General guidelines |
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Book one author |
Author Last Name, First & Middle initials. (Year of publication). Book title. Publisher. Goldsworthy, A. (2016). Pax Romana: War, peace, and conquest in the Roman world. Yale University Press. |
Book two to 20 authors |
When there are two to 20 authors, all authors must be listed. An ampersand (&) precedes the name of the last author. Ansari, A., & Klinenberg, E. (2015). Modern romance. Penguin Press. Greig, A., Taylor, J., & MacKay, T. (2013). Doing research with children: A practical guide. Sage. |
Edited book |
Editor Last Name, First & Middle initials. (Ed.). (Year of publication). Book title. Publisher. Shotton, M. A. (Ed.). (1959). Psychology: A study of science. McGraw-Hill. Stevens, A. C., & Crosby, J. (Eds.). (1976). Principles of psychology. Greenleaf Press. |
Chapter/ introduction/ foreword/afterword in an anthology or edited book |
Author Last Name, First & Middle initials. (Year of publication). Chapter/Section title. In Editor Initials Last Name (Ed.), Book title (page number[s] using p. or pp.). Publisher. Leigh, J. A., & Brewster, A. E. (2008). Primary language acquisition. In J. Carruthers & K. McNeil (Eds.), Developmental psychology (pp. 312-337). Ivory Publications. Ryder, W. & Miller, S. (2006). Introduction. In E.M. Harris (Ed.), Consequences of illiteracy (2nd ed., vol.1, pp. 1-2). Essex Press. |
Entry in an encyclopedia (print or online) |
Author(s) Last Name(s), First & Middle initials. (Year of publication). Title. In Editor Initials Last Name (Ed.), Encyclopedia title (ed., vol., page number[s] using p. or pp.). Publisher. Laberge, M. (2015). Gastric bypass. In J.L. Longe (Ed.), The Gale encyclopedia of medicine (5th ed., vol. 4, pp. 2100-2105). Gale. Tobacco. (2009). In P. Korsmeyer & H. R. Kranzler (Eds.), Encyclopedia of drugs, alcohol & addictive behavior (3rd ed., vol. 4, pp. 95-130). Macmillan Reference USA. |
Wikipedia entry |
Entry title. (Year, month, date). In Wikipedia. URL List of oldest companies. (2019, January 13). In Wikipedia, https:en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_oldest_companies&oldid=878158136 NOTE: Cite the archived version of a Wikipedia page so readers can retrieve the exact version you used. To access the archived version of a Wikipedia entry, click "View history." |
Entry in an online dictionary, with group author |
Group Author. (date or n.d.). Title of entry. In Title of Work. Retrieved date, from URL Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Self-report. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved July 19, 2019, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-report American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Positive transference. In APA dictionary of psychology. Retrieved August 31, 2019, from https://dictionary.apa.org/positive-transference Note: If there is no group author, start with the title of the entry. Certainty. (n.d.). In Dictionary.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019, from https://www.dictionary.com/ |
Volume(s) in a multivolume work |
Author Last Name, First & Middle initials.(Date[s]). Book title (vol[s].). Publisher. Gutkind, L. (Ed.). (2007). The best creative nonfiction (vol. 1). Creative Nonfiction Foundation. |
Book other than the 1st edition |
The edition goes in parentheses after the title. Notice the edition is not italicized. Kenney, L.W., Wilmore, J., & Costill, D. (2015). Physiology of sport and exercise (6th ed.). Human Kinetics. |
E-book from a database |
Author Last Name, First & Middle initials. (Year of publication). Book title. Publisher. Gillick, M. R. (2017). Old and sick in America: The journey through the health care system. University of North Carolina Press. Note: eBooks found in a database should be treated as print works. Do not list the database name or the URL. Only include database information in the reference if the eBook comes from a database that publishes original, proprietary content. For an explanation of this change, click here. |
E-book not from a database |
Author Last Name, First & Middle initials. (Year of publication). Book title. URL (can be shortened with a short-URL service) Christian, B., & Griffiths, T. (2016). Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions. Henry Holt and Co. https://amzn.to/36eIjnH |
Mobile application software (app), with individual authors |
Author Last Name, First & Middle initials. (Year). Title of work (edition) [Mobile app]. Publisher. URL Vallerand, A.H., & Sanoski, C.A. (2018). Davis's drug guide for nurses (16th ed.) [Mobile app]. Skyscape Medspresso, Inc. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/daviss-drug-guide-for-nurses/id1076514675 |
Mobile application software (app), with group or corporate author |
Group Name. (Year). Title of software or program (Version number) [Mobile app]. Publisher. URL Epocrates (2019). Epocrates medical references (Version 19.11) [Mobile app]. App Store. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epocrates/id281935788 |