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One author |
Author Last Name, Initials. (Year). Book title. Publisher. Goldsworthy, A. (2016). Pax Romana: War, peace, and conquest in the Roman world. Yale University Press. |
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. |
More than 20 authors |
List the names of the first 19 authors, then insert an ellipsis, and then the name of the last author. Kalnay, E., Kanamitsu, M., Kistler, R., Collins, W., Deaven, D., Gandin, L., Iredell, M., Saha, S., White, G., Woollen, J., Zhu, Y., Chelliah, M., Ebisuzaki, W., Higgins, W., Janowiak, J., Mo, K.C., Ropelewski, C., Wang, J., Leetmaa, A., ... Joseph, D. (1996). The NCEP/NCAR 40-year reanalysis project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77(3), 437-471. https://doi.org/fg6rf9 Note: This example is of a journal article, as books normally don't have this many authors. |
Edited book |
Editor Last Name, Initials. (Ed.). (Year). 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, Initials. (Year). 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), Initials. (Year). 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. (Date). In Wikipedia. URL of archived version of the page. 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/browse/certainty?s=t
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Volume(s) in a multivolume work |
Author Last Name, Initials.(Date[s]). Book title (vol[s].). Publisher. Gutkind, L. (Ed.). (2007). The best creative nonfiction (vol. 1). Creative Nonfiction Foundation. |
Edition other than the first |
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.
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E-book from a database |
Author Last Name, Initials. (Year). Book title. Publisher. Gillick, M. R. (2017). Old and sick in America: The journey through the health care system. The University of North Carolina Press. Note: Ebooks from databases are cited like any other book. |
E-book not from a database |
Author Last Name, Initials. (Year). 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, 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 |