7th Edition

Reference Quick Guide

Invert names so that the last name comes first, Place the year Capitalize only the first letter of the first word. For a two-part
followed by a comma and the initials. Leave a space in parentheses. title, capitalize the first word of the second part of the title. Also
between initials. Retain the order of authors’ names. End with a period. capitalize proper nouns. Do not italicize. End with a period.

Ex: Tran, V. A., & Trinh, H.

Journal Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of the article.

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Capitalize all major words in the Italicize the volume number. Do not Do not italicize the issue number or Include the article page Does the article have a
periodical name. Follow with a put a space between the volume parentheses. Follow the parentheses with range. Use an en dash; do DOI? Include a DOI for all
comma. Italicize the periodical number and the parentheses a comma. No issue number? That’s okay. not put spaces around the works that have one. Do not
name (but not the comma after). around the issue number. Follow the volume number with a comma. en dash. End with a period. put a period after the DOI.

Invert names so that the last name comes first, Place the copyright year Capitalize only the first letter of the first word. For a two-part
followed by a comma and the initials. Leave a space in parentheses. End with title, capitalize the first word of the second part of the title. Also
between initials. Retain the order of authors’ names. a period. capitalize proper nouns. Italicize the title. End with a period.

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Copyright Year). Title of the book (7th ed.).
Book
Publisher. DOI or URL

Include the name of the publisher, followed Does the book have a DOI? Include a DOI if available. Does the book have an edition or volume number? If so, include
by a period. Do not include the publisher Do not include a URL or database information for works from the number in parentheses after the title but before the period. If both,
location. Are there multiple publishers? academic research databases. Include a URL for ebooks from show edition first and volume second, separated by a comma. Do
If so, separate them with a semicolon. other websites. Do not put a period after the DOI or URL. not put a period between the title and the parenthetical information.
 Invert names so that the last name comes first, Place the copyright year Capitalize only the first letter of the first word. For a two-part
followed by a comma and the initials. Leave a space in parentheses. End with title, capitalize the first word of the second part of the title.
between initials. Retain the order of authors’ names. a period. Also capitalize proper nouns. Do not italicize. End with a period.

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Copyright Year). Title of the book chapter.
Chapter in
an Edited Book
In A. A. Editor & B. B. Editor (Eds.), Title of the book (2nd ed., pp. #–#).
Publisher. DOI or URL Provide the title of the book in which Include the chapter page range. End with a period.
the chapter appears. Capitalize only Does the book have an edition or volume
the first letter of the first word. For a number? If so, include the number in parentheses
two-part title, capitalize the first word before the page range. If both, show edition
Write the word “In” and the initials
of the second part of the title. Also first and volume second, separated by a comma,
and last name (not inverted) of
capitalize proper nouns. Italicize the before the page range. Do not put a period
each editor. Use “(Ed.)” for one
book title. between the title and the parenthetical information.
editor or “(Eds.)” for multiple
editors. End with a comma.

Include the name of the publisher followed Does the book have a DOI or URL? Include a DOI if available.
by a period. Do not include the publisher Do not include a URL or database information for works from
location. If there are multiple publishers, academic research databases. Include a URL for ebooks from
separate them with a semicolon. other websites. Do not put a period after the DOI or URL.

More information on reference variations not shown here (e.g., in-press articles, articles with article numbers, articles without DOIs, books with titled volumes, SOURCE: American Psychological Association. (2020).
audiobooks) can be found in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.) and in the Concise Guide to APA Style (7th ed.): Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
(7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000
Journal articles and other periodicals Section 10.1
CREDIT: MELANIE R. FOWLER, FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE
Books and reference works Section 10.2
Edited book chapters and entries in reference works Section 10.3