APA Citation Style 7th Edition

Reference List

With DOI:

Brown, L. S. (2018). Feminist therapy (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000092-000

Print Version or Without DOI from Research Database:

Woods, G. (2001). English grammar for dummies. Hungry Minds.

In-Text Citation

Parenthetical citation:

• Paraphrase: (Woods, 2011)
• Quotation: (Woods, 2011, p. 15)

Narrative citation: Woods (2011)

NOTE: If there is an editor instead of an author, you would simply insert the editor's name in the place where the author's name is now, followed by (Ed.).  The rest of the format would remain the same.

Reference List

Burley, J., & Harris, J. (Eds.). (2002). A companion to genethics. Blackwell.

In-Text Citation

Parenthetical citations:

• Paraphrase: (Burley & Harris, 2002)
• Quotation: (Burley & Harris, 2002, p. 153)

Narrative citations: Burley & Harris (2002)

Reference List

Johnson, N. G., Roberts, M. C., & Worell, J. (Eds.). (1999). Beyond appearance: A new look at adolescent girls. American Psychological Association.

In-Text Citations

Parenthetical citations:

• Paraphrase: (Johnson et al., 1999)
• Quotation: (Johnson et al., 1999, p. 72)

Narrative citations: Johnson et al. (1999)

A work is treated as having no author when its author is unknown or cannot reasonably be determined. In this case, move the title of the work to the author position (followed by a period), before the date of publication.

Reference List

Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (10th ed.). (1993). Merriam-Webster.

In-Text Citations

• For works with an unknown author, include the title and year of publication in the in-text citation.
• Italicize the title in the in-text citation if the title of the work is italicized in the reference list.
• If the title of the work is not italicized in the reference list, use double quotation marks around the title.
• Capitalize these titles in the text using title case, even though sentence case is used in the reference list entry.
• If the title is long, shorten for in-text citation.

Book with no author: (Interpersonal Skills, 2019)

Magazine article with no author: ("Understanding Sensory Memory," 2018)

Anonymous as Author

In the rare case that "Anonymous" is used for the author, treat it as the author's name (Anonymous, 2001). In the reference list, use the name Anonymous as the author.

Reference List

With DOI:

Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart, T. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their development. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 345–359). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000120-016

• Parenthetical in-text citation:
  • Paraphrase: (Aron et al., 2019)
  • Quotation: (Aron et al., 2019, p. 348)
• Narrative in-text citation: Aron et al. (2019)

If the e-book does not have a DOI, follow the example for a print book.

The DOI or URL is the final component of a reference list entry. Because so much scholarship is available and/or retrieved online, most reference list entries end with either a DOI or a URL.

• A DOI is a unique alphanumeric string that identifies content and provides a persistent link to its location on the internet. DOIs can be found in database records and the reference lists of published works.
• A URL specifies the location of digital information on the internet and can be found in the address bar of your internet browser. URLs in references should link directly to the cited work when possible.

When to Include DOIs and URLs