How To Cite Ebooks In Apa

If the e book has been translated from its original version provide the name of the translator s in parenthesis after the work s title.

How to cite ebooks in apa. Please note that the doi place of download is used in place of publisher information. The author date of publication title e book version and either the digital object identifier doi number or the place where you downloaded the book. To cite an ebook in a reference entry in apa style 6th edition include the following elements.

To cite kindle or other e book formats you must include the following information. Author last name first initial middle initial. The book title is written in sentence case only capitalize the first word and any proper nouns.

For eight or more authors include the first six names followed by an ellipsis and add the last author s name. Title of e book in sentence case first initial last name of translator trans. The structure is as follows.

Follow the title name of the item with the date of publication and the continue with other citation details. Italicize the title but not the bracketed material and source url or doi. Finally if the title is overly long shorten the title.

In the reference list start with the author s last name and initials followed by the year. Last name of the chapter author initial s. How to cite an e book chapter in apa format.

Apa chapter or authored section of an edited book citation examples are not double spaced but your references list should be double spaced examples do not show indented lines after the first line but yours should be indented author s last name first initial. Citing a translated e book. If the title is not italicized as with a book chapter or article put quotation marks around the title.