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APA 7th ed: Books & Ebooks

Notes changes in the new edition and provides examples for students to follow for writing and citing.

Formatting

General Guidelines:
Your essay should be typed and double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5" x 11"), with 1" margins on all sides.  Include a page header (also known as the “running head”) at the top of every page.

 

Reference List:
Double-space the reference list, both within and between references. Do not add extra lines between references. Apply a hanging indent for all references using the paragraph-formatting function of your word-processing program: The first line is flush left, and all subsequent lines are indented 0.5 in.

Tips

  • If your professor wants you to include a DOI or URL, present both DOIs and URLs as hyperlinks (i.e., beginning with “http:” or “https:”). You may use short DOIs or shortened URLs if desired. 
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Book with One Author (Print & Ebook)

Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if given. (Year of Publication). Title of Book: Subtitle if given. Publisher.

Note:

Place of Publication is not required for 7th Edition. Publisher can also be abbreviated, as shown below.

Databases are not required for eBooks.

For Government Documents, add issuing body or department after Publisher Name.

 

Reference List

Rasor, E.L. (1990). British naval history since 1815: A guide to the literature. Garland Pub.

 

In-Text Parenthetical    
(Rasor, 1990)

 

In-Text Narrative    
Rasor (1990)

 

Reference List

Camp, N.M. (2014). US Army Psychiatry in the Vietnam War: new challenges in extended counter insurgency warfare. Borden Institute, US Army Medical Department Center and School.

 

In-Text Parenthetical    
(Camp, 2014)

 

In-Text Narrative    
Camp (2014)

Ebook from a Database with One Author

Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if given. (Year of Publication). Title of book: Subtitle if given (edition number if not first). Publisher. DOI or URL if given

Reference List

Maheshwari, A.K. (2015). Business intelligence and data mining. Business Expert Press. 

  • or, if your professor prefers inclusion of permalink:

Maheshwari, A.K. (2015). Business intelligence and data mining. Business Expert Press. https://galileo-usg-gasou-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/13j5fph/01GALI_USG_ALMA51153670680002931

In-Text Parenthetical    

(Maheshwari, 2015)

In-Text  Narrative  

 Maheshwari (2015)

Books with Two to Twenty Authors (Print & Ebook)

Last name of First Author, First Initial. Second Initial if given, &  Last name of Second Author, First Initial. Second Initial if given. (Year of Publication). Title of book: Subtitle if given (edition number if other than first edition). Publisher. DOI or permalink URL if given

Note:

Authors' names are separated by commas. Put a comma and an ampersand (&) before the name of the last author.

Must include ALL names in the reference list citation for publications with up to 20 authors.

For articles with more than 20 authors, include the first 19, followed by an ellipsis, and ending with the final name on the list.

Place of publication is not required in 7th Edition.

Database is not required for eBooks obtained from library catalog.

 

Reference List

Kligus, M., Maxmen, J., Ward, N. (2016). Essential psychopathy & its treatment (4th ed.). W. W. Norton and Company.

  • or, if your professor requires permalink in your reference list:

Kligus, M., Maxmen, J., Ward, N. (2016). Essential psychopathy & its treatment (4th ed.). W. W. Norton and Company. https://galileo-usg-gasou-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/13j5fph/01GALI_USG_ALMA9913192233802950

 

In-Text Parenthetical (Two Authors)    
(Kligus & Maxmen, 2016)

 

In-Text Narrative (Two Authors)    
Kligus and Maxmen (2016)

Book with a Group as Author

Name of Group or Organization (Year of Publication). Title of Book: Subtitle if given (edition number if not first). Publisher.

Note:

If the Group or Organization is also the publisher, omit the Publisher name.

Place of publication is not required when using APA 7th edition.

If a Group/Organization does not have an abbreviation, write the full name.

 

 

Reference List

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.).

