APA Examples - Books - Dictionary/encyclopaedia

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In-text

Example

This can be defined as "existential dread …" (Bergmann, 1993, p. 502)

OR if no author use the title, if no date use n.d.

Example

(Escalator, n.d.)

Reference List

Print

Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of entry. In A. A. Editor (Ed.), Title of dictionary/encyclopedia (Edition, Vol. x, pp. xxx-xxx). Publisher.

Example

Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The New Encyclopaedia Britannica (15th Ed., Vol. 26, pp. 501-508). Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Online

Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of entry. In A. A. Editor (Ed.), Title of dictionary/encyclopedia (Edition, Vol. x, pp. xxx-xxx). Publisher. https://www.xxxxxxxx.xxx

Example

Escalator (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster visual dictionary online. Merriam-Webster. http://www.visualdictionaryonline.com/arts-architecture/architecture/escalator.php

Wikipedia

Template

Title of entry. (Year, Month DD) In Wikipedia. https://www.xxxxxxxx.xxx

Example

Wynnum, Queensland. (2019, September 19) In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wynnum,_Queensland&oldid=916497485

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Notes

Editors names are formatted with initial first then surname.

For first editions, omit all edition information.

For single volume works, omit volume information.

The online example does not have an author so is entered under the title of the work.

When an online reference work is continuously updated use "n.d." for the year of publication and include a retrieval date, e.g. "Retrieved Month DD, Year from http://www.xxxxxxxx". Use n.d. in the in-text citation.

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