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APA 7 Reference Examples

Book with DOI

Template

Author, A., Author, B., Author, C., & Author, D. (year). Book title. Publisher. https://doi.org/xxxx

Example

Jones, O., Lilford, E., Spearing, S., & Taylor, G. (2019). The business of mining. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351173728

Rule

APA 7th ed. Sec. 10.2 (20) p. 321.

Book with one author no DOI

Template

Author, A. (year). Book title: Subtitle. Publisher.

Example

Gardner, A. (2008). Thirty second seduction: How advertisers lure women through flattery, flirtation, and manipulation. Seal Press.

Rule

APA 7th ed. Sec. 10.2 (21) p. 321

Book with two authors no DOI

Template

Author, Initial(s)., & Author, Initial(s). (year). Book title. Publisher.

Example

Stanwick, P.A., & Stanwick, S.D. (2009). Understanding business ethics. Pearson/Prentice Hall.

Book with no author or editor no DOI

Template

Book title: Subtitle. (year). Publisher.

Example

The handbook of country risk 2009-2010: A guide to international business in trade. (2009). GMB Publishing.

Rule

APA 7th ed. Table 9.1 How to Create a Reference When Information is Missing, p. 284.

Book with an organization as its author

Template

Organization.(year). Book title: Subtitle. Publisher.

Example

Commodity Research Bureau. (2008). The CRB commodity yearbook 2008 John Wiley and Sons.

Rule 

APA 7th ed. Sec 9.11 Group Authors, p. 288.

 

Book that is not the first edition

Template

Book title: Subtitle. (numbered ed.) (year.) Publisher.

Example

Associations Canada: The directory of associations in Canada. (26th ed.) (2005). Micromedia Proquest.

Article or chapter in an edited book

Template

Author, Initial(s). (year). Title of article or chapter. In Author, Initials. (Ed.). Title (numbered ed., pp. #-##). Publisher. 

Example

Kleinman, L.S. (1999). Human resource development. In M.M. Helms (Ed). Encyclopedia of management (4th ed. pp. 375-379). Publisher.