How to Cite a Book Compiled by Someone in APA

APA format is a set of style conventions introduced by the American Psychological Association. Though originally applied to scholarly publications, the format has been adopted by many academic departments across the nation. If you're not used to APA format, trying to correctly cite a book can be mystifying. Citing a compiled book, or one that is assembled by an editor rather than an original author, is straightforward once you're acquainted with the APA guidelines.

Instructions

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      Parenthesize the editor's last name and publication date, and insert it at the end of a relevant sentence. For example, if you've just paraphrased a statistic from the book, end the sentence with "(Editor's last name, 1999)."

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      Write the editor's full name in your Works Cited page. The last name should appear before the first name, and parentheses should identify the person as the editor. Yours should resemble this: "Doe, John. (Ed.)." If there is more than one editor, include the relevant names in alphabetical order: "Doe, John & Smith, Jane. (Eds.)."

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      Follow with the parenthesized date of publication and the title of the book. The next part of the citation should look like this: "(2003). Student's guide to APA formatting." Under APA format, the title of the book need not be in title-case.

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      Conclude the citation with the location of publishing and publisher: "New York: Random House."

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