 

In-Text Parenthetical (First Time Cited)
(American Psychological Association [APA], 2010)

 

In-Text Parenthetical (Subsequent Citation)
(APA, 2010)

 

In-Text Narrative (First Time)

Note: Mention the organization in the signal phrase or in the parenthetical citation the first time you cite the source, just as you would an individual person.

According to the American Psychological Association (2010)

 

In-Text Narrative (Subsequent)
According to the APA (2010)

Book with Author(s) and Editor(s)

Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if given. (Year of publication). Title of book: Subtitle if given (First initial Editor's last name, Ed.). Publisher.

 

Reference List

Garrett, G. (2003). Southern excursions: Views on Southern letters in my time (J. C. McKinley, Ed.). Louisiana State University Press.

  • or, if your professor requires use of permalink:

Garrett, G. (2003). Southern excursions: Views on Southern letters in my time (J. C. McKinley, Ed.). Louisiana State University Press. https://galileo-usg-gasou-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/13j5fph/01GALI_USG_ALMA71128865840002931

 

In-Text Parenthetical
(Garrett, 2003)

 

In-Text Narrative
Garrett (2003)

Book with Editor(s) but no Author(s)

Editor's last name, First initial. Second Initial if given. (Ed.). (Year of publication). Title of book: Subtitle if given. (Edition number if different from first). Publisher.

 

Reference List

Steinberg, J. W., Menning, B., Schimmelpennick Van Der Oye, D., Wolff, D., & Yokote, S (Ed.). (2005). The Russo-Japanese war in global perspective : World War Zero. Brill.

 

In-Text Parenthetical
(Steinberg et al., 2005)

 

In-Text Narrative
Steinberg et al. (2005)

Two or More Works by the Same Author

Follow the steps for citing a book as usual and list entries by year (earliest comes first).

Note:

References with no dates come before references with dates.

When an author appears both as a sole author and, in another citation, as the first author of a group, list the single-author entry first.

References that have the same first author and different second and/or third authors are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the second author, so on and so forth.

 

Reference List

Agnew, C. R. (Ed.). (2014). Social influences on romantic relationships: Beyond the dyad. Cambridge University Press.

Agnew, C. R., & South, S. C. (2014). Interpersonal relationships and health: Social and clinical psychological mechanisms. Oxford University Press.

 

In-Text Parenthetical
(Agnew, 2014)
(Agnew & South, 2014)
(Agnew; Agnew & South, 2014)

 

In-Text Narrative
Agnew (2014)
Agnew & South (2014)
Agnew (2014); Agnew & South (2014)

Dissertations and Theses

Last name, First Initial. Second Initial if given. (Year). Title: Subtitle (Publication/Dissertation/Thesis # if given) [Doctoral dissertation or Master's thesis, Name of Institution Awarding Degree]. Database. Permalink


Note: The database may or may not provide a publication/dissertation/thesis number. Only provide one if it is given.
 

Reference List

Edwards, V. (2020). Alternatives: The Video Game. An Assessment of Bias and Preferences in Uncertain Situations [Master’s thesis, Georgia Southern University]. Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/2071/

 

In-Text Parenthetical
(Edwards, 2020)

 

In-Text Narrative
Edwards (2020)

 

Reference List

O’Gwin, C. K. (2017). The Horizons of Horror: An Empirical Psychoanalytic Investigation (Publication No. 10603701) [Doctoral dissertation, University of West Georgia]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.

  • or, if your professor prefers inclusion of permalink:

O’Gwin, C. K. (2017). The Horizons of Horror: An Empirical Psychoanalytic Investigation (Publication No. 10603701) [Doctoral dissertation, University of West Georgia]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. https://search.proquest.com/docview/1948887858?

 

In-Text Parenthetical
(O'Gwin, 2017)

 

In-Text Narrative
O'Gwin (2017)

 

Reference List

Andrews, D. (2019). Predictors of Community College Students’ Academic Success in the Corequisite Model [Doctoral dissertation, Georgia Southern University]. Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/1876/

 

In-Text Parenthetical
(Andrews, 2020)

 

In-Text Narrative
(Andrews (2020)