How to Cite a Textbook With Different Levels in APA

Bibliography

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  Write the author's last name, followed by a comma, followed by his first and middle initial, if available, followed by a period. Do this for each author if there is more than one and put an ampersand (&) before the last author's name. For example: Doe, J., & Clark, L.

• 2

  Write the year published in parentheses, followed by a period, i.e.: Doe, J., & Clark, L. (2011).

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  Write the name of the level cited, followed by a period, i.e.: Doe, J., & Clark, L. (2011). Level II: Adolescent psychology.

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  Write "In" then the editor(s) name by putting her first and middle initials first, then last name, followed by a comma, i.e.: Doe, J., & Clark, L. (2011). Level II: Adolescent psychology. In J. Bodine (ed.),

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  Write the name of the book in italics with only the first word and proper nouns capitalized. Do not put any punctuation after it. In this example, the words in single quotes should be italicized: Doe, J., & Clark, L. (2011). Level II: Adolescent psychology. In J. Bodine, 'Psychology'

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  Determine whether the book is a first edition. If it is not, write the edition number as an ordinal number followed by "ed." in parentheses: Doe, J., & Clark, L. (2011). Level II: Adolescent psychology. In J. Bodine (ed.), 'Psychology' (2nd ed.)

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  Write the page numbers of the section in parentheses, followed by a period: Doe, J., & Clark, L. (2011). Level II: Adolescent psychology. In J. Bodine (ed.), 'Psychology' (2nd ed.) (104-201).

• 8

  Write the city of publication, followed by a colon and the name of the publisher, followed by a period. The finished citation should look like this:

  Doe, J., & Clark, L. (2011). Level II: Adolescent psychology. In J. Bodine (ed.), 'Psychology' (2nd ed.) (104-201). New York: Random House.

In-Text Citations

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  Lead into your quote by using the author(s) last name, for example, According to Doe and Clark.

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  Write the publication year in parentheses after the author(s)'s name(s), followed by a comma, then the quote proper: According to Doe and Clark (2011),

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  Put quotation marks at the end of the quote, followed by "p." and the page number the quote was found on in parentheses, followed by the quote's punctuation.

  According to Doe and Clark (2011), 'People are largely unfamiliar with APA format' (p.36).