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APA Citation Examples: Books · Reference List: Authors' Last name, First Initial. (Year). Book title: Subtitle. (Edition) [if other than the 1st] ... SkiptoMainContent Itlookslikeyou'reusingInternetExplorer11orolder.ThiswebsiteworksbestwithmodernbrowserssuchasthelatestversionsofChrome,Firefox,Safari,andEdge.Ifyoucontinuewiththisbrowser,youmayseeunexpectedresults. GordonLibraryGuidesCitingSourcesAPACitationExamples SearchthisGuide Search CitingSources Learnhowtociteyoursources CitingSourcesOverviewCitationManagersCitingintheSciences&EngineeringInstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers(IEEE)ExamplesAmericanChemicalSociety(ACS)ExamplesCSEToggleDropdownBiologists:CouncilofScienceEditors(CSE)ExamplesCSEVideoTutorialsAPAAPACitationExamplesMLAToggleDropdownMLACitationExamplesChicagoStyleToggleDropdownChicagoCitationExamplesHarvardCitingOrallyinSpeeches NeedHelp?AskUs! Ifthechatisnotavailable,pleasefeelfreetoemailusat [email protected] oryoucanmakeanappointmentwithalibrarianat http://wpi.libcal.com/appointments/  TableofContents APACitationExamples: Books Articles Images IQPs & MQPs Patents MoreExamples ExamplesonthispagewereupdatedonMarch11,2020toreflectchangesinthe7thEditionoftheAPAManualofStyle.  APACitationExamples:Books BasicFormatforaBook: ReferenceList:Authors' Lastname,FirstInitial.(Year).Booktitle:Subtitle.(Edition)[ifotherthanthe1st].Publisher. In-text:(Author,Year)   ~BookwithOne Author: ReferenceList: Brader,T.(2006).Campaigningforheartsandminds:Howemotionalappealsinpoliticaladswork.UniversityofChicagoPress.  In-text:(Brader,2006)   ~​BookwithTwo Authors: ReferenceList: Miller,T.E., &Schuh,J.H.(2005).Promotingreasonableexpectations:Aligningstudentandinstitutionalviewsofthecollegeexperience.Jossey-Bass. In-text: (Miller &Schuh,2005) *formorethantwoauthors(3ormore),listonlythefirstauthor’snamefollowedby“etal.”ineverycitation,eventhefirst,unlessdoingsowouldcreateambiguitybetweendifferentsources.Example:(Kernisetal.,1993) BasicformatforaneBook: ReferenceList: Author'sLastname, FirstInitial.(Year). Booktitle[formatofbook].Publisher.URL  In-text: (Author,Year)  ~Example: ReferenceList: Brock,J.,&Arciuli,J.(2014). Communicationinautism[eBookedition]. JohnBenjaminsPublishingCompany. https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezpxy-web-p-u01.wpi.edu/lib/wpi/detail.action?docID=1813195 In-text: (Brock&Arciuli,2014) APACitationExamples:Articles BasicFormatforaPrintArticle:  Lastname,FirstInitial.(Year,Month Day).Articletitle. Magazine/Journal/NewspaperTitle, Volumenumber(Issuenumber),Pagenumbers oftheentirearticle.   ~MagazineArticle:  White,C.(2006,April).Thespiritofdisobedience:Aninvitationtoresistance.Harper'sMagazine,312(1871),31-40.    ~JournalArticle: Newman,J.L.,Fuqua,D.R.,Gray,E.A.,&Simpson,D.B.(2006).Genderdifferencesintherelationshipofangeranddepressioninaclinicalsample. JournalofCounseling&Development, 84,157-161.   ~NewspaperArticle:  Zernike,K.(2015,October25).WhiteHousemovestolimitschooltesting. NewYorkTimes,p.A1.  Note:Fornewspaperarticles, p.orpp.precedespagenumbersforanewspaperreferenceinAPAstyle.Singlepagestakep.,e.g.,p.B2;multiplepagestakepp.,e.g.,pp.B2,B4orpp.C1,C3-C4.  BasicFormatforanOnlineArticle: Author’sLastName,FirstInitial.(Year).Articletitle.Magazine/Journal/NewspaperTitle,Volumenumber(Issuenumber),Pagenumbers.doiorURLofpublication homepage   ~OnlineJournalArticlewithDOIAssigned: BasicFormat:  Author,A.A.,&Author,B.B.(Year).Titleofarticle. TitleofJournal,volumenumber(issuenumber), pagerange.doi:0000000/000000000000orhttp://dx.doi.org/10.0000/0000 Example: Denhart,H.(2008).Deconstructingbarriers:Perceptionsofstudentslabeledwithlearningdisabilitiesinhighereducation. JournalofLearningDisabilities, 41(6),483-497. doi: 10.1177/0022219408321151   ~OnlineJournalArticlewithnoDOIAssigned: BasicFormat: Author,A.A.,&Author,B.B.(Year).Titleofarticle. TitleofJournal, volumenumber(issuenumber). http://www.journalhomepage.com/full/url/ Example:  vonBusch,O.,&Palmas,K.(2016).Designingconsent:Candesignthinkingmanufacturedemocraticcapitalism? OrganizationalAesthetics,5(2),10-24.http://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/oa/.    ~NewspaperArticleFoundonaNewspaper'sWebsite: BasicFormat: Author,A.A.(Year,MonthDay).Titleofarticle.TitleofNewspaper.  http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/  Example: Zernike,K.