APA Citation Style, 7th edition: Article in a Reference Book

A guide to help users create citations using APA (American Psychological Association) style, 7th edition.

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  About Citing Books

  For each type of source in this guide, both the general form and an example will be provided.

  The following format will be used:

  In-Text Citation (Paraphrase) - entry that appears in the body of your paper when you express the ideas of a researcher or author using your own words. For more tips on paraphrasing check out The OWL at Purdue.

  In-Text Citation (Quotation) - entry that appears in the body of your paper after a direct quote.

  References - entry that appears at the end of your paper.

  Information on citing and several of the examples were drawn from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).

  Article in a Reference Book

  General Format

  In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):

  (Author Surname [of Article], Year)

  In-Text Citation (Quotation):

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

  References (Quotation):

  Author Surname [of Article], First Initial. Second Initial. (Year). Article title. In Editor First Initial. Second Initial. Surname (Ed.), Reference book title: Subtitle (# ed. edition, Vol. volume #, pp. page range of article). Publisher.

  Example

  In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):

  In-Text Citation (Quotation):

  (Lindgren, 1994, p.468)

  References:

  Lindgren, H. C. (1994). Stereotyping. In Encyclopedia of psychology (Vol. 3, pp. 468-469). Wiley.