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APA Style: Books

APA Referencing

About Citing Books

In-Text Citation (Paraphrase) - entry that appears in the body of your paper when you express the ideas of a researcher or author using your own words.  For more tips on paraphrasing check out The OWL at Purdue.

In-Text Citation (Quotation) - entry that appears in the body of your paper after a direct quote.

References - entry that appears at the end of your paper.

This Section Covers

Book with a single author
Book with two authors
Book with three or more authors
Edited book
Chapter in an edited book
Ebook
Edition of a book other than the first