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APA Citation

A guide to citing sources according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

Book Citation Notes & Format

Book references no longer require the publisher location as part of the citation. You need only list the publisher name.

Print books and ebooks are now cited the same. DOIs, when available, can be included for either format. Audiobooks still require a format listing (see general format table).

APA Book Reference Elements
Author

Author, A. A.

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B.

Name of Group.

Editor, E. E. (Ed.).

Editor, E. E., & Editor F. F. (Eds.).

Date (2022).
Title

Title of book.

Title of book (2nd ed., Vol. 3).

Title of book [Audiobook].

Title of book (E. E. Editor, Ed.).

Title of book (T. Translator, Trans.).

Publisher

Publisher Name.

First Publisher Name; Second Publisher Name.

DOI or URL

https://doi.org/xxxx

https://xxxxx

One Author

Black, B. P. (2014). Professional nursing: Concepts & challenges. Elsevier.

Parenthetical citation: (Black, 2014)
Narrative citation: Black (2014)

Two Authors

Held, J. S., & Posner, D. (1971). 17th and 18th century art: Baroque painting, sculpture, architecture. H. N. Abrams.

Parenthetical citation: (Held & Posner, 1971)
Narrative citation: Held and Posner (1971)

Three or More Authors

For books with more than twenty authors, list the first nineteen author names, insert an ellipsis (but no "&"), and then the final author's name.

Kotler, P., Hessekiel, D., & Lee, N. R. (2012). Good works!: Marketing and corporate initiatives that build a better world ... and the bottom line. Wiley.

Parenthetical citation: (Kotler et al., 2012)
Narrative citation: Kotler et al. (2012)

Edited Books

Lane, E., & Shengold, N. (Eds.). (1988). The actor's book of scenes from new plays. Penguin Books.

Parenthetical citation: (Lane & Shengold, 1988)
Narrative citation: Lane and Shengold (1988)

eBooks with and without DOIs

Dutton, G. E. (2017). A Vietnamese Moses: Philiphê Bỉnh and the geographies of early modern Catholicism. University of California Press. http://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.22

Crosby, J. (2014). The personalism of John Henry Newman. Catholic University of America Press.

Parenthetical citation: (Dutton, 2017; Crosby, 2014)
Narrative citation: Dutton (2017) and Crosby (2014)