APA Style Guide: Books

In-Text-Citation:  

• First Author Last name and Second Author Last name (Year)
• (First Author Last name & Second Author Last name, Year)

Example:

• Hogg and Vaughan (2008) argue….       
• As argued elsewhere (Hogg & Vaughan, 2008)…. 

Reference:

Author Last name, Initials., & Second Author Last name, Initials. (Year). Title. Publisher.

Example:

Hogg, M. A., & Vaughan G. M. (2008). Social psychology. Prentice Hall.

When you have a source with two to twenty authors, include all the authors names, including an ampersand (&) preceded by a comma.

In-Text-Citation (subsequently mentioned in-text):

• First Author Last name et al. (Year)
• (First Author Last name et al., Year)

Example:

• Fennelly et al. (2014) describe…
• It has been shown that children as young as two months can perceive changes in depth (Fennelly et al., 2014)...

Reference:

First Author Last name, Initials., Second Author Last name, Initials., Third Author Last name, Initials., Fourth Author Last name, Initials., & Fifth Author, Last name, Initials. (Year). Title. Publisher.

Example:

Fennelly, M., Matthews,P. J., Morgan, L.,  Gilchrist, S., Wilson, E. T., & Bishop, R. (2014). Understanding child development. Birch Press.

In-Text-Citation:

• Name of Corporate Author (Year)
• (Name of Corporate Author, Year)

Example:

• Economic and Social Research Institute (2008) highlight research…
• Research (Economic and Social Research Institute, 2008) highlighting other trends…

Note: the organisation can be shortened as follows:

First in-text citation

• Research (Economic and Social Research Institute [ESRI], 2008) highlighting other trends...

Subsequent in-text citations

• Research shows these steady trends (ESRI, 2008)...

Reference:

Name of corporate author. (Year). Title. Publisher.

Example:

Economic and Social Research Institute. (2008). ESRI research strategy 2008-2013: Research for a changing Ireland. ESRI.

In-Text-Citation:

• Editor(s) last name (Year)
• (Editor(s) Last name, Year)

Example:

• Among the proposals in Booth (1994)…
• Others (Booth, 1994) also proposed…

Reference:

Editor(s) Last name, Initials. (Ed.). (Year). Title. Publisher.

Example:

Booth, D. (Ed.). (1994). Rethinking social development: Theory, research and practice. Longman.

In-Text-Citation:

• Chapter Author(s) Last name (Year, Chapter no.)
• (Chapter Author(s) Last name Year, Chapter no.)

Example:

• Beiner (2000, Chapter 2) argues….
• Another view (Beiner, 2000, Chapter 2) points out….

Reference:

Chapter Author(s) Last name, Initials. (Year). Title of chapter. In editor(s) Initials, Last name (Ed.), Title of book (pages of chapter). Publisher.

Example:

Beiner, R. A. (2000). Arendt and Nationalism. In D. A. Villa (Ed.), The Cambridge companion to Hannah Arendt (pp. 44- 64). Cambridge University Press.

In-Text-Citation:

• Author Last name (Year)    
• (Author Last name, Year)

Example:

• Gilbert (2009) shows that….
• Being conscious of our thoughts and their effect on us is key to this theory (Gilbert, 2009).
   

Note on URLs: To get a shorter URL, such as the one above, go to the eBook itself and see if a shortened URL is provided. This is sometimes called a citable link or something similar.

Note: If there are no page numbers, and you need to quote directly from a source, include either a section heading or paragraph number in your in-text-citation, e.g. Gilbert, 2009, para. 6.

Reference:

Authors Last name, Initials. (Year). Title of work. Publisher. URL/DOI

Example:

Gilbert, P. (2009). The compassionate mind: Compassion focused therapy. Robinson. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kindle-eBooks-books

In-Text-Citation:

• Author Last name (Year republished/Year Originally published)... 
• (Author Last name, Year republished/Year Originally published)...

Example:

• Laing (1969/1961) argues...
• Another approach (Laing, 1969/1961) highlighted…

Reference:

Author Last name, Initials. (Year republished). Title. Publisher. (Original work published Year)

Example:

Laing, R. D. (1969). The self and others (2nd ed.). Pelican Books. (Original work published 1961)