Citation Guide: How to cite BOOKS, eBOOKS, CHAPTERS

APA Book Citation

• Examples are not double-spaced, but your References list should be double-spaced.
• Examples do not show indented lines after the first line, but yours should be indented.

Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year of Publication). Title of book: Subtitle of book (edition). Publisher.

Examples:
Ermann, M. D., Williams, M. B., & Shauf, M. S. (Eds.). (1997). Computers, ethics, and society. Oxford UP.

Odell, L., Vacca, R., Hobbs, R., & Irvin, J. L. (2001). Elements of language. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.

Sternberg, E. (2000). Just business: Business ethics in action (2nd ed.). Oxford UP.

Utah Association of Counties. (1981). Utah county facts book. Utah Association of Counties.

APA E-Book Citation

• Examples are not double-spaced, but your References list should be double-spaced.
• Examples do not show indented lines after the first line, but yours should be indented.

Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year of Publication). Title of book: Subtitle of book (edition). Publisher. DOI or URL

Example:

Devi, P. (Ed.). (2022). Green energy harvesting: Materials for hydrogen generation and carbon dioxide reduction. John Wiley & Sons. doi.org/10.1002/9781119776086

Rodriguez-Garcia, R., & White, E. M. (2005). Self-assessment in managing for results: Conducting self-assessment for development practitioners. World Bank. doi.org/10.1596/9780-82136148-1

Speed, H. (2004). The practice and science of drawing. Project Gutenberg. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14264

APA Chapter or Authored Section of an Edited Book Citation

• Examples are not double-spaced, but your References list should be double-spaced.
• Examples do not show indented lines after the first line, but yours should be indented.

  
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Date of Publication). Title of chapter or article. In Editor #1 First Initial. Middle Initial. Last Name, & Editor #2 First Initial. Middle Initial. Last Name (Eds.), Title of book: Subtitle of book (edition, page range). Publisher.

Examples:

Grealy, L. (2002). Fear itself. In T. Roberts, M. Moser, D. LePan, C. Lawson, J. Gaunce, & J. Britton (Eds.), The Broadview anthology of expository prose (pp. 450-461). Broadview.

Meiland, J. (2003). The difference between high school and college. In R. K. Durst (Ed.), You are here: Readings on higher education for college writers (pp. 104-114). Prentice Hall.