This guide is based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed.
For more details and examples, consult the APA publication manual in Ely Library Reference (REF BF76.7 B83 2020 c.2).
This guide is based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed.
For more details and examples, consult the APA Publication Manual in Ely Library Reference (REF BF76.7 B83 2020 c.2).
Use these formats when citing authors in a reference list. Surnames are listed first, followed by a comma and the author’s initials.
Single Author
Schwartz, J. A.
Multiple Authors...up to 20 authors
List all authors and separate with a comma. Include an ampersand (&) before the last author.
Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A.
Chamberlin, J., Novotney, A., Packard, E., & Price, M.
More Than 20 Authors
List the first 19 authors, followed by three ellipsis points (no ampersand) and add the last author.
Gilbert, D. G., McClernon, J. F., Rabinovich, N. E., Sugai, C., Plath, L. C., Asgaard, G., . . . Botros, N.
This guide is based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed.
For more details and examples, consult the APA Publication Manual in Ely Library Reference (REF BF76.7 B83 2020 c.2).
Basic Format
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher Name.
Note: The title of the book is italicized.
Basic Examples
Adams, F. L., Cantor, P., Hoctor, C., Johnson, P. A., Mulroy, S. A., & Peters, M. T. (2001). Raising large families in the 21st century. Pages Press.
Glister, P. (1993). The internet navigator (2nd ed). New York: Wiley.
Wallach, M. A., & Wallach, L. (1983). Psychology’s sanction for selfishness: The error of egoism in theory and therapy. W. H. Freeman.
Books that are Edited
Hollin, C. (Ed.). (1995). Contemporary psychology: An introduction. Taylor & Francis.
Books by a Group (or Corporate) Author
American Medical Association. (1989). The American Medical Association encyclopedia of medicine. Random House.
Books with No Author or Editor
Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary (10th ed.). (1993). Merriam-Webster.
Electronic Books with an Author and a DOI
Brown, L.S. (2018). Global economics (4th ed.). Random House. https://doi.org/10.1027/0000081-000
Authored Books without a DOI from most academic research databases or print version
Burgess, R. (2019). Rethinking public health: Frameworks and solutions. Routledge.
Article or Chapter in an Edited Book
Chowning, J. (1999). Perceptual fusion and auditory perspective. In P. R. Cook (Ed.), Music, cognition, and computerized sound: An introduction to psychoacoustics (pp. 261-275). MIT Press.
Chapter in an edited electronic book with a DOI
Balsam, K.F., Martell, C.R., Jones, K. P., & Saffren, S. A. (2019). Affirmative cognitive behavior therapy. In G. Y. Iwamasa & P. A. Hays (Eds.), Culturally responsive cognitive behavior therapy: Practice and supervision (2nd ed., pp.299-314). American Psychological Association. https://dpo.org/10.1027/00000129-210
Entry in a Reference Book (signed entry)
Bergman, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The new encyclopaedia britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508). Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Entry in a Reference Book (unsigned entry)
Relativity. (1995). In The Penguin dictionary of psychology (2nd. Ed., p. 658). Penguin Books.
Elements
Author, A. A. (Date of publication). Title of Page/Document. Retrieved from URL
Note: The title of the page/document is italicized.
Note: n.d. indicates that no publication date is available.
Web page without an author
GVU’s 8th WWW user survey. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/users_surveys/survey-1997-10/
Web page authored by an organization
Greater New Milford (Ct) Area Healthy Community 2000, Task Force on Teen and Adolescent Issues. (n.d.). Who has time for a family meal? You do! Retrieved from http://www.familymealtime.org
Citing web pages in text
Basic Formats
If the author's name IS NOT included in the narrative (parenthetical):
(Author's Last Name, Year of publication)
If the author's name IS included in the narrative:
Author's Last name (Year)
If the author's name is included in the narrative and a direct quote is used, the page number may appear after the quote:
(Page number)
To cite a specific part of a source use the author-date citation, plus information about the specific part, such as pages, chapters, tables, figures, etc :
(Author's Last Name, Year of publication, Page number).
Work by One Author
In a recent study of reaction times, Rogers (1994) described the method...W
Work by One Author, specific page cited
This is the definition of the eyewitness (Bekerian, 1993, p. 575)
Work by Two Authors
(Walker & Allen, 2004)
Work by Three or more authors
"The most effective way of teaching Spanish…is not by rote" (Valdés et al., 2004)
Work by group
(American Psychological Association [APA], 2019)
Work with No Author (Newspaper article)
("New Drug," 1993, p. C3)