Books, Brochures, and Book Chapters

This section includes all forms of citations for both print and electronic books. Below is the most basic format for a book. If multiple authors are listed, separate with commas after the initials and place an ampersand (&) before the final author. (Author, A. A., & Author, B. B.)

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of work. Location: Publisher.

• Single Author
  Lovecraft, H. P. (1973). Supernatural horror in literature. New York, NY: Dover Publications.

• Two to Seven Authors
  Reese, J. B., Urry, L. A., Cain, M. L., Wasserman, S. A., Minorsky, P. V., & Jackson, R. B. (2008) Campbell Biology (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Benjamin Cummings.

• Eight or More Authors
  Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author, C. C., Author, D. D., Author, E. E., Author, F. F., . . . Author, J. J. (Year). Title of book. Location: Publisher.
• When there are eight or more authors, list the first six authors, followed by an ellipsis, and then the final author. All others are omitted.
  
  
• Editor as Author
  Editor, E. E., & Editor, F. F. (Eds.). (Year). Title of work. Location: Publisher.
• For a single editor use (Ed.).
  
  
• Article or Chapter in a Book/Anthology
  Davis, K. E., Kirkpatrick, L. A., Levy, M. B., & O’Hearn, R. E. (1994). Stalking the elusive love styles: Attachment styles, love styles, and relationship development. In R. Erber & R. Gilmour (Eds.), Theoretical frameworks for personal relationships (179-210). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • The edition number is included in this example because the online dictionary refers to the print version of the dictionary.
  • If the series has volumes with subtitles that change, only the subtitle is lowercased. The series title is capitalized like a normal title.
    
    
• Later Edition of a Book
  Ramage, J. D., Bean, J. C., & Johnson, J. (2010). Writing arguments: A rhetoric with readings (8th ed.). New York, NY: Longman.

• Electronic Version of a Print Book
  Reese, J. B., Urry, L. A., Cain, M. L., Wasserman, S. A., Minorsky, P. V., & Jackson, R. B. (2008) Campbell Biology (9th ed.) [Kindle version]. Retrieved from http://www. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006MKVKZ6

• Electronic-Only Book
  American Psychological Association. (2012). APA style guide to electronic references. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Style-Guide-Electronic-References-ebook/dp/B008674FW8

• Electronic Version of Republished Book
  Freud, S. (1953). Psychopathology of everyday life. In A. A. Brill (Ed, & Trans.), The basic writings of Sigmund Freud. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books (Original work published 1938)

• Book, "Jr." in Name
  Mitchell, T. R., & Larson, J. R., Jr. (1987). People in organizations: An introduction to organizational behavior (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

• Author Same as Publisher
  American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychologial Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

• Book, No Author or Editor
  Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (11th ed.). (2004). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.

• Book, Revised Edition
  Levitt, S. D., & Dubner, S. J. (2006) Freakonomics: A rouge economists explores the hidden side of everything (Rev. ed.). New York, NY: HarperCollins.

• Several Volumes in a Multivolume Edited Work
  Boydston, J. A. (Ed.). (1980–1984). John Dewey: The Later Works (Vols. 5–7). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.

• Encyclopedia or Dictionary
  Alderton, D. (2008). Encyclopedia of aquarium and pond fish. London, England: Dorling Kindersley.

• Entry in an Online Encyclopedia or Dictionary
  Zieve, D., Slon, S., & Wang, N. (Eds.). (2013). General anesthesia. A. D. A. M. medical encyclopedia: Medline plus. Retrieved from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

• Entry in an Online Encyclopedia or Dictionary, No Author or Editor
  Immaculate. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster's online dictionary (11th ed.). Retrieved from http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/immaculate

• Non-English Book, Title Translated into English
  Piaget, J., & Inhelder, B. (1951). La genèse de l'idée de hasard chez l'enfant [The origin of the idea of chance in the child]. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.

• English Translation of a Book
  Tolstoy, L. (1994). War and peace. (C. Gernett, Trans.). New York, NY: Random House. (Original work published in 1869).

• Brochure, Corporate Author
  Full Name of Corporate Author. (Year). Title of brochure [Brochure]. Location: Publisher.
• If the publisher is the same as the author, you can put Author in place of the publisher information.
• Chapter in a Volume in a Series, Series and Volume Editors
  Aristotle. (2004). Book I. In P Negri (Series Ed.), & J. Bak (Volume Ed.). The Works of Aristotle: Rhetoric. (3rd ed., W. R. Roberts, Trans.). New York, NY: Dover. (Original work published 1924).

• Electronic Version of Book Chapter in a Volume in a Series
  Aristotle. (2004). Book I. In P Negri (Series Ed.), & J. Bak (Volume Ed.). The Works of Aristotle: Rhetoric. (3rd ed., W. R. Roberts, Trans.). Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/Rhetoric-Dover-Thrift-Editions-ebook/dp/B00A73FCYO
• If there are page numbers of the section, include them as well in the parentheses as pp. ##–##
• If there is a DOI then use that in place of retrieved from.
  
  
• Non-English Reference Book, Title Translated into English
  Author, A. A. (Year) Untranslated title of book [Translated title of book]. Location: Publisher.

• English Translation of an Article or Chapter in a Book, Reprinted from Another Source
  Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article or chapter (A. B. Name, Trans.). In E. E. Editor & F. F. Editor (Eds.), Name of book (pp. #–#). Location: Publisher. (Reprinted from Original title, pp. #–#, by E. E. Editor, Ed., Year, Location: Publisher).
• You will, in essence, be citing two different books together.