Citing Business Resources - APA Style 6th Edition

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Reference List

TEMPLATES

Author, A. (year of publication). Title of print book (edition if given). Location of publisher: Name of publisher.

Author, A. (year of publication). Title of eBook. Retrieved from Name of database.

EXAMPLES

Rust, H.L. (2006). Let's buy a company: How to accelerate growth through acquisitions. Franklin Lakes, NJ: The Career Press, Inc.

Monk, A.H.B., Sharma, R., & Sinclair, Duncan L. (2017). Reframing finance: New models of long-term investment management. Retrieved from eBook Collection (EBSCOhost).

In-text Citation: Paraphrase

TEMPLATE

(Last name of author, year of publication)

EXAMPLES

(Rust, 2006)

(Monk, Sharma, & Sinclair, 2017)

In-text Citation: Quote

TEMPLATE

(Last name of author, year of publication, page number)

EXAMPLES

(Rust, 2006, p. 116)

(Monk, Sharma, & Sinclair, 2017, p. 81)

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Print Book

• open print book and turn to title page
• find TITLE at top of title page
• find AUTHOR below title on title page

• copyright information appears on the back of the title page
• find YEAR OF PUBLICATION by looking for the word 'copyright' or the copyright symbol (©)
• to find LOCATION OF PUBLISHER, look for an address on the copyright page
• the NAME OF PUBLISHER can appear in the following places:
  • with phrases like 'published by' or 'a publication of'
  • with publisher's logo, as in this example
  • with year of publication

eBook

• from results list in library database, open detailed record for eBook
• find TITLE in large text at top of record
• find AUTHOR in Authors field below title
• find YEAR OF PUBLICATION in Publication Information field below Authors field
• find DATABASE in Database field near the end of the record