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APA Citation Style (7th edition)

Books

Book (print or electronic without DOI) (10.2 APA Publication Manual 7th ed.)

  • For Canadian editions include details in edition description (9.19 APA Publication Manual).
Format

Author, A.A. (date). Title of book: Subtitle information (edition). Publisher.
Reference Example

Seebohar, B. (2011). Nutrition periodization for athletes: Taking traditional sports nutrition to the next level (2nd ed.). Bull.

Guffey, M.E. (2013). Business communication: Process & product (4th brief Canadian ed.). Nelson.

In-text
Example

(Seebohar, 2011, p. 5)

(Guffey, 2013, p. 15)

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Book (print or electronic with a DOI) (10.2 APA Publication Manual 7th ed.)

Reference Example

Hakeem, K. R., Abdul, W. M. Hussain, M. M., & Razvi, S. S. I. (2019). Oral health and herbal medicine. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04336-0

In-text Example

(Hakeem et al., 2019, p. 40)

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Book (two authors) (10.2 APA Publication Manual 7th ed.)

  • Page numbers must be included for direct quotations. Page numbers are encouraged, but not necessary, for paraphrased material (8.25 APA Publication Manual)

Reference
Example

McKenna, H.P., & Oliver, D.S. (2008). Nursing models, theories and practice. Blackwell.

In-text
Example

Direct quotation:

(McKenna & Oliver, 2008, p. 35)

Paraphrase:

(McKenna & Oliver, 2008)

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Book (three to twenty authors) (9.8 APA Publication Manual 7th ed.)

  • For parenthetical in-text citations for three or more authors include only the name of the first author plus "et al." (8.17 APA Publication Manual).

Reference Example

Yates, R.A., Bereznicki-Korol, T., & Clarke, T. (2011). Business law in Canada. Pearson.

In-text Example

(Yates et al., 2011, p. 411)

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Book (Group/Corporate/organization author) (9.11 APA Publication Manual 7th ed.)

Reference
Example

Harvard Business School. (2010). Doing business ethically. Harvard Business Press.

In-text
Example

(Harvard Business School, 2010, p. 95).

Narrative in-text or Signal Phrase Example:

According to the Harvard Business School (2010)...

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Edited Book without a DOI (print or electronic from most academic research databases) (10.2 example 25 APA Publication Manual 7th ed.)

Reference
Example

Kuah-Pearce, K.-E. (Ed.). (2008). Chinese women and the cyberspace. Amsterdam University Press.

In-text
Example

(Kuah-Pearce, 2008, p. 50)

If you have referred to both author and the date in the text of the paper use the page number only:

(p. 50)

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Edited Book with a DOI (print or electronic from most academic research databases) (10.2 example 24, APA Publication Manual 7th ed.)

  • Separate multiple publishers with a semicolon.

Reference Example

Schmid, H.-J. (Ed.). (2017). Entrenchment and the psychology of language learning: How we reorganize and adapt linguistic knowledge. American Psychological Association; De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1037/15969-000

In-text Example

(Schmid, 2017, p. 65)

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Chapter in Edited Book without a DOI (print or electronic from most academic research databases) (10.3 example 39 APA Publication Manual 7th ed.)

Reference Example

Burger, J. & Goddard, N. C. (2010). Communication. In P. A. Potter, A. G. Perry, J. C. Ross-Kerr, & M. J. Wood (Eds.), Canadian fundamentals of nursing (Rev. 4th ed., pp. 243-311). Mosby Elsevier.

In-text Example

(Burger & Goddard, 2010, p. 252)

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