include the volume used in parentheses after the title.

Thompson comma M period J period parenthesis 2006 parenthesis period Paleontology period In H period J period Birx parenthesis Ed period parenthesis comma Encyclopedia of anthropology parenthesis Vol period 4 comma pp period 1805-1817 parenthesis period Sage period <a href= “https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412952453.n688 ” </a>

 

Dissertation (see p. 297 in Manual)

After the title, include the publication number, format and school in square brackets.

From a Database 

Include the database name, but no URL since it is not accessible to the general public.

McNiel comma D period S period parenthesis 2007 parenthesis period Meaning through narrative colon A personal narrative discussing growing up with an alcoholic mother parenthesis Publication No period 1434728 parenthesis square bracket Master’s thesis comma California State University-Long Beach square bracket period ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global period

Free Online

Include the archive name and the URL where it is accessible to the general public.

Remo comma A period parenthesis 2019 parenthesis period Certified public accountants’ attitudes towards the public interest and the factors that impact those attitudes square bracket Doctoral dissertation comma University of Wisconsin-Whitewater square bracket period MINDS@UW period <a href= “https://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/80119” </a>

Schemm, N.Research, citation, & class guides: APA style (7th ed.): Book, eBook, dissertation. https://libguides.uww.edu/apa/books