Apa Citation Kindle Edition

For mla simply change the publication medium description.

Apa citation kindle edition. The apa citation style 6th edition is a parenthetical author date style so you need to put the author s last name and the publishing date into parentheses wherever another source is used in the narrative. Watson john and john watson. Words such as e book and digital are appropriate.

However we recommend the following rules. D of up to seven authors with the last name preceded by an ampersand. For two authors reverse only the first name followed by and and the second name in normal order e.

For eight or more authors include the first six names followed by an ellipsis and add the last author s name. Your reference list should include the edition of the book that you read and are relying on for your information. Kindle books have location numbers which are static but those are useless to anyone who doesn t have a kindle too.

The apa format consists of in text citations and a reference list along with guidelines for formatting the paper itself. How to cite a kindle e book reader in apa mla or chicago. For example say you are citing the book mrs.

Give first the last name then the name as presented in the source e. See these links for further discussion of kindles e books and e book chapters and citing unpaginated material and see publication manual section 7 02 pp. If the title is italicized as with a book or video keep the italics in the citation.

After this you should place a period. To cite in text either a paraphrase thus avoiding the problem e g gladwell 2008 or b utilize apa s guidelines for direct quotations of online material without pagination see section 6 05 of the manual. What is the apa citation style.