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APA 7th Edition Citation Style

Print Books

Citation Elements in Order:  
1.  Version Title
2.  Publication date
3. Publisher
4. URL if applicable
5. Original work publication date if known

 

Reference Example:

 

Version Title. (Publication Year). Publisher. (Original work published Year)

 

 

       1.                                                              2.                        3.                                                   

The Qur'an (M.A.S Abdel Haleem, Trans.). (2004).  Oxford University Press.

 

            1.                2.                        3.                                                      4.                                                5.

King James Bible. (2017). King James Bible Online. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/ (Original work published 1769)

 

Proper Bibliographic Reference Format:

  • Bibliographic references are double-spaced and indented half an inch after the first line. 
  • Use italics and "sentence-style" capitalization for book titles.
  • Place of publication is no longer included.
  • Religious works (e.g. Bible, Qur'an, Torah, Bhagavad Gita), classical works (e.g., ancient Greek and Roman works), and classical literature are all cited like books.
  • Religious works are usually treated as having no author. However, an annotated version of a religious work would be treated as having an editor.
  • Use the year of publication of the version that you used in the date element of the reference.
  • The year of original publication of a religious work may be unknown or in dispute and is not included in the reference in those cases. However, versions of religious works such as the Bible may be republished; these republished dates are included in the reference.
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