APA 6th Edition Quick Reference Guide - Cardinal Stritch University

6 th Books
Depending on the format of the reference source, there are variations in how the reference is listed. It is
often best to model your citation after an example. This guide is organized by format (i.e. “Books”) and
then medium of the format (i.e. Electronic). Identify the kind of source that you have used (book,
periodical, chapter, web site, etc.) and find a similar example below. Mirror the example with your specific
information.
Additional examples can be found on these sites:
APA Style Blog: http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/
UW-Madison’s Writing Center: http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocAPAReferences.html
Purdue OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Book Citation - General Format
Author(s). (Date of Publication). Title of book. Location of Publisher: Publisher.
! Publisher
NOTE
Location
of the
Location of the Publisher
Give the city and state or, if the location is outside of the United States, the city
and name of the country should be included. Do not abbreviate the name of the
country.
For U.S. cities, the two letter postal abbreviation for the state should be used.
Book - Single Author
CITATION
EXAMPLE
Meyer, S. (2007). Eclipse. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company.
EXAMPLE
The third book in the series starts out where the second left off. Bella states,
“With ice in my heart, I watched him prepare to defend me” (Meyer, 2007, p.1).
In Text
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