General rules
One Author
Lopez, M. T.
Two Authors
Lopez, M. T., & Fox, J.
Three to Six Authors
Lopez, M. T., Fox, J., & Moran, A.
Six or More Authors
Harris, M., Karper, E., Stacks, G., Hoffman, D., DeNiro, R., Cruz, P., et al.(“et al.” means “and others.”)
Organization as Author
Pima Community College.
No Author
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Abbreviation | Term |
ed. | edition |
Rev. ed. | Revised edition |
2nd ed. | second edition |
Ed. (Eds.) | Editor (Editors) |
Trans. | Translator |
n.d. | no date |
p. (pp.) | page (pages) |
Vol. | Volume (as in Vol. 4) |
Vols. | Volumes (as in Vols. 1-4) |
No. | Number |
Pt. | Part |
Tech.Rep. | Technical Report |
Suppl. | Supplement |
General format for books Author(s). (Year of publication). Title of book: Subtitle of book. Place of publication: Publisher. |
Examples
Items in green indicate variations in the citation based on the format.
Book with One Author
Dixon, W. E. (2003). Twenty studies that revolutionized child psychology. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall.
Book with Two Authors
Electronic Book (E-Book) with URL
Hersen, M., & Ammerman, R. T.(Eds.). (2000). Advanced abnormal child psychology (2nd ed).
Retrieved from http://0www.netlibrary.com. library2.pima.edu/
Book published in 2nd or subsequent edition
Helfer, M. E., Kempe, R. S., & Krugman, R. D. (1997). The battered child (5th ed). Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.
Book with editors instead of authors.
Torr, J. D. (Ed.). (2004). Crime and criminals. San Diego: Greenhaven Press.
Translated Book
Berko, A. (2007). The path to paradise: The inner world of suicide bombers and their
dispatchers (E. Yuval, Trans.). Westport, CT: Praeger Security International. (Original
work published 2004).
ARTICLES OR CHAPTERS WITHIN A BOOK
Work in an anthology or edited book
Brown, G. W. (2000). Emotion and clinical depression: An environmental view. In M.
Lewis & J. M. Haviland-Jones (Eds.), Handbook of emotions (2nd ed., pp. 75-90).
New York: Guilford Press.
Electronic Article from an Online Reference Book
Baran, A., & Lifton, B. (2004). Adoption. In S. G. Post (Ed.), Encyclopedia of bioethics, (Vol. 1, pp. 68-74). Retrieved from http://0-go.galegroup.com