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Overview. Formatting Book Reference Citations Using APA (6th ed.). This module discusses: The elements of a book citation Group author New rules about location information Publisher information Duration: 3 min 55 sec. Group author field.

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  1. Overview Formatting Book Reference Citations Using APA (6th ed.) • This module discusses: • The elements of a book citation • Group author • New rules about location information • Publisher information • Duration: 3 min 55 sec

  2. Group author field American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. • Hanging indentations See