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APA 7 Citation Style Guide

This style guide will help you cite the most common types of materials required in research projects and papers according to APA 7th edition. Direct comments to eselander@nvcc.edu.

Citing Books

SOURCES CITATION IN-TEXT

GENERAL FORMAT:

Books
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Book title: Subtitle. Publisher name. Digital Object Identifier* (DOI) (format is https://doi.org/xx.xxxx.xx...), if available

(Last Name, Year)

(Last Name & Last Name, Year)

(Last Name, et al., Year) - 3 or more authors
Book– one author, with DOI*, from  database or print Albright, A. C. (2019). How to land: Finding ground in an unstable world. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190873677.001.0001

(Albright, 2019)


(Albright, 2019, p. 151)

Book – No DOI*, 2 to 20 authors**, not 1st edition, from database or print Brodnik, M. S., Rhinehart-Thompson, L. A., & Reynolds, R. B. (2017). Fundamentals of law for health informatics and information management (3rd ed.). AHIMA Press.

(Brodnik et al., 2017)

(Brodnik et al., 2017, pp. 171-172)
Edited book – No DOI*, from database or print Servitje, L., & Vint, S. (Eds.). (2016). The walking med: Zombies and the medical image. The Pennsylvania State University Press.

(Servitje & Vint, 2016)

(Servitje & Vint, 2016, Fig. 4.2)
Article/chapter/entry in edited book, with DOI* from database or print Wroolie, T., & Holcomb, M. (2010). Menopause. In Levin, B. L., & Becker, M. A. (Eds.). A public health perspective of women’s mental health (pp. 143-164). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1526-9 

(Wroolie & Holcomb, 2010)
 

(Wroolie & Holcomb, 2010, p. 158)
Book freely available online – No DOI*, not in a research database Cook, C. C. H. (2019). Hearing voices demonic and divine: Scientific and theological perspectives. Routledge. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK540477/

(Cook, 2019)

(Cook, 2019, p. 102)

Diagnostic Manuals (DSM)


Note: When author and publisher are same, omit the publisher as source element
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596

Initial in-text citation:

(5th ed.; DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association)

Subsequent Citations:

(American Psychiatric Association, 2013)

*DOI: Digital Object Identifier - a unique alphanumeric combination, providing a persistent link to online items – e.g., https://doi.org/10.1037/15969-000

** For 21 or more authors, list the 1st through 19th authors in the reference, followed by an ellipsis (…), then the last author.