How to cite a book with different chapter authors apa

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How do you cite a book where each chapter has a different author APA?
How do you cite a book with multiple chapters in APA?
How do you cite an author who wrote a chapter in a book APA?
How do you cite an edited book with multiple authors in APA?

The following contains a list of the most commonly cited print book sources. E-books are described on our "Electronic Sources" page. For a complete list of how to cite print sources, please refer to the 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual.

Note: If available, APA 7 requires a DOI for all works that have one — whether print or digital. If a print work does not have a DOI do not include it in the reference citation.

Basic Format for Books

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher Name. DOI (if available)

Stoneman, R. (2008). Alexander the Great: A life in legend. Yale University Press.

Edited Book, No Author

Editor, E. E. (Ed.). (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher. DOI (if available)

Leitch, M. G., & Rushton, C. J. (Eds.). (2019). A new companion to Malory. D. S. Brewer.

Edited Book with an Author or Authors

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (E. Editor, Ed.). Publisher. DOI (if available)

Malory, T. (2017). Le morte darthur (P. J. C. Field, Ed.). D. S. Brewer. (Original work published 1469-70)

A Translation

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (T. Translator, Trans.). Publisher. (Original work published YEAR) DOI (if available)

Plato (1989). Symposium (A. Nehamas & P. Woodruff, Trans.). Hackett Publishing Company. (Original work published ca. 385-378 BCE)

Note: When you cite a republished work, like the one above, in your text, it should appear with both dates: Plato (385-378/1989)

Edition Other Than the First

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (# edition). Publisher. DOI (if available)

Belcher, W. (2019). Writing your journal article in twelve weeks: A guide to academic publishing success (2nd ed.). University of Chicago Press.

Article or Chapter in an Edited Book

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In E. E. Editor & F. F. Editor (Eds.), Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (pp. pages of chapter). Publisher. DOI (if available)

Note: When you list the pages of the chapter or essay in parentheses after the book title, use "pp." before the numbers: (pp. 1-21). This abbreviation, however, does not appear before the page numbers in periodical references. List any edition number in the same set of parentheses as the page numbers, separated by a comma: (2nd ed., pp. 66-72).

Armstrong, D. (2019). Malory and character. In M. G. Leitch & C. J. Rushton (Eds.), A new companion to Malory (pp. 144-163). D. S. Brewer.

Multivolume Work

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (Vol. #). Publisher. DOI (if available)

David, A., & Simpson, J. (Eds.). (2006). The Norton anthology of English literature: The Middle Ages (8th ed.,Vol. A). W. W. Norton and Company.

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General Format:

In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):

(Author's Last Name of Chapter, year)

In-Text Citation (Direct Quote):

(Author's Last Name of Chapter, year, page number)

References:

Chapter Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year). Chapter or article title. In Editor First Initial. Second Initial. Editor Last Name (Ed.). Book title: Subtitle (edition number if not the first, pages of chapter). Location of publication: Publisher.

Examples:

In-text Citation (Paraphrase):

(Murphy, 2014)

In-text Citation (Direct Quote):

(Murphy, 2014, p. 52)

References:

Murphy, D.J., Jr. (2014). Coarctation of the aorta. In D.S. Moodie (Ed.).Clinical management of congenital heart disease: From infancy to adulthood (pp. 142-170). Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cardiotext Publishing.

How do you cite a book where each chapter has a different author APA?

If there are different authors for each chapter, you need to reference EACH chapter you use. If you use multiple chapters from a book with different authors for each chapter, you still need to reference EACH chapter you use.

How do you cite a book with multiple chapters in APA?

You can cite multiple chapters from these types of books as separate entries in your reference list. Where the same author/s wrote the entire book (i.e. authors aren't listed for the individual chapters), then you should cite the entire book, not the chapter/s.

How do you cite an author who wrote a chapter in a book APA?

Article or Chapter in an Edited Book.

General Format..

In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):.

(Author Surname [of Chapter or Article], Year).

In-Text Citation (Quotation):.

(Author Surname [of Chapter or Article], Year, page number).

References (Quotation):.

Author Surname [of Chapter or Article], First Initial. ... .

or chapter title..

How do you cite an edited book with multiple authors in APA?

How to cite an edited book in APA.

Editor(s) of the book: Give the last name and initials (e. g. Watson, J. D.) of up to seven editors with the last name preceded by an ampersand (&). ... .

Year of publication: Give the year in brackets followed by a full stop..

Title of the book: Book titles are italicized..