What follows are some general guidelines for referring to the works of others in your essay.

In text citation apa book page number. For example Smith 2021 p. It also needs to appear on every page. When you have directly quoted from a chapter use a standard in-text citation for a quotation which includes the author year and page number.

Here are some sample in-text citation. Use the abbreviation p for one page or pp for multiple pages. Writing a Reference List.

The page number or other source part always appears in brackets at the end of the sentence where you used the citation. Include any other contributors eg. You will incorporate this information two ways into your text.

List any edition number in the same set of parentheses as the page numbers separated by a comma. The equivalent resource for the older APA 6 style can be found here. In an APA style paper page numbers generally appear in three places.

Apps Book Dictionary Electronic Book Encyclopedia Full Text Article from Database Journal Article Legal materials laws statutes rules Magazine Article Masters Thesis or Project Movie Newspaper Article Personal Communication. Ellipses are omitted from the beginning and end of a quotation unless the original source includes an ellipsis. Basic book citation format.

Include an in-text citation when you refer to summarize paraphrase or quote from another source. The format for quotations is the same for both authored and edited book chapters. In the reference list start with the authors last name and initials followed by the year.