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APA 7th Edition Citation Style

Chapter in an Edited Book

Citation Elements in Order:  
1.  Author
2.  Publication date
3.  Chapter title
4.  Editor
5.  Book title
6.  Page numbers:
7.  Publisher
8.  DOI
   

 

Reference Example:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In E. E. Editor & F. F. Editor (Eds.), Title of work: Capital

letter also for subtitle (pp. pages of chapter). Publisher. DOI (if available)

 

                         1.                   2.                                   3.                                               4.          

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    5.

(pp. 345–359). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000120-016

                 6.                            7.                                                   8.          

 

Proper Bibliographic Reference Format:

  • Bibliographic references are double-spaced and indented half an inch after the first line.
  • Only the book title is in italics.
  • The editor’s initials precede the family name.
  • Use "sentence-style" capitalization.
  • Note: for books with a large editorial board, list the name of the lead editor, followed by et al.
  • Use this format for both print and ebook edited book chapters, including edited book chapters from academic research databases.
  • If the chapter has a DOI, include the chapter DOI in the reference after the publisher name.
  • If a chapter without a DOI has a stable URL that will resolve for readers, include the URL of the chapter in the reference (as in the Thestrup example, which is from the iBog database). Do not include the name of the database in the reference.
  • If the chapter is from an academic research database and has no DOI or stable URL, end the book reference after the publisher name. Do not include the name of the database in the reference. The reference in this case is the same as for a print book chapter.
  • Include any edition information in the same parentheses as the page range of the chapter, separated with a comma.
  • For ebook chapters without pagination, omit the page range from the reference.

 

In-Text Citations:  

Citations are placed in the context of discussion using the authors' last names and date of publication.

(Schiessl & Lay, 2005)  

Alternatively, you can integrate the citation into the sentence by means of narrative.

Schiessl and Lay (2005) investigate the influence of concrete composition on the corrosion of concrete reinforcement.

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