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General format for books
Author(s). Year of publication. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Place of publication: Publisher.
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Examples
Items in green indicate variations in the citation based on the format.
Book with one author
Dixon, Wallace E. 2003. Twenty Studies that Revolutionized Child
Psychology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Book with two or more authors
Mash, Eric J., and David A. Wolfe. 1999. Abnormal Child
Psychology. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Book without an author
The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Book of Childcare: From
Newborn to Preteen. 1995. New York: Hearst Books.
Electronic book (e-book) with URL
Hersen, Michel, and Robert T. Ammerman, eds. 2000. Advanced
Abnormal Child Psychology. 2nd ed. Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Accessed September 2, 2012. Retrieved from http://0www.netlibrary.com. library2.pima.edu/.
Book published in 2nd or subsequent edition
Helfer, Ray E., Ruth S. Kempe, and Richard D. Krugman. 1997. The
Battered Child. 5th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Insert edition of book after the title of the book, abbreviating edition with ed.
Book with editors instead of authors
Torr, James D., ed. 2004. Crime and Criminals. San Diego:
Greenhaven Press.
- An edited book is a collection of articles or chapters, often written by various authors. It has an editor instead of an author, indicated by the (Ed.) after the list of editors.
- Use the example above if you are citing the book as a whole. To cite one of the articles in the book, see section on Articles or Chapters within a Book