APA 7th referencing style

Author(s) of book – family name and initials. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

(Swartz, 2019)

OR

Swartz, W. (2019). Descriptive psychology and the person concept: Essential attributes of persons and behavior. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-00372-5

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

(Whittingham & Coyne, 2019)

OR

Whittingham and Coyne (2019) 

Always list the authors in the order in which they appear in the publication.

Cite both authors for each use of reference.

Whittingham, K., & Coyne, W.  (2019). Acceptance and commitment therapy: The clinician's guide for supporting parents​. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-01265-X

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

(Sheldon et al., 2019)

Sheldon et al. (2019) found that....

Cite last name of first author followed by et al.

Sheldon, P., Rauschnabel, P. A., & Honeycutt, J. M. (2019). The dark side of social media: Psychological, managerial, and societal perspectives. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-04063-6

Author(s) of book – family name and initials (for first 19 authors), . . . final author name and initial(s).  Title of book – italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

(Harris et al., 2019)

Harris et al. (2019) found that....

Cite last name of first author followed by et al

Harris, K., Johnson, W., Matthews, L., Wilson, K., Lewis, S., Bailey, T., Kelly, M., Norris, O., James, P., Harrison, I., Grant, Q., Vince, J., Patterson, Y., Carson, H., Allison, T., Lang, R., Roberts, G., Gordon, N., Yates, J., . . . Holland, F. (2019). Brisbane city history. University of Queensland.

Title of book - italicised. (Year). Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

Management is defined as (CCH Macquarie Dictionary, 1993)

OR

CCH Macquarie Dictionary (1993) defines…

Cite in the text the first few words of the title and the year. Italicise the book title.

The CCH Macquarie dictionary of business. (1993). CCH Australia.

Anonymous - only if author is specifically named as “Anonymous”. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

(Anonymous, 1996)

Use only if author is specifically named as Anonymous

Anonymous. (1996). Primary colors: A novel of politics. Random House.

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

(Queensland Health, 2002)

Queensland Health (2002) recommends that….

Queensland Health. (2002). Best practice guidelines for the management of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents. 

If the author name is the same as the publisher, omit the publisher.

Book

Add a comma , after each group author eg. Queensland Health, in the Author field

Author(s) of book – family name and initials. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if stable

(Khan, Kunz, Kleijnen & Antes, 2011)

OR

Khan, K., Kunz, R., Kleijnen, J., & Antes, G. (2011). Systematic reviews to support evidence-based medicine : how to review and apply findings of healthcare research. CRC Press.

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of book - italicised (Edition number ed.). Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

(DeHart, Sroufe, & Cooper, 1995)

DeHart, Sroufe, and Cooper (1995) state the idea that…

DeHart, G. B., Sroufe, L.A., & Cooper, R. G. (1995). Child development: Its nature and course (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill.

The edition statement is placed after the title of the work. This is not necessary for a first edition.

Editor(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple editors. (Ed. or Eds.). (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

(Hoffmann & Bublitz, 2017)

OR 

Hoffmann and Bublitz (2017)

Treat multiple editors same as multiple authors

Hoffmann, C. R., & Wolfram Bublitz, W. (Eds.). (2017). Pragmatics of social media. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110431070

If the book's chapters are written by different authors to the editor(s), you must reference each chapter you use as a book chapter.

Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of book - italicised (Translator name - first initial. last name, Trans.; Edition - if available). Publisher. (Original work published Year). DOI or Web address - if available

(Ylinen, 2007/2008)

Include original year of publication and year of translated publication.

Ylinen, J. (2008). Stretching therapy: For sport and manual therapies (J. Nurmenniemi, Trans.). Churchill Livingstone. (Original work published 2007)

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Enter translator’s name in Translator field

Add Original work published Year to Original Publication field