Apa Style Citation Electronic Book

Here are the two specific changes.

Apa style citation electronic book. When possible include the year month and date in references. The biggest difference now is that an e book reference includes the url or doi if available. Some electronic citations necessitate the use of brackets.

If the month and date are not available use the year of publication. Apa style dictates that brackets should directly surround their content without spaces e g bracketed content should look like this. The platform device or format no longer needs to be included.

The apa style manual suggests that you should only include electronic book references if the book is only available online or is very difficult to find in print. In the new edition an e book citation looks more similar to a print apa book citation in the ways that they are referenced. Your reference will be very similar to a regular print book reference except the electronic retrieval information takes the place of the publisher s location and name.