Basic format for a book (on the Web or in an online library) (APA)

APA-108

Reference list entry

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Additional annotated example

Explain

  • Provide the author, year, and title as for a print book.
  • In place of the city and publisher, give the URL for the home page of the Web site or the online library.
  • For a chapter in an online book, give the page numbers if the book is paginated.

Note on breaking URLs and DOIs

  • If you must break a URL or a DOI at the end of a line, break it after a double slash or before any other mark of punctuation.
  • Do not add a hyphen.
  • Do not put a period at the end of the entry.

General guidelines for the APA reference list

Directory to APA reference list models