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APA Referencing - Education & CCSC students: Book

This guide provides information on how to reference using the APA 7th edition publication style

Books

APA 7th Edition

Books

One author

One author

In-text reference

Narrative:

Sullivan (2014) illustrated some examples of thought differences in approaches to combining spiritual and medical care.

 

Parenthetical:

There is evidence that combining spiritual and medical care is not an approach agreed by chaplaincies and medical practitioners (Sullivan, 2014).

 

Reference list

Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of the book: Subtitle of the book. Publisher. 

Sullivan, W. F. (2014). A ministry of presence: Chaplaincy, spiritual care, and the law. University of Chicago Press. 

Two authors

Multiple authors: Two authors

In-text reference

Narrative:

Barker and Powell (2014) explained that when someone comes to a counselling session they will have considered what they want to talk about.

Parenthetical:

When a person comes to a counselling session they will have considered what they want to talk about (Barker & Powell, 2014). 


Reference List

Surname, Initial., & Surname, Initial. (Year). Title of the book: Subtitle of the book. Publisher. 

Barker, G., & Powell, C. (2014). From woe to go: A training text for Christian counsellors. Balboa Press. 

 

See also Quotes and Citations: Multiple Authors 

Book (Three or more authors)

Multiple authors: Three or more 

In APA 7th edition, three or more authors' names are abbreviated to the first author and et al. from the first citation.

In-text reference

First citation (narrative):

Milner et al. (2004) identified a series of waves illustrating the development of counselling theories.

 

Subsequent citations (narrative):

Milner et al. (2004) identified a series of waves illustrating the development of counselling theories.

 

First citation (parenthetical):

Practitioners are encouraged to harness the power of words in a positive manner when supporting clients (Milner et al., 2004).


Subsequent citations (parenthetical) examples: 

Narrative approaches to problem solving solutions can support patients in their therapy (Milner et al., 2004).

 

Reference List

Surname, Initial., Surname, Initial., Surname, Initial., & Surname, Initial (Year). Title of the book: Subtitle of the book. Publisher. 

Milner, J., O’Byrne, P., & Campling, J. (2004). Assessment in counselling: Theory, process and decision-making. Palgrave Macmillan.

 

See also Quotes and Citations: Multiple Authors  

Group author

Group author

See Group author page

No author

No author

If there is no author or the author is not known, use the title in place of the author and alphabetise by the first significant word. In this example, the reference would be alphabetised by "S." The title remains italicised. The word Anonymous is used only for works that have "Anonymous" as the author.

In-text reference

Narrative:

In The Sage handbook of school organization (2018), the issue of school organization...

 

Parenthetical:

School organization has been examined from multiple perspectives (The Sage handbook of school organization, 2018)...

 

Reference list

The Sage handbook of school organization. (2018). Sage. 

Chapter in an edited book

Chapter in an edited book

When there are separate authors for each chapter and you are referencing a specific place in the book (rather than the book as a whole), reference the author of the chapter, not the editor(s). The author's surname is used for the alphabetical order so is listed before their initials as usual. The editor's surname is given after their initial, between the chapter title and the book title. The book title (not the chapter title) is in italics. The chapter page numbers are placed within parentheses after the book title. (See examples below under Reference list.)

In-text reference

Narrative:

According to Young (2007), there is frequent distrust in the relationship between the school and the parents of school students.

Parenthetical:

The relationship between schools and the parents of students is often fraught with issues (Young, 2007, p. 300).

 

Reference list

Single chapter author in a book with a single editor:

Young, B. (2007). The collaborative school community. In J. L. Drexler (Ed.), Schools as communities (pp. 299-316). Purposeful Design.

 

Multiple chapter authors in a book with multiple editors, one of whom co-authored the chapter:

Boucher, J., Mayes, A., & Bigham, S. (2008). Memory, language and intellectual ability in low-functioning autism. In J. Boucher & D. Bowler (Eds.), Memory in autism: Theory and evidence (pp. 268-290). Cambridge University Press. 

Edited book

Edited book

In an edited book, the editor(s) may or may not have written a chapter within the book. If referencing or quoting from a chapter, cite the chapter. If citing the entire book, the in-text citation will be similar to a citation for an authored book with the addition of (Eds.).

In-text reference

Narrative:

The compilation of research on memory in autism by Boucher and Bowler (2010) remains an influential publication in this area.  

Parenthetical:

In an influential publication on memory in autism (Boucher & Bowler, 2010) ...


Reference list

Boucher, J., & Bowler, D. (Eds.). (2010). Memory in autism: theory and evidence. Cambridge University Press.

 

Edition other than first

Edition other than first

An edition number is not required for a first edition. The edition number is written only in the Reference list (not in-text). It goes after the title for editions other than the first. The edition number is not italicised.

In-text reference

Narrative:

Corey (2023) identified that effective counsellors consciously strive to amend their practices as a result of their increased awareness of clients’ cultural differences.

Parenthetical:

Effective counsellors aim to increase their awareness of cultural differences (Corey, 2023).

 

Reference list

Corey, G. (2023). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy (11th ed.). Cengage Learning. 

Cite a reference within another reference

Cite an author cited within the reference

In-text reference

Sometimes you may want to cite an author who is cited within the work you are reading. Here is an example.

Hans Asperger noted that:

[T]here is an inability to learn from adults in conventional ways. Instead, the autistic individual needs to create everything out of his own thought and experience. More often than not this results in defective performance, even in the more able autistic individuals (p. 56). (Asperger, 1944, trans. Frith, 1991, cited in Scheuffgen et al., 2000, p. 89)

 

The writer had access to the Schueffgen (2000) reference but not the translation by Frith (1991), or the original 1944 work by Hans Asperger. The original work by Asperger is listed first in the citation, the translation is listed second, then "cited in" precedes the reference that the writer actually consulted. The page number of the Scheuffgen reference is given last.  

Reference list

Scheuffgen, K., Happé, F., Anderson, M., & Frith, U. (2000). High 'intelligence', low 'IQ'? Speed of processing and measured IQ in children with autism. Development and Psychopathology, 12(01), 83-90.

Translated book

Translated book

Two dates are included in the citation for a translated book. The first date is the publication year of the original work, and the second date is the year the translation (or reprint) was released.  

In-text reference

Parenthetical:

(author, original work publication year/translation)

(Lohfink, 1998/1999)


Reference list

Author surname, Initial. (publication year of translation). Title (Translator initials, surname, Trans.). Publisher. (Original work published 1998)

Lohfink, G. (1999). Does God need the church? Toward a theology of the people of God (L. M. Maloney, Trans.). Liturgical Press. (Original work published 1998)
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