APA style guides
More examples are available in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association available from UWA library and the APA style guide to electronic references available online via the UWA Library.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
The 5th edition of the Manual, available for loan from UWA library.- APA style guide to electronic references
pdf (24pp.) outlining the changes to APA style for electronic references made in 2007. Available for download by UWA staff and students.
Basic format for APA book reference (book)
Author(s) family name, initial. (Year of publication). Book title. Place of publication: Publisher.
Books/Ebooks
Material Type |
In-Text Citation |
Reference List Entry |
| Book: Single Author | (Skevington, 1995) | Skevington, S. (1995). Psychology of pain. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons. |
| Book: Two authors | (Komar & Buikstra, 2008) | Komar, D. A., & Buikstra, J. E. (2008). Forensic anthropology: Contemporary theory and practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
| Book: 3-5 Authors |
[Cite all authors the first time the reference occurs] (Sargent, Nilan & Winter, 1997) [In subsequent citations include only the surname of the first author followed by et al.] (Sargent et al., 1997) |
Sargent, M., Nilan, P., & Winter, G. (1997). The new sociology for Australians (4th ed.). Melbourne: Longman Australia. |
|
Book: 6 or More Authors |
(Jones et al., 1984) | Jones, E., Farina, A., Hastorf, A., Markus, H., Miller, D., & Scott, R. (1984). Social stigma: The psychology of marked relationships. New York: W. H. Freeman. |
|
Book: Different Editions |
(Howitt & Cramer, 2008) | Howitt, D., & Cramer, D. (2008). Introduction to research methods in psychology (2nd ed.). Harlow, England: FT Prentice Hall. |
|
Book: No Author |
(The Australian Oxford dictionary, 1999) |
The Australian Oxford dictionary (3rd ed.). (1999). Melbourne: Oxford University Press. |
| Book: Editor |
(Hallinan, 2006) |
Hallinan, M. T. (Ed.). (2006). Handbook of the sociology of education. New York: Springer. |
| Book: 2 or More Editors | (Binstock & George, 1990) | Binstock, R. H., & George, L. K. (Eds.). (1990). Handbook of aging and the social sciences (3rd ed.). New York: Academic Press. |
| Book: Organisation as Author | (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1991) |
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (1991). Estimated resident population by age and sex in statistical local areas, New South Wales, June 1990 (No. 3209.1). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Author. [Where the author and publisher are identical, use the word Author as the name of the publisher.] |
|
Book: Chapter or Article in Edited Book |
(Hine, 2001) | Hine, C. (2001). Ethnography in the laboratory. In D. N. Gellner & E. Hirsch (Eds.), Inside organizations: Anthropologists at work (pp. 61-76). Oxford: Berg. |
|
E-book: Entire Book |
(O’Keefe, n.d.) |
O’Keefe, E. (n.d.). Egoism & the crisis in Western values. Available from http://www.onlineoriginals.com/showitem.asp?itemID=135 |
| E-Book: Chapter |
(Mitchell, 1913) |
Mitchell, H. W. (1913). Alcoholism and the alcoholic psychoses. In W. A. White & S. E. Jelliffe (Eds.), The modern treatment of nervous and mental diseases (Vol. 1, pp. 287-330). Retrieved from PsycBOOKS database. |
| Book: Different Works by Same Author in Same Year |
[Distinguish the works by placing ‘a’ ‘b’ ‘c’, etc after the publication date] (Glenn & Johnson, 1964a) |
Glenn, W. H., & Johnson, D. A. (1964a). Graphs. London: Murray. Glenn, W. H., & Johnson, D. A. (1964b). Calculating devices. London: John Murray. |
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