How to Cite a Book, Chapter, and Title in APA Format

In the Body of the Paper

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  Write the title of the book in italic text.

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  Enclose the chapter title in quotation marks. If any punctuation -- such as a comma or period -- follows the chapter title, put the punctuation mark after the chapter title but before the last quotation mark.

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  Capitalize the first letter of each word in the title and chapter title, except articles and small prepositions.

In the Reference List

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  Cite the author of the chapter -- last name first, then a comma, then the first initial, followed by a period.

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  Cite the book's year of publication in parentheses, followed by a period.

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  Cite the title of the chapter using sentence case, capitalizing only the first word and proper nouns. Don't enclose the chapter title in quotation marks.

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  Write the word "In" and then cite the editor or compiler of the book, in normal order instead of inverted -- first initial and then last name. After the name, write the word "Ed." (or "Eds.," for more than one editor), in parentheses, followed by a comma.

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  Write the title of the book, using sentence capitalization. Format the title in italics.

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  Insert parentheses; inside the parentheses write "pp." and then cite the page numbers that the chapter spans within the book. After the parentheses, add a period.

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  Write the location of the book's publisher, followed by a colon; next, cite the publisher.