Apa Citation Book Editors

Give the last name and initials e.

Apa citation book editors. Author last name first initial. The apa in text citation for a book includes the author s last name the year and if relevant a page number. Book with editor s and no author leonard crawford 2002 leonard w.

Editor s of the book. For 21 or more editors include the first 19 names followed by an ellipsis and the last editor s name. If the book has four or five editors you would follow this format and add the fourth and fifth editor s name after the third.

Provide the year of the republication in the main date element of the reference. Last name first initial. E books are described on our electronic sources page.

If the source has an author and the editor s name comes later in the entry don t invert the editor s name. Basic book citation format. Human biology of pastoral populations.

In the reference list start with the author s last name and initials followed by the year. Include any other contributors e g. S johnson c.

Multiple editors are formatted the same way as authors. The formatting guidelines below refer to books with three editors. Editors are necessary when citing a chapter from an edited book with individual authors for each chapter commonly referred to as anthologies.