(2016,February 29).Testingforjoyandgrit?Schoolsnationwidepushtomeasurestudents’emotionalskills. TheNewYorkTimes.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/us/testing-for-joy-and-grit-schools-nationwide-push-to-measure-students-emotional-skills.html?_r=0  APACitationExamples:Images BasicFormatforcitinganimageintheReferenceList: Lastname,Firstinitial.(Yearimagewascreated). Titleofwork [Typeofwork]. URL  Note:Ifyoucanonlyfindthescreennameofanauthor,usethatastheauthor'sname.Maintaintheformattingofthescreen name.Forexample,ifascreennameisinalllowercase,keepthenameinlowercaseinyourcitations.Ifthereisnotitle,createyourowntitlethatdescribesthecontentoftheimage.   ExampleofaReferenceListcitationforanimage:  Sipler,D.(2005). Naptime[Photograph].Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/photofarmer/284159867/in/set-72157594353612286   FormattingFiguresinYourPaper: Eachimageinyourpapershouldhaveafigurenumber,atitle,andacaption.Thecaptionshoulddescribetheimage,provideacitationfortheimage,andprovidecopyrightinformation.Forexample:   Figure1 TwoCatsResting        Note.Thisphotoshowstwoorangecatsrestinginthe"loaf"position.From Naptime[Photograph],byD.Sipler,2005,Flickr(https://www.flickr.com/photos/photofarmer/284159867/in/set-72157594353612286). CCBY2.0.   Ifyouhavetakenthephotoorcreatedtheimage, youdonotneedtociteitorprovidecopyrightinformationforit.Youwillstillneedtolabelthepicturewithafigurenumberandtitle,andyouwillneedto provideacaptionwithinformationonwhattheimageshows.    FormoreinformationonformattingtablesandfiguresinyourAPAstylepaper,see: APAStyleGuide:TablesandFigures APAStyleGuide:ClipArtorStockImageReferences   NavigatingCopyrightforReproducedImages Ifyoudidnotcreatetheimage,youneedtoprovideacopyrightstatementforthatimage.TheAPAStyleBlogtakesyouthroughthefourstepsofnavigatingcopyrightforreproducedimages: Understandthecopyrightstatusoftheimage. Determinewhetherpermissionisneededtoreproducetheimage. Securepermissiontoreproducetheimage,ifpermissionisneeded.  WritetheAPAStylecopyrightstatementandreferencelistentryfortheimage.  Formoreinformationoncopyrightandfindingsafetoreuseimages,seethelibrary'sCopyrightGuide.  APACitationExamples:Theses&Dissertations;IQPs&MQPs Theses&Dissertations Format AuthorLastName,FirstInitials. (Year).Titleofdissertationorthesis(PublicationNo.)[Doctoraldissertationormaster’s           thesis,NameofInstitutionAwardingDegree].DatabaseName.URL,ifavailable Example: Cooper,B.S.(2018). Interactiveplanningandsensingforaircraftinuncertainenvironmentswithspatiotemporallyevolving          threats(PublicationNo.etd-042219-162643) [Doctoraldissertation,WorcesterPolytechnicInstitute].Digital         WPI.  https://digital.wpi.edu/show/8p58pg31m IQPs &MQPs Format: Author LastName,FirstInitials. (Year). TitleofIQPorMQP [Undergraduate interactivequalifyingprojectorUndergraduate        majorqualifyingproject,NameofInstitutionAwardingDegree].DatabaseName.URL Example: Frey,J.P.,Kendrick,R.,Lowell,J.M.,&Rothermel,J.M.(2006). Energy       profilingforoff-gridenergization solutionsinNamibia [Undergraduate              interactivequalifyingproject,WorcesterPolytechnicInstitute].DigitalWPI.  https://digital.wpi.edu/show/bg257f381   APACitationExamples:Patents ReferenceListFormat:  Inventor,A.A.(Yearpatentissued).Titleofpatent(U.S.PatentNo.###).U.S.PatentandTrademarkOffice.URL ReferenceListExample: Bell,A.G.(1876).Improvementintelegraphy. (U.S.PatentNo.174,465).U.S.PatentandTrademarkOffice. https://patents.google.com/patent/US174465A/en In-TextCitationFormat:  Intext,citethepatentidentifierandtheyear. In-TextCitationExample:  (U.S.PatentNo.174,465,1876) MoreExamplesofAPACitations ElectronicSources(OWL,7thed.) Includesinformationoncitingonlinejournalarticles,newspaperarticles,e-books,theses/dissertations,datasets,andmore. CitingImages(APAStyleBlog7thed.) ThispagegivesthespecialrequirementsforusingclipartandstockimagesinAPAStylepapers. HowtoCiteData(USC) Figurecaptions(GeorgeWashingtonUniversity) ISOStandards ThispagecontainsreferenceexamplesforISOstandards,includingstandardsfromISOandOSHA. LegalReferences(OWL-7thed.) ThisresourcelistssomeofthecommonlegalreferencesAPAusersmightneedintheirwork,suchascourtdecisions,andstateandfederalstatutes. PatentReferencesandCitations(U.ofMaryland) FacebookReferences ThispagecontainsreferenceexamplesforFacebook,includingpostsandpages. TwitterReferences <> ×Close Howcanwehelp? [email protected] Chat Consultation 508-831-5410 Close