How To In-text Cite An Ebook Apa
Fernanda Rabbe
Some books have specific editions listed. Include the edition after the title of the book in the reference list. You do not have to include the edition if it is the first edition. Shorten the word "edition" to "ed.".
When a book has one to twenty authors or editors, all authors' names are cited in the Reference List entry. When a book has twenty-one or more authors or editors, list the first nineteen authors followed by three spaced ellipse points (. . .) , and then the last author's name. Rules are different for in-text citations; please see the examples provided.
APA style does not require you to identify the format of an eBook (PDF, Kindle, ePUB). However, be sure to read your assignment guidelines carefully in case your instructor would like you to include this or any other extra information.
When citing a book that has been translated, you include the translator's information in the References list after the title of the book and add a parenthetical note to the end of the citation. You also adjust the in-text citation as well.
If no author or creator is provided, start the citation with the title/name of the item you are citing instead. Follow the title/name of the item with the date of publication, and the continue with other citation details.
Remember: an author/creator may be an organization or corporation, for example Health Canada. If you don't have a person's name as the author, but do have the name of an organization or corporation, put that organization/corporation's name as the author.
If you're citing something which is part of a bigger work, like an article from a magazine, newspaper, journal, encyclopedia, or chapter/short story from a book, put the shortened title in quotation marks in your in-text citation:
When you are citing two different sources that share the same author and year of publication, assign lowercase letters after the year of publication (a, b, c, etc.). Assign these letters according to which title comes first alphabetically. Use these letters in both in-text citations and the Reference list.
In this guide, you will go through the basic steps of citing an e-book according to the 7th edition of the official Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2020a), Chapter 10.2. The association is not affiliated with this guide. This guide will also point out changes to e-book referencing guidelines between the 6th and 7th edition of the Publication Manual.
In the new edition, an e-book citation looks more similar to a print book citation in the ways that they are referenced. The biggest difference now is that an e-book reference includes the URL or DOI if available.
If you are trying to reference an electronic book that does not have a known DOI or URL, then you may end the reference after the publisher name. This is also the case for e-books that are sourced from academic research databases.
Written and edited by Michele Kirschenbaum and Elise Barbeau. Michele Kirschenbaum is a school library media specialist and the in-house librarian at EasyBib.com. Elise Barbeau is the Citation Specialist at Chegg. She has worked in digital marketing, libraries, and publishing.
To cite a book chapter with an editor and/or a translator in APA style, you need to have basic information including the authors, publication year, chapter title, editors and/or translators, book title, publisher, and page numbers. The templates for in-text citation and reference list entry of a book chapter with an editor and/or a translator along with examples are given below:
Include the first initials only for the first authors with the same surnames in all in-text citations. Even if the second authors are different people with different initials, do not include the initials of the second author.
What is a DOI?
Some library databases, such as Academic Search Ultimate and APA PsycInfo, list a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for individual ebooks. A DOI is a unique identifying number for an ebook. In the database record for an ebook, you will see an element that looks like this, which you should include at the end of your APA reference, preceded by " ":
Note that this template should be used only for books that have different authors for each chapter. If the author(s) is/are the same for an entire book, create a reference list entry for the entire book, even if you only quoted from one chapter of the book. (Your in-text citation will direct your reader to the specific part of the book that you quoted.)
Note that the page numbers of an article or chapter are preceded by "pp." in the reference list entry (for example, "pp. 1092-1097"). In cases where an article/chapter occupies a single page, the page number is preceded by "p." (e.g, "p. 4").
If an article has been reprinted from a source that was published earlier, give the original date of publication in the "original work" element of the citation, as shown above. When using this element, do not put a period after it.
Most of the APA rules for referencing print books also apply to referencing eBooks and audiobooks, for example, how to reference multiple authors, different editions, an edited book etc. Click on the Book tab for further details.
If you refer to the ebook or audiobook version of a reference, cite the print book unless there is something distinctive about the ebook or audiobook that you are referring to (such as referring to the reader's voice in an audiobook). In this case, include the format in the reference list citation.
Many eBooks have page numbers that correlate with their print alternatives. If an eBook has page numbers, provide those page numbers in your in-text citation after a direct quote as you would for a print book. If an eBook does not have page numbers or does not have constant page numbers (e.g. in an eReader where the size of font or screen orientation can change the numbering of the pages) follow the conventions for websites and provide:
Elements of a Book Citation: A book citation consists of author(s) and/or editor(s) names, book title, edition, place of publication, publisher, and date. A book chapter citation begins with the author(s) followed by the chapter title and the citation information for the book as a whole. Note that none of these elements are bolded or italicized, and punctuation matters. Only the first word and any proper nouns are capitalized in the book title.
Authors / Editors: Author names are separated with a comma. If a book contains between two and ten authors, list all of them in your end reference. If a book contains more than ten authors, list the first ten followed by "et al." For books with no primary author, begin your citation with the editors' names, followed by the word "editors."
The order of elements in your citation will vary according to the in-text citation style you are using. Examples are listed on this page for both scenarios. For more information about in-text citations, refer the the CSE Style Guide homepage.
Begin your citation with the author(s) of the chapter or article, followed be the title. Then, add the word "In:" and cite the book as a whole as you would normally. If the author of the book chapter is the same as the author of the book, only include the author's name at the beginning of the citation.
Begin your citation with the author(s) of the chapter or article, followed be the title. Then, add the word "In:" and cite the book as a whole as you would normally. Use this format for both book chapters and encyclopedia articles.
Citing books accessed on ereaders can be difficult for several reasons. You may wonder, is it cited as a book or as a file? How do you specify where a direct quotation came from if there are no static page numbers? Where in the citation do you indicate which ereader you accessed it on?
For your parenthetical citation, section 3.3.3 of the MLA Handbook states "If the work is divided into stable numbered sections like chapters, the numbers of those sections may be cited..." The example given is:
It goes on to say that if no such visible, fixed part number is present, it must be cited as a whole (do not include any reference to the page, chapter, paragraph, etc.). You still need to include enough info in parenthesis for your reader to find the source in your works cited, usually the author's last name.
In your citation, include the author, title, editor (if there is one), publication information, and the version of the book you consulted. If you used the book online, include the URL. Include an access date only if required by your publisher or discipline. If no fixed pagination is available, include a section title, chapter or other number.
The Manual website offers examples of how to cite ebooks in both the notes and bibliography style and the author-date style. A couple of our own examples are shown below. Consult the Manual's website to see additional examples:
The examples on this page are in the Author-Date system. Be sure to find out from your professor which Chicago documentation system they would like you to use*
*Note: The Fairfield University History Department requires its students to use Notes-Bibliography style.
First Author's Last Name, First Author's First Name, Second Author's First Name and Last Name, Third Author's First Name and Last Name, Fourth Author's First Name and Last Name, Fifth Author's First Name and Last Name, and Sixth Author's First Name and Last Name. Year of Publication. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Name of Publisher.
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