Guide to APA Bibliography

Books, Brochures, and Book Chapters

Periodicals

Technical and Research Reports

Proceedings of Meetings and Symposia

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

Unpublished Work and Publications of Limited Circulation

Reviews

Audiovisual Media

Electronic Media

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• Entire Book

  • Beck, C. A., & Sales, B. D. (2001). Family mediation: Facts, myths, and future prospects. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

• Book, Third Edition, "Jr." in Name

  • Mitchell, T. R., & Larson, J. R., Jr. (1987). People in organizations: An introduction to organizational behavior (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

• Book, Group Author (Government Agency) as Publisher

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics. (1991). Estimated resident population by age and sex in statistical local areas, New South Wales, June 1990 (No. 3209.1). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Author.

• Edited Book

  • Gibbs, J. T., & Huang, L. N. (Eds.). (1991). Children of color: Psychological interventions with minority youth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

• Book, No Author or Editor

  • Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (10th ed.). (1993). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.

• Book, Revised Edition

  • Rosenthal, R. (1987). Meta-analytic procedures for social research (Rev. ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

• Several Volumes in a Multivolume Edited Work, Publication Over Period of More than 1 Year

  • Koch, S. (Ed.). (1959-1963). Psychology: A study of science (Vols. 1-6). New York: McGraw-Hill.

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

  • American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

• Encyclopedia or Dictionary

  • Sadie, S. (1980). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians (6th ed., Vols. 1-20). London: Macmillan.

• Non-English Book

  • Piaget, J., & Inhelder, B. (1951). La genèse de l'idée de hasard chez l'enfant [The origin of the idea of chance in the child]. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.

• English Translation of a Book

  • Laplace, P. S. (1951). A philosophical essay on probabilities (F. W. Truscott & F. L. Emory, Trans.). New York: Dover. (Original work published 1814).

• Brochure, Corporate Author

  • Research and Training Center on Independent Living. (1993). Guidelines for reporting and writing about people with disabilities (4th ed.) [Brochure]. Lawrence, KS: Author.

• Article or Chapter in an Edited Book, Two Editors

  • Bjork, R. A. (1989). Retrieval inhibition as an adaptive mechanism in human memory. In H. L. Roediger III & F. I. M. Craik (Eds.), Varieties of memory & consciousness (pp. 309-330). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

• Article or Chapter in an Edited Book In Press, Separately Titled Volume in a Multivolume Work (Two-Part Title)

  • Auerbach, J. S. (in press). The origins of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder: A theoretical and empirical reformulation. In J. M. Masling & R. F. Bornstein (Eds.), Empirical studies of psychoanalytic theories: Vol. 4. Psychoanalytic perspectives on psychopathology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

• Chapter in a Volume in a Series

  • Maccoby, E. E., & Martin, J. (1983). Socialization in the context of the family: Parent-child interaction. In P. H. Mussen (Series Ed.) & E. M. Hetherington (Vol. Ed.), Handbook of child psychology: Vol. 4. Socialization, personality, and social development (4th ed., pp. 1-101). New York: Wiley.

• Non-English Article or Chapter in an Edited Book, Title Translated into English

  • Davydov, V. V. (1972). De introductie van het begrip grootheid in de eerste klas van de basisschool: Een experimenteel onderzoek [The introduction of the concept of quantity in the first grade of the primary school: An experimental study]. In C. F. Van Parreren & J. A. M. Carpay (Eds.), Sovjetpsychologen aan het woord (pp. 227-289). Groningen, The Netherlands: Wolters-Noordhoff.

• Entry in an Encyclopedia

  • Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The new encyclopaediea Britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508). Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica.

• English Translation of an Article or Chapter in an Edited Book, Reprint from Another Source

  • Piaget, J. (1988). Extracts from Piaget's theory (G. Gellerier & J. Langer, Trans.). In K. Richardson & S. Sheldon (Eds.), Cognitive development to adolescence: A reader (pp. 3-18).  Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. (Reprinted from Manual of child psychology, pp. 703-732, by P. H. Mussen, Ed., 1970, New York: Wiley).