Subject Guides: APA Citation Style 7th Ed. (other styles too): Books

Author / Editor	Date	Book Title	Publisher	URL / DOI
Brown, A.B. Brown, A.B. (Ed.). Brown, C.D., & White, T. (Eds.). Redman, Q., Visser, W., & Lim, Y.Y. American Psychological Association.	(2020). (n.d.).	Title of the book. Title of the book (4th ed., Vol. 4). Title of the book [Audiobook]. - capitalize only the first word and proper nouns.	Publisher name. Publisher name; Second publisher name. - give the publisher name without the words “Publisher” or "Publishing" or "Co" or "Inc". - no publisher? Use (n.p.).	https:/doi.org/xxx https://xxx - when there is no DOI for works from most library databases, treat the reference as a print work.

Author / Editor

Date

Book Title

Publisher

URL / DOI

Brown, A.B.

Brown, A.B. (Ed.).

Brown, C.D., & White, T. (Eds.).

Redman, Q., Visser, W., & Lim, Y.Y.

American Psychological Association.

(2020).

(n.d.).

Title of the book.

Title of the book (4th ed., Vol. 4).

Title of the book [Audiobook].

- capitalize only the first word and proper nouns.

Publisher name.

Publisher name; Second publisher name.

- give the publisher name without the words “Publisher” or "Publishing" or "Co" or "Inc".

- no publisher? Use (n.p.).

https:/doi.org/xxx

https://xxx

- when there is no DOI for works from most library databases, treat the reference as a print work.

Reference List Citation Examples

Books

eBook from a library database with a sub-title but no DOI (same as hard copy book citation)

Bradley, C. (2011). Plagiarism education and prevention: A subject-driven case-based approach. Chandos.

3rd edition of an eBook with 2 editors and a DOI

Greenfield, T., & Greener, S. (Eds.). (2016). Research methods for postgraduates (3rd ed.). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118763025

CHAPTER from the 2nd edition of a book with editors but no DOI

Hoffman, T., & Tooth, L. (2013). Talking with patients about evidence. In T. Hoffman, S. Bennett, & C. Del Mar (Eds.), Evidence-based practice across the health professions (2nd ed., pp. 328-352). Elsevier.