APA Guide--EC3

Format

Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year). Title of book. Publisher

Example

Henson, R. (2014). The thinking person's guide to climate change. American Meteorological Society

Format

Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. of first author, & Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. of second author. (Publication year). Title of book. Publisher

Example

Stevens, M., & Swan, A. (2006). De Kooning: An American master. Knopf

For multiple authors, place a comma between author names and before the ampersand

Over 20 authors, list the first author followed by a comma, then et al. EX: Smith, J., et al. (2020).

Format

Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year). Title of essay. In Editor's First Initial. Last Name (Ed.), Title of collection (pp. ). Publisher

Example

Carman, T. (2019). Mac: The story of a dog of honor. In J.F. Rivers III & J. Makala (Eds.), In dogs we trust : An anthology of American dog literature (pp. 101-110). University of South Carolina Press

 When citing publishers, omit business abbreviations, like corp. inc., co.

 Page numbers are always preceded by pp.

Format

Last Name of Author, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year) Title of book. Publisher. DOI or Permalink

Example

Dawson, L. (1940). Dogs, rough and smooth. Grosset & Dunlap. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x001052662

 Students should provide a DOI or permalink even to the library database so their professors can easily access it