Books – APA 6th Referencing Style Guide – Library Guides at AUT University

reference format for printed books

author, initial. (year). title of the book. city ​​of publication, country/state: publisher.

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no author

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reference list entry:

Collins Concise New Zealand Dictionary (7th ed.). (2008). London, England: Collins.

in-text citations:

…this definition from collins concise new zealand dictionary (2008) shows…

… highlights the debate around nuclear weapons (“Nuclear Test Research”, 2009).

• use the first few words of the title, or the full title if it is short, as indicated in your reference list, and the date.
• format with:
  • double quotes for the title of an article, chapter, or web page;
  • italics for the title of a journal, book, brochure, or report;
  • uppercase for both.

  an author

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  reference list entry:

  gambling, i. (2009). building the business case: proposals that are successful for projects that work. farnham, england: ashgate.

  in-text citations:

  gambles (2009) states….

  ….can lead to a more successful outcome (gamble, 2009)

  two – seven authors

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  reference list entry:

  gazda, g. m., balzer, f. j., kids, w. c., nealy, a. U., Phelps, R. e.g., & Walter, R. p. (2005). Human Relations Development: A Manual for Educators (7th ed.). boston, ma: pearson educational.

  in-text citations – two authors

  walker and allen (2004) said….

  ….stop smoking (walker & allen, 2004).

  • use “and” between author names in a sentence
  • use “&” between author names in an in-text citation
  • in the reference list use “&”
  • always indicate both authors each time you cite the work

  in-text citations–three, four or five authors

  first citation in the text:

  …as suggested by the findings (alred, brusaw, & oliu, 2009)

  later quotes:

  … in the same study (alred et al., 2009).

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  alfredo et al. (2009) found that…

  • list all authors the first time you cite them
  • in subsequent citations, list only the first author and et al.
  • include the year if it is the first citing this reference in the paragraph

  in-text citations – six or more authors

  kosslyn et al. (1996) found that…

  • cite only the last name of the first author, et al. and the year (always give the year).

  corporate author (organization)

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  reference list entry:

  new zealand health information service. (2003). maternity report: maternal and neonatal information. wellington, new zealand: ministry of health.

  in-text citations:

  …. as indicated by research (inland revenue department [ird], 2007)

  later quotes:

  …. suggested by recent statistics (ird, 2010).

  • the first time you cite it in the text, write the corporate author in full with its abbreviation in square brackets “[…]” plus the date.
  • in subsequent citations use the abbreviation plus date.

  unabridged corporate authors

  in-text citation:

  • write the corporate author in full each time if it is not well known by abbreviation.

    corporate author as publisher

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    reference list entry:

    new zealand universities academic audit unit. (1988). academic audit reports: reports from the general academic audits of new zealand universities. wellington, new zealand: author.

    • in the reference list, where the author and editor are the same, use the word author in the position of the editor.

      new edition of a book

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      reference list entry:

      berk, l. me. (2004). development throughout life (3rd ed.). boston, mom: ally and bacon.

      edited book

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      reference list entry:

      sykes, p., & pots, a. (eds.). (2008). investigating education from within: investigations from within. london, england: routledge.

      edited book chapter

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      reference list entry:

      easton, b. (2008). Does poverty affect health? ink. dew & a. Matheson (eds.), Understanding Health Inequalities in Aotearoa, New Zealand (pp. 97-106). dunedin, new zealand: otago university press.

      • the author(s) of the chapter is the main entry in your reference list and in your in-text citation

      edited book chapter, most recent edition

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      reference list entry:

      root, j. (2007). film noir on p. cook (ed.), the film book (3rd ed., pp. 305-315). London, England: British Film Institute.

      book with a volume number in a series

      esposito, a. & Jain, L. c. (eds.). (2016). modeling of emotions in the Robotic Socially Credible Behavioral Systems series (vol. 1). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31056-5

      multiple volumes in a multivolume work

      koch, s. (ed.). (1959-1963). psychology: a study of the science (vols. 1-6). new york, ny: mcgraw-hill.

      reprints and translations

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      reference list entry:

      freud, s. (1953). The Dream Interpretation Method: An Analysis of a Dream Specimen. in j. strachey (ed. & trans.), the standard edition of the complete psychological works of sigmund freud (vol. 4, pp. 96-121). retrieved from http://books.google.com/books (original work published in 1900)

      • insert the date of the version you have read after the author; put the original publication date at the end
      • in the text put both dates: (freud, 1900/1953).

      classic works

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      reference list entry:

      plato. (1961). meno (r. s. bluck, trans.). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. (original work published ca. 380 BC)

      • in the text give both dates: (Plato, 380 BC/1961)

      Illustrated book without words

      reference format:

      creator (illustrator), initial. (year). title of the book. city ​​of publication, country/state: publisher.

      reference list entry:

      lehmann, b. (2011). the secret box boston, ma: houghton mifflin children’s books.

      graphic novel where the author and illustrator receive equal authorship credit

      reference format:

      author, initial. & illustrator, initial. (year). title of the book. city ​​of publication, country/state: publisher.

      reference list entry:

      moore, a., & gibbons, d. (1986). Watchmen New York, NY: DC Comics.

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