Updated 3/12/2015 LD
Citing Print Resources in APA Format
Finding reliable information is only part of the research process. You must also credit the authors whose information you use in your paper. This is
called CITING a resource. Citations must be given when you use a direct quote or use facts, statistics, dates, etc. from a source and/or when you use
any specific ideas of an author.
Remember: 1. Pick a style and be consistent. The examples below use APA 6
th
edition (American Psychological Association) citing rules.*
2. Give complete information. The objective in citing is to lead the reader to the same sources you found. Make sure your citation
includes everything one would need to find the information.
Citation Elements:
Author of book
Year of publication
Title of book
Edition, if
applicable
Volumes, if
applicable
City, State
(Country)
Publisher
Author(s) last name, Initial(s). (Year). Title
(# ed.). City, State where published:
Publisher.
Strunk, W., & White, E. B. (2007). The elements of
style. New York, NY: Penguin Press.
Entire encyclopedia
or dictionary
Editor(s) last name, Initial(s). (Ed.). (Year).
Title (# ed., Volumes). City, State
where published: Publisher.
Young, S. (Ed.). (1999). Encyclopedia of women and
world religion (1
st
ed.,Vols. 1-2). New York,
NY: Macmillan Reference USA.
Author(s) last name, Initial(s). (Year). Title
of entry. In Title of encyclopedia
(Vol. #, pages). City, State where
published: Publisher.*
Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The new
encyclopaedia Britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501-
508). Chicago, IL: Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Chapter or article in
edited book
Author(s) last name, Initial(s). (Year).
Chapter title. In Editor’s Initial(s),
Last name (Ed.), Title of book (Vol.
#, pages). City, State where
published: Publisher.
Smith, J. K. (2009). Learning in informal settings. In
E. M. Anderman & L. H. Anderman (Eds.),
Psychology of classroom learning: An encyclopedia
(Vol. 2, pp. 572-575). Detroit, MI: Macmillan
Reference USA.
See Publication manual of the American Psychological Association 808.02 A512 2010 for more examples.
If you have questions about citing, ask a REFERENCE LIBRARIAN.
For a list of websites containing additional information on citing sources, go to libguides.alverno.edu/citingsources
* If the entry has no author, place the title in the author position.