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Book

Key Elements

  1. Author
  2. Publication Year
  3. Title (italicized)
  4. Publisher
  5. If Citing a Chapter or Section: Page Number(s)
  6. Ebook: DOI or URL address

One Author (9.8)

Include the author's last name and then first and middle initial.

Homayoun comma A period parenthesis 2018 parenthesis period Social media wellness colon Helping tweens and teens thrive in an unbalanced digital world period Corwin period

Two-20 Authors (9.8)

Use the ampersand (&) rather than the word "and" before the last author listed.

Dauncey comma E period comma ampersand Larsson comma S period parenthesis 2018 parenthesis period Plants that kill colon A natural history of the world's most poisonous plants period Princeton University Press period

More Than 20 Authors (9.8)

Include the first 19 authors, add an elipsis (...), and list the last author.

Warren comma M period A period comma Hu comma S period comma Pine comma J period comma Schroeder comma D period comma Malm comma S period comma Smith comma P period E period comma Banks comma C period comma de la Cruz comma I period comma Sacks comma O period T period comma Matthews comma R period comma Bolles comma V period comma Segal comma E period comma Horowitz comma G period comma Deiorio comma B period comma Collins comma E period comma Ritter comma K period comma Hutchinson comma F period comma Yeung comma B period comma Payne comma C period E period comma period period period Wang comma L period parenthesis 2017 parenthesis period Scientific advances in positive psychology period Praeger period

eBook (10.2)

At the end, include the DOI. If none, include the ​ebook's URL address.

Assadourian comma E period comma ampersand Mastny comma L period parenthesis 2017 parenthesis period EarthEd colon Rethinking education on a changing planet period Island Press period https://bit.ly/39AqGAv

Has a DOI (10.2)

DOI is a document object identifier, which is like a fingerprint for items. If the ebook has a DOI, include it at the end.

Rattansi comma A period parenthesis 2017 parenthesis period Bauman and contemporary sociology colon A critical snalysis period Manchester University Press period https://doi.org/10.1037/000092-001

On an E-reader (10.2.22 & 26)

After the publication information, include the type of e-reader you used and the website or software you used to retrieved the book.

Moore comma K period parenthesis 2017 parenthesis period The radium girls colon The dark story of America's shining women bracket Kindle bracket period Sourcebooks period https://amzn.to/35GDp2g

Chapter or Section (10.3)

If you are citing a specific chapter or section of an edited book, list the author of the section first. Include information such as page numbers, edition and volume numbers after the title of the book.

Renou hyphen Wilson comma F period parenthesis 2018 parenthesis period Peatlands period In R period Creamer comma ampersand L period O’Sullivan parenthesis Eds period parenthesis comma The soils of Ireland parenthesis pp period 141 hyphen 152 parenthesis period Springer period https://bit.ly/39Ccy9N

Reference Entry (10.3.47-49)

Begin with the author of the entry, not the author or editor of the book.

With Author (10.3.48)

Jones comma C period A period parenthesis 2018 parenthesis period Pongal period In J period D period Ryan parenthesis Ed period parenthesis comma Encyclopedia of world religions colon Encyclopedia of Hinduism parenthesis 2nd ed period parenthesis period Facts On File period https://bit.ly/2ScJTBZ

No Author (10.3.49)

Begin with the entry title.

Achievement motivation period parenthesis 2014 parenthesis period In J period Scott parenthesis Ed period parenthesis comma A Dictionary of Sociology parenthesis 4th ed period parenthesis period Oxford University Press period https://bit.ly/36T52oT

Entire Edited Book (10.2.34)

Put the editor in the author position followed by (Ed.) or (Eds.).

 Montag comma W period comma ampersand Elsayed comma E period parenthesis Eds period parenthesis parenthesis 2017 parenthesis period Balibar and the citizen subject period Edinburgh University Press period https://bit.ly/2SQCMPO

Has Edition (10.2.30)

Include edition in parentheses after the title. Cite the edition as it is printed on the title page (2nd ed., Rev. ed., 2010 ed., etc.)

Klenke comma K period parenthesis 2017 parenthesis period Women in leadership colon Contextual dynamics and boundaries parenthesis 2nd ed period parenthesis period Emerald Publishing Limited period https://bit.ly/39yoHwp

Has Volume (10.2.30)

Include the volume used in parentheses after the title.

Graham comma D period G period parenthesis 2017 parenthesis period Endoscopy period In Zabel comma H period parenthesis Ed period parenthesis comma Medical physics period Vol period 1 colon Physical aspects of organs and imaging parenthesis pp period 295 hyphen 312 parenthesis period De Gruyter period https://bit.ly/36VDyPl