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APA Style (7th ed.)

Books

General Pattern

Author's Last Name, First Name Initial. Second Initial if given. (Year of Publication). Title of book: Subtitle, if given (Edition ed.). Publisher. URL, if online

In-text: (Author's Last Name, Year)

Print Book, single author

Buxton, R. (2004). The complete world of Greek mythology. Thames & Hudson. 

In-text: (Buxton, 2004)

Ebook, 3+ authors

Booth, D., Shames, D., & Desberg, P. (2010). Own the room: Business presentations that persuade, engage and get results. McGraw Hill. https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.library.sheridanc.on.ca/lib/sheridanc-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4657643#

In-text: (Booth et al., 2010)

Book Chapter in an edited work

Where chapter author is different from book author/editor.

Law, J. M. (1998). The Awaji tradition. In K. Brazell (Ed.), Traditional Japanese theatre (pp. 393-397). Columbia University Press. 

In-text: (Law, 1998)

Online Encyclopedia or Dictionary, no author

Follow book chapter guidelines. The word being defined or described is treated as the chapter title.

Sleep. (2011). In Encyclopedia Britannica. https://academic-eb-com.library.sheridanc.on.ca/levels/collegiate/article/sleep/109539

In-text: (Sleep, 2011)

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Authors Dates Titles Source Page Numbers

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