Basic format for a book (from a database) (APA)

APA-110

Reference list entry

Beasley, M. H. (2012). Women of the Washington press: Politics, prejudice, and persistence. Retrieved from http://muse.jhu.edu/

Explain

  • Give all the information as for a book (on the Web or in an online library).
  • For the retrieval information, give the URL of the database.

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

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