Apa Style Citation Electronic Book

Some electronic citations necessitate the use of brackets.

Apa style citation electronic book. The platform device or format no longer needs to be included. Reference list entries the reference list entry for a whole e book should include elements of author date title with e reader book type in square brackets if applicable. 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.

Here are the two specific changes. Apa style dictates that brackets should directly surround their content without spaces e g bracketed content should look like this. If the month and date are not available use the year of publication.

The biggest difference now is that an e book reference includes the url or doi if available. When possible include the year month and date in references. In the new edition an e book citation looks more similar to a print apa book citation in the ways that they are referenced.