Book by a Single Author or Editor
Single Author
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Single Editor
Place the editor's name in the author position, and enclose the abbreviation Ed.
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If you are citing a specific chapter, entry, or article in an edited book or in a reference book, see instructions below.
Book by Multiple Authors or Editors
Multiple
Authors
Use commas to separate authors, to separate surnames and initials, and to separate initials and suffixes (ex. Jr. and III). With 2 to 7 authors, use an ampersand (&) before the last author.
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Example (multiple authors):
Multiple Editors
Place the editors' names in the author position, and enclose the abbreviation Eds.
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Book Chapter (section or entry in edited book)
eBook
Provide the home page of the online library (ProQuest Ebook Central, Ebooks on EBSCOhost, etc.) rather than the full URL.
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Entry or article in reference work
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Example (no author or editor):
Multivolume work
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You will need...
In-text citations in the body of your paper, referring to the author's last name, the date of publication, and the page number of the reference you are making, like this: (Jones, 2016, p. 199).
A Works Cited page that gives the complete citation for each of the works referenced in the text, using the styles below.
Journal Articles
LastName, FirstInitial. (Year). Article Title. Journal Title, Volume(issue), PageNumberSpan. doi: DOI.
Example:
Grundy, J., & Hosking, J. (2002). Developing adaptable user interfaces for component-based systems. Interacting with Computers, 14(3), 175-175-194. doi: 10.1016/s0953-5438(01)00049-2
Books
LastName, FirstInitial. (Year). Book Title. Place: Publisher.
Example:
Stephanidis, C. (2001). User interfaces for all: concepts, methods, and tools. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.
Book sections or chapters
LastName, FirstInitial. (Year). Title of chapter. In EditorFirstInitial EditorLastName (Ed.), Title of book (PageNumberSpan). Place: Publisher.
Example:
Akoumianakis, D., Grammenos, D., & Stephanidis, C. (2001). User interface adaptation: Evaluation perspectives. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.), User interfaces for all: Concepts, methods, and tools (pp. 339-352). Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
Conference papers or presentations
LastName, FirstInitial. (Year). Presentation Title. Paper presented at Presentation Title, city, state/country.
Example:
Stuerzlinger, W., Chapuis, O., Phillips, D., & Roussel, N. (2006). User interface facades: towards fully adaptable user interfaces. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 19th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology, Montreux, Switzerland.
Websites
Often one of these pieces of information is missing. Take a look at this handy chart (PDF) from the APA for help in figuring out what to do in those situations.
LastName, FirstInitial. (Year, Month Date). Title of Document [format]. Retrieved from URL
Example:
Lee, C. (2010, November 18). How to cite something you found on a website in APA style [blog post]. Retrieved from //blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/11/how-to-cite-something-you-found-on-a-website-in-apa-style.html