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How to Reference Edited Books With Multiple Locations in APA Style

Students and scholars in the social sciences typically use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation and formatting style. As with other citation styles, clear references allow writers to acknowledge the sources of information they used. Additionally, these references enable readers to read further about topics in which they are interested. In 2009, the APA published the sixth edition of its "Publication Manual." This manual clearly lays out the referencing format for many different types of publications. Edited books fall into two categories: those without named authors and those with named authors. The format for these two categories is different.

Instructions

  1. Edited Books with No Authors

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      Find the book's publication information. You can find all of the information you need on the title page and the back side of the title page.

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      Format your entry for the reference page. This entry follows the format: Editor's last name, First initial. Second initial. (Ed.). (year of publication). Title in italics. City of publication: Publisher.

      If the editor's middle name is not given, omit the second initial. When there is more than one publication location, list the first one that appears on the title page or with the copyright information on the back of the title page.

      For example, "The Cambridge Companion to the French Novel" was published in Cambridge, New York, and Melbourne. The properly formatted reference page entry for this work would be: Unwin, T. (1997). The Cambridge companion to the French novel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (The title should appear in italics.)

    • 3

      Place this entry in alphabetical order on your reference page.

    Edited Books with Authors

    • 4

      Collect the book's publication information from the title page and the back side of the title page.

    • 5

      Format the reference for the reference page. Edited books with named authors follow this format: Author's last name, First initial. Second initial. (Year of publication). Title in italics. Editor's first initial. Editor's second initial. Editor's last name, (Ed.). City of publication: Publisher.

      For example, this is the correct format for a reference of this type: Nijinsky, V. (1999). The diary of Vaslav Nijinsky. J. Acocella, (Ed.). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. (The title should appear in italics.) For publishers with multiple locations, chose the first city that appears on the title or copyright page.

    • 6

      Alphabetize this entry with your other references on the reference page.

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