APA 7th Citation Guide

General Guidelines

• Ensure your case and font emphasis is correct

  • Book title: Write the title of the journal article in italics and in sentence case, like how one would write a sentence. Begin subheadings with a capital letter. ​​​
  • Publisher: Use regular font emphasis and use title case as the default, e.g. Royal Society of Chemistry. Exception: If the publisher name is intentionally in a different case, for example, a few publishers are in upper case.

• Publisher naming convention: 
  • Use the most concise version of the publisher name
    • Leave out superfluous terms or designations of business structure, such as Inc., Co., Ltd., etc.
    • Do not abbreviate the publisher's name unless it is displayed as such on the work.

• If the print book has a DOI, include it at the end of the reference
  • Check to see if there is a DOI on the copyright page of the book.

• Ensure your formatting is correct
  • ​Follow our red format structure and view our examples in black. 
  • E.g. For the elements of the reference we have italicized, you also italicize that same element in your reference.

• For specific guidelines for different types of print books, e.g. those that are edited, later editions, translated, etc.
  • ​Consult our eBooks page for guidelines and examples, and don't include any URL or DOI, unless the print book has a DOI.

Basic Format - see eBooks page for more formats

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Book title in sentence case. Publisher. http://doi.org/xxxx

Example

Carlson, J., & Englar-Carlson, M. (2017). Alderian psychotherapy. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000014-001

Citing In-Text: : Example of one of the references

(Carlson & Englar-Carlson, 2017)  OR Carlson and Englar-Carlson (2017). 

For more detailed guidelines on in-text citations go to our Citing In-Text tab.

Basic Format - see eBooks page for more formats

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work in sentence case. Publisher.

Examples

One author

Sumerau, J. E. (2017). Cigarettes & wine. Sense Publishers.

Editor

Haynes, C. C. (Ed.). (2019). Teaching about religion in the social studies classroom. National Council for the Social Studies.

Multiple editors

Bingham, S. C., & Freeman, L. A. (Eds.). (2017). The bohemian South: Creating countercultures, from Poe to punk. The University of North Carolina Press.

Citing In-Text: Example of one of the references

(Bingham & Freeman, 2019) OR Bingham and Freeman (2019) 

For more detailed guidelines on in-text citations go to our Citing In-Text tab.

For more details and examples on how to reference ebooks, including for types not covered here, consult the following section in the APA 7th Publication Manual:

Section 10.2 Books and Reference Works 20-31.

Augusta University provides free access to EndNote citation management tool students, faculty, and staff.

If you use EndNote to input your references, then choose the reference type underneath. If you export or import your citations, then check that EndNote automatically categorized them to the below reference type. Edit the reference type if it is incorrect.  

Reference Type: Book or Edited Book