APA Examples - Books - Ebook

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In-text

Standard in-text citation examples are in Getting started - In-text citation.

Reference List

Ebook from most academic databases

Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title (Edition). Publisher.

Example

Cairns, G., & Wright, G. (2018). Scenario thinking: Preparing your organization for the future in an unpredictable world (2nd ed.). Palgrave Macmillan.

Ebook with a doi

Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title (Edition). Publisher. https://doi.org/xx.xxx.xxxx.xxxxx

Example

Abu-Taieh, E. M. O., & El-Sheikh, A. A. (2010). Handbook of research on discrete event simulation environments: Technologies and applications. IGI Global. https://doi.org/doi:10.4018/978-1-60566-774-4

Ebook without a DOI with a nondatabase URL

Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title (Edition). Publisher. https://www.xxxxxxxx.xxx

Example

Harris, P. (2002). Designing and reporting experiments in psychology (2nd ed.). McGraw Hill. http://www.mheducation.co.uk/openup/chapters/0335201466.pdf

Notes

For first editions, omit all edition information.

Provide database or platform information only if needed to refer to the work from exactly that edition.

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