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APA 7th ed. Style Guide

Help with using the APA 7th ed. Style Guide for writing.

General rules for books and eBooks

  • Cite physical print books and eBooks exactly the same way except when a DOI is provided. (See examples below.)
  • Biblical references mentioned in your paper must also appear on the references page (See "How to cite the Bible" page.)

Template:

Author’s last name, First Initial. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capitalize first letter of the word after the colon and italicize. Publisher.

Example (book or eBook, no DOI):

Smith, A. (2012). Citing sources and getting the grade. Great Publishers.

Example (eBook only):

O'Keefe, E. (n.d.). Egoism & the crisis in Western values. http://www.onlineoriginals.com/showitem.asp?itemID-135

Example (edited book with DOI and multiple publishers):

Schmid, H.-J. (Ed.). (2017). Entrenchment and the psychology of language learning: How we reorganize and adapt linguistic knowledge.

American Psychological Association; DeGruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1037/15969-000

Example (chapter from edited book):

Perigogn, A.U., & Brazel. P.L. (2012). Captain of the ship. In J.L. Auger (Ed.) Wake up in the dark (pp. 108-121).

Shawshank Publications.

Example (book with an edition or volume number):

Fiske, S. T., Gilbert, D.T., & Lindzey, G. (2010). Handbook of social psychology (5th ed., Vol. 1.) John Wiley & Sons.

https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470561119