APA 7th referencing style

This is a guide to using the APA7 referencing style from the American Psychological Association. It is based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

• About APA 7th
• Printing this guide
• In-text references
• Direct quotations
• Reference list
• Author information
• Additional referencing information
• Using headings
• Book
  • One author
  • Two authors
  • Three to twenty authors
  • Twenty one or more authors
  • No author
  • Author identified as anonymous
  • Book or ebook by an organisation or institution (group author)
  • eBook from database eg. Proquest, Ebsco
  • Different editions
  • Edited book or ebook
  • Translation of a book or ebook

  One author

  Author(s) of book – family name and initials. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

  Swartz, W. (2019). Descriptive psychology and the person concept: Essential attributes of persons and behavior. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-00372-5

  Two authors

  Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

  (Whittingham & Coyne, 2019)

  Whittingham and Coyne (2019)

  Always list the authors in the order in which they appear in the publication.

  Cite both authors for each use of reference.

  Whittingham, K., & Coyne, W. (2019). Acceptance and commitment therapy: The clinician's guide for supporting parents​. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-01265-X

  Three to twenty authors

  Author(s) of book – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

  (Sheldon et al., 2019)

  Sheldon et al. ( 2019) found that.

  Cite last name of first author followed by et al.

  Sheldon, P., Rauschnabel , P. A., & Honeycutt , J. M. (2019). The dark side of social media: Psychological, managerial, and societal perspectives . Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-04063-6

  Twenty one or more authors

  Author(s) of book – family name and initials (for first 19 authors), . . . final author name and initial(s). Title of book – italicised. Publisher. DOI or Web address - if available

  (Harris et al., 2019)

  Harris et al. (2019) found that.

  Cite last name of first author followed by et al

  Harris, K., Johnson, W., Matthews, L., Wilson, K., Lewis, S., Bailey, T., Kelly, M., Norris, O., James, P., Harrison, I., Grant, Q., Vince, J., Patterson, Y., Carson, H., Allison, T., Lang, R., Roberts, G., Gordon, N., Yates, J., . . . Holland, F. (2019). Brisbane city history. University of Queensland.