APA Referencing

Books

Books With One Author

Template

Author (Year). Title. (Edition, if not the first edition). Publisher.

Reference:

Davey, G. (2014). Psychopathology: Research, Assessment and Treatment in Clinical Psychology (2nd ed.). Wiley.

The citation in your text will be:

…(Davey, 2014) or Davey (2014)…

or, if you have quoted directly,

(Davey, 2014, p.16).

If you have used the author's name in your sentence then only the year of publication, with a page reference if necessary, is placed after it in brackets, eg.

Davey (2014) states that ...

or, if you have quoted directly,

Davey (2014, p. 16) states that ...

Other Examples

Two Authors

Reference:

Carver, C. S. & Scheier, M. F. (1998). On the Self-Regulation of Behavior. Cambridge University Press.

Citation:

 …(Carver & Scheier, 1998) or Carver and Scheier (1998)…

Three editors, publisher is the APA, 2nd edition

Reference:

Darley, J. M., Zanna, M. P. & Roediger, H. L. (Eds.). (2003). The Compleat Academic: A Career Guide (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association.

Citation:

…(Darley et al., 2003) or Darley et al. (2003)…

Five authors

Reference:

Levinson, D. J., Darrow, C. N., Klein, E. B., Levinson, M. H. & McKee, B. (1978). The Seasons of a Man’s Life. Knopf.

Citation:

…(Levinson et al.,1978) or Levinson et al. (1978)…

Organisation as the author, which also published it

When an organisation is both the author and publisher, the publisher info is left out to avoid repetition. Sometimes books have been assigned a DOI number and this can be given.

Reference:

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.).

Citation:

(American Psychiatric Association, 2013)

Not the first edition (numerical)

Reference:

Gross, R. D. (2015). Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour (7th ed.). Hodder Education.

Citation:

(Gross, 2015)

Older book that has been reprinted or republished more recently

In this example, the book was published originally in 1964, and later went out of print. It was republished in 2011. Both dates are given in the in-text citation separated by a slash. The publisher should be the one which published the copy you read, which may be different to the original publisher.

Reference:

Rokeach, M. (2011). The Three Christs of Ypsilanti. New York Review Books. (Original work published 1964).

Citation:

(Rokeach, 1964/2011)…. or …..Rokeach (1964/2011)….

Translated book

The name of the translator as initial then surname, then “Trans.” goes in brackets after the title.

Reference:

Kondo, M. (2011). The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying (C. Hirano, Trans.). Vermillion.

Citation:

(Kondo, 2011)… or … Kondo (2011)...

Book that is a translation into English, republished

Info of this sort is often on the copyright page of the book or early pages.

Reference:

Freud, S. (2001). Totem and Taboo (J. Strachey, Trans.). Routledge. (Original work published 1913).

Citation:

(Freud, 1913/2001)… or …Freud (1913/2001)….

Book in a language other than English (not translated) that you read in the original language

Translate the title into English in square brackets (not in italics) after the original title.

Reference:

Wundt, W. (1913). Die Psychologie im Kampf ums Dasein [Psychology’s Struggle for Existence]. Kröner.

Not the first edition (revised, expanded etc.)

Reference:

Gorbachev, M., 1987. Perestroika (expanded ed.). Fontana.

Citation:

(Gorbachev, 1987)

Available online only, no date

Reference:

Brown, C. (n.d.). My Love Affair with Referencing. http://www.littlelarge.com/brown

Citation:

(Brown, n.d.)

No author/Anonymous

Reference:

Anonymous. (1905). XX Century Alchemy: Or The Art of Transmuting Clay into Gold. Simpkin, Marshall & Co.

Citation:

(Anonymous, 1905)