APA 7th Citation Guide

General Guidelines

• Ensure your punctuation is correct

  • Book title: Write the title of the journal article in italics and in sentence case, like as one writes a sentence. Begin subheadings with a capital letter. ​​​
  • Publisher title: In regular font and in headline case, e.g. Ashgate Publishing.

• When there is no author
  • If there is no author listed for an entry, start with the title of the entry. 

• 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 encyclopedias and dictionaries from different types of books, e.g. those that are edited, later editions, translated, etc.
  • ​Follow our guidelines below and consult our guidelines and examples for eBooks for the rest.

Format

Dictionary or encyclopedia with DOI

A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds), Title of dictionary or encyclopedia in sentence case. Publisher. http://doi.org/xxxx

From academic research database with no doi OR print book

A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds), Title of dictionary or encyclopedia in sentence case. Publisher.

From nondatabase URL

A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds), Title of dictionary or encyclopedia in sentence case. Publisher. http://xxxx

Examples

Jenzen, O., & Munt, S. R. (2014). The Ashgate research companion to paranormal cultures. Ashgate Publishing. 

Jones, B. (2019). Dictionary of world biography. ANU Press.

Citing In-Text: Example of one of the references

(Jenzen & Munt, 2014) OR Jenzen and Munt (2014) 

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

Format

eBook with DOI

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of entry. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds), Title of dictionary or encyclopedia entry in sentence case (pp. xx-xx). Publisher. http://doi.org/xxxx

From academic research database with no doi OR print book

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of entry. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds), Title of dictionary or encyclopedia entry in sentence case (pp. xx-xx). Publisher.

From nondatabase URL

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of entry. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds), Title of dictionary or encyclopedia entry in sentence case (pp. xx-xx). Publisher. http://xxxx

Examples

From academic research database with no DOI OR print book

Dobry, D. (2014). Interpreting death and the afterlife in US Paranormal reality television programmes and online fan groups. In O. Jenzen, & S. R. Munt (Eds.), The Ashgate research companion to paranormal cultures. Ashgate Publishing. 

Pseudoscientific and unconventional theories. (2006). In J. E. Roeckelein (Ed.). Elsevier's dictionary of psychological theories. Elsevier Science & Technology.

Half-life. (2015). In E. Hodgson, R. M. Roe, R. B. Mailman, & J. E. Chambers (Eds.). Dictionary of toxicology (3rd ed.). Elsevier.

From nondatabase URL

O'Brien, W. (n.d.). Boredom: A history of western philosophical perspectives. In J. Fieser & B. Dowden (Eds.)., Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. The University of Tennessee at Martin. https://www.iep.utm.edu/boredom/

Citing In-Text: Example of one of the references

(O'Brien, n.d.) OR O'Brien (n.d.) 

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

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: Dictionary 

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

Section 10.3 Edited Book Chapters and Entries in Reference Works 47-48.