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APA (7th Ed) Guide for ESL

Books

Reference list

TEMPLATE

Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of book. Name of Publisher.

EXAMPLE

Blumenthal, K. (2012). Steve Jobs: the man who thought different : a biography (1st ed.). Feiwel and Friends

 

In-text paraphrase

TEMPLATE

(Author last name, year of publication)

EXAMPLE

(Bluementhal, 2012)

 

In-text quote

TEMPLATE

(Author’s last name, year, page number)

EXAMPLE

(Bluementhal, 2012)

 


Chapter from an edited book

Reference list

TEMPLATE

Last name of Author of the specific chapter, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of chapter. In. First initial of editor, last name of editor (Ed.) Title of book. Name of Publisher.

EXAMPLE

Singer, P. (2007).Viewpoint one: Assisted suicide should be legal. In. L.S. Friedman, Assisted Suicide. Thomson Gale.

 

In-text paraphrase

TEMPLATE

(Last name of author of the specific chapter, year of publication)

EXAMPLE

(Singer, 2007)

 

In-text quote

TEMPLATE

(Last name of author of the specific chapter, year of publication, page number)

EXAMPLE

(Singer, 2007, p. 17)