APA 7th Referencing Style

 

  1. Book (one author)

Author(s) of book – family name and initials. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

 

2. Book (two authors)

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

 

3. Book (three to twenty authors)

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

 

4. Book (Twenty one or more authors)

Author(s) of book – family name and initials (for first 19 authors), . . . final author name and initial(s).  Title of book – italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

 

5. Book (no author)

Title of book - italicised. (Year). Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

6. Book (auhtor identified as anonymous)

Anonymous - only if author is specifically named as “Anonymous”. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

 

7. Book (or ebook by an organization or institution/ group author)

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

 

8. eBook from databases eg. ProQuest, Ebsco

Author(s) of book – family name and initials. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if stable

 

9. Book (different editions)

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of book - italicised (Edition number ed.). Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

 

10. Translation of a book or ebook

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of book - italicised (Translator name - first initial. last name, Trans.; Edition - if available). Publisher. (Original work published Year). DOI or Web address - if available

 

11. Book (by an organization or institution)

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year of publication). Title of book - italicised. Place of publication: Publisher.

 

12. Book (different editions)

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple  authors. (Year of publication). Title of book - italicised (Edition  number ed.). Place of publication: Publisher.

Example: 

The edition statement is placed after the title of the work. This is not necessary for a first edition.

DeHart, G. B., Sroufe, L.A., & Cooper, R. G. (1995). Child development: Its nature and course (4th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.

 

13. Book (edited)

Editor(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple editors. (Ed. or Eds.). (Year of publication). Title of book - italicised. Place of publication: Publisher.

Example:

Friedman, S. L., & Wachs, T. D. (Eds.). (1999). Measuring environment across the life span: emerging methods and concepts.Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Everson, S. (Ed.). (1991). Psychology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

14. Book (electronic version of a print book)

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year of publication). Title of book - italicised. [Provider of electronc version]. Retrieved from http: www.xxxxxx

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year of publication). Title of book - italicised. [Provider of electronic version]. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx 

Example:

Add the name of the provider of the electronic version in square brackets.

De Lara, M., & Doyen, L. (2008). Sustainable management of natural resources: Mathematical models and methods. [SpringerLink version]. Retrieved from http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp? genre=book&isbn=978-3-540-79073-0

Ardia, D. (2008). Financial risk management with Bayesian estimation of GARCH models: Theory and applications [SpringerLink version]. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-78657-3

 

15. Book (electronic only)

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year of publication).Title of book - italicised. Retrieved from http: www.xxxxxx

Example:

Stevens, K. (n.d.) The dreamer and the beast. Retrieved from http://www.onlineoriginals.com/showitem.asp?itemID=332

 

16. Book (translation)

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year of publication). Title of book - italicised (Translator name - first initial. last name, Trans.). Place of publication: Publisher. 

Example:

Ylinen, J. (2008). Stretching therapy: For sport and manual therapies (J. Nurmenniemi, Trans.). Edinburgh, Scotland: Churchill Livingstone.