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APA Style 7th edition

Books

Notes on Books references: New for 7th edition

All books (even those retrieved online) must include publisher.    
However, place of publication is no longer included in references.

When an ebook / electronic book is retrieved from academic research database and was not assigned a DOI, you no longer include name of database.     
However, if that ebook is ONLY available from that database, then such additional information is provided in the reference.

 

Book with editors, but chapters Are Not separately authored, subsequent edition. 

Comerford, K. C., & Durkin, M. T. (Eds.). (2020). Nursing 2020 drug handbook (40th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.    

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Comerford & Durkin, 2020)    
Narrative: Comerford and Durkin (2020)    
Direct quote: (Comerford & Durkin, 2020, p. 288)  

 

Illustrated children's book, including author & illustrator, from academic research database or print version. Note that many of these books do not have page numbers, so cite direct quote using section (if provided) and paragraph number. Recommendation: if no section names, count paragraphs from beginning of book.

Brown, M. W., & Hurd, C. (Illus.). (1947). Goodnight moon. Harper.     

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Brown & Hurd, 1947)    
Narrative: Brown and Hurd (1947)    
Direct quote: There are many things in the room, including "a telephone and a red balloon" (Brown & Hurd, 1947, para. 1)

 

Authored book (one author) from academic research database or print version

Betten, H. (2013). Deaf education in Europe: The early years. Maya de Wit.    

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Betten, 2013)    
Narrative: Betten (2013)    
Direct quote: (Betten, 2013, p. 45)

 

Vogel, C. G. (1999). Legends of landforms: Native American lore and the geology of the land. Millbook Press.     

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Vogel, 1999)    
Narrative: Vogel (1999)    
Direct quote: (Vogel, 1999, p. 100)

 

Authored book with multiple authors, from academic research database or print version

Larson, G. W., Ellis, D. C., & Rivers, P. C. (1984). Essentials of chemical dependency counseling. Columbia University Press.    

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Larson et al., 1984)    
Narrative: Larson et al. (1984)    
Direct quote: (Larson et al., 1984, p. 98) 

 

Authored book with two authors, subsequent edition, from academic research database or print version

Burchum, J. R., & Rosenthal, L. D. (2022). Lehne’s pharmacology for nursing care (11th ed.). Elsevier.    

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Burchum & Rosenthal, 2022)    
    *More-detailed Parenthetical (see Manual Section 8.13): (Burchum & Rosenthal, 2022, Table 71.2)    
Narrative: Burchum and Rosenthal (2022)    
Direct quote: (Burchum & Rosenthal, 2022, p. 20)

 

Short, K. G., & Cueto, D. W. (2023). Essentials of children’s literature (10th ed.). Pearson.     

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Sort & Cueto, 2023)    
    *More-detailed Parenthetical (see Manual Section 8.13): (Sort & Cueto, 2023, Figure 1.1)    
Narrative: Sort and Cueto (2023)    
Direct quote: (Sort & Cueto, 2023, p. 8) 

 

Authored book, subsequent edition, an ebook with a nondatabase URL (example accessed directly from publisher) [course textbook]

Treas, L. S., Wilkinson, J. M., Barnett, K. L. & Smith, M. H. (2022). Davis Advantage for basic nursing: Thinking, doing and caring (3rd ed.). F. A. Davis. https://www.fadavis.com/product/nursing-basic-nursing-concepts-skills-reasoning-treas-3    

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Treas et al., 2022)    
Narrative: Treas et al. (2022)    
Direct quote: (Treas et al., 2022, p. 135)

 

Short, K. G., & Cueto, D. W. (2023). Essentials of children’s literature (10th ed.). Pearson. https://www.pearson.com/store/p/essentials-of-children-s-literature/P200000001831/9780137471249    

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Sort & Cueto, 2023)    
    *More-detailed Parenthetical (see Manual Section 8.13): (Sort & Cueto, 2023, Figure 1.1)    
Narrative: Sort and Cueto (2023)    
Direct quote: (Sort & Cueto, 2023, p. 8) 

 

Authored book, organization as author, with a nondatabase URL. When author and publisher are the same, omit the publisher.

[example forthcoming]    

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical:    
Narrative:    
Direct quote:  

 

Authored book with multiple authors, assigned a DOI

Valencia, C. A., Pervaiz, M. A., Husami, A., Qian, Y., & Zhang, K. (2013). Next generation sequencing technologies in medical genetics. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9032-6    

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Valencia et al., 2013)    
Narrative: Valencia et al. (2013)    
Direct quote: (Valencia et al., 2013, p. 26)

 

One volume of a multivolume work with editors indicated, chapters are not separately authored, subsequent edition, from academic research database or print version

Moore, M. S., & Levitan, L. (Eds.). (2016). For hearing people only: Answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about the Deaf community, its culture, and the "Deaf reality" (4th ed., Vol. 2). Deaf Life Press.    

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Moore & Levitan, 2016)    
Narrative: Moore and Levitan (2016)    
    *More-detailed Parenthetical (see Manual Section 8.13): (Moore & Levitan, 2019, Chapter 146)    
Direct quote: (Moore & Levitan, 2016, p. 65) 

 

Anthology (entire book)

Sorby, A., & Kilcup, K. L. (Eds.). (2014). Over the river and through the wood: An anthology of nineteenth-century American children’s poetry. Johns Hopkins University Press.    

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Sorby & Kilcup, 2014)    
Narrative: Sorby and Kilcup (2014)    
Direct quote: (Sorby & Kilcup, 2014, p. 31)

 

Book Chapters

Notes on Books references: New for 7th edition

All books (even those retrieved online) must include publisher.    
However, place of publication is no longer included in references.

When an ebook / electronic book is retrieved from academic research database and was not assigned a DOI, you no longer include name of database.     
However, if that ebook is ONLY available from that database, then such additional information is provided in the reference.
 

Work in an Anthology 

Park, B. (2014). The revenge of the little hippopotamus. In A. Sorby & K. L. Kilcup (Eds.), Over the river and through the wood: An anthology of nineteenth-century American children’s poetry (pp. 171-172). Johns Hopkins University Press. (Original work published 1877)   

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Park, 1877/2014)    
Narrative: Park (1877/2014)    
Direct quote: (Park, 1877/2014, p. 171) 


Article or chapter separately authored in a book written by editors, from academic research database or print version 

Hartley, J. T., Harker, J. O., & Walsh, D. A. (1980). Contemporary issues and new directions in adult development of learning and memory. In L. W. Poon (Ed.), Aging in the 1980s: Psychological issues (pp. 239-252). American Psychological Association.    

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Hartley et al., 1980)    
Narrative: Hartley et al. (1980)    
Direct quote: (Hartley et al., 1980, p. 241) 


Article or chapter separately authored in a book written by editors, subsequent edition, from most academic research databases or print version

Durley, T. M., & Stein, A. (2022). Women's health after bariatric surgery. In K. D. Schuiling & F. E. Likis (Eds.), Gynecologic healthcare: With an introduction to prenatal and postpartum care (4th ed., pp. 165-172). Jones & Bartlett Learning.      

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Durley & Stein, 2022)    
Narrative: Durley & Stein (2022)    
Direct quote: (Durley & Stein, 2022, p. 167) 


Article or chapter separately authored in a book written by authors not editors, subsequent edition. APA rule is to create a reference for the entire book, not the chapter. Then for the in-text citation, indicate specific chapter. See APA Manual, Section 10.3.

Lewis, S. L., Bucher, L., Heitkemper, M. M., & Harding, M. (2017). Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems (10th ed.). Elsevier.    

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Lewis et al., 2017, Chapter 8)    
Narrative: Lewis et al. (2017, Chapter 8)    
Direct quote: (Lewis et al., 2017, Chapter 8, p. 125)


Article or chapter separately authored in a book where it does not indicate who is the author/editor, and no edition indicated. Note that for this specific online book, each chapter has its own publication date and url. Also, each chapter begins on page 1, and therfore for direct quotations, APA rule is to use the page number of the PDF.

Chand, S. P., Kuckel, D. P., & Hueker, M. R. (2023). Cognitive behavior therapy. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470241/   

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Chand et al., 2023)    
Narrative: Chand et al. (2023)    
Direct quote: (Chand et al., 2023, p. 3)


Article or chapter separately authored in a book where publisher is book author (so omit publisher name), subsequent edition

Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2007). The five practices of exemplary leadership. In Jossey-Bass, The Jossey-Bass reader on educational leadership (2nd ed., rev. ed., pp. 63-72).    

How to cite this work in-text:    
Parenthetical: (Kouzes & Posner, 2007)    
Narrative: Kouzes and Posner (2007)    
Direct quote: (Kouzes & Posner, 2007, p. 64)