| Basic model for citing a book | |
| In-text | (Author, Year) |
| References | Author, A. A. (Year). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy (if available) |
| A book with one author | |
| In-text | (Hawking, 1988, p. 42) |
| References | Hawking, S. (1988). A brief history of time. Bantam. |
| A book with two authors | |
| In-text | (King & Morrison, 2019) |
| References | King, L., & Morrison, J. (2019). The power of habit. Random House. |
| A book with three or more authors | |
| In-text | (Smith et al., 2020) |
| References | Smith, J., Brown, P., & Chen, L. (2020). Effective research. Sage. |
| State the first author in the list and follow with et al. (which means "and all the others"). Be careful with the punctuation - there is no period after et | |
| A chapter in an edited book | |
| In-text | (Adams, 2010, p. 77) |
| References | Adams, R. (2010). Citing sources. In C. Jones (Ed.), Research methods (pp. 75-90). Academic Press. |
| A book with an editor and an author | |
| In-text | (Miller, 2016) |
| References | Miller, J. (2016). Poetry across time (L. Smith, Ed.). Penguin. |
| A chapter or special section of a book; a poem in an anthology | |
| In-text | (Plath, 2000) |
| References | Plath, S. (2000). Lady Lazarus. In D. George (Ed.), Modern female voices (pp. 102–104). HarperCollins. |
| A book read on a website | |
| In-text | (Austen, 2011) |
| References | Austen, J. (2011). Pride and prejudice. Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1342 |
| Provide either the url or the name of the website where you found the book. If publication information is available, include it following the examples above. | |
| A book read in a subscription database | |
| In-text | (Flynn & Griffin, 2011) |
| References | Flynn, M. J., & Griffin, S. E. (2011). Washington and Napoleon: Leadership in the age of revolutions. EBSCO eBook Collection. |
| Generally, do not include the name or URL of the database for standard books; treat as if print unless the book is uniquely retrievable only from that database. | |
| A book read on a digital device | |
| In-text | (Atwood, 1986) |
| References | Atwood, M. (1986). The handmaid’s tale. Houghton Mifflin. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003JFJHTS |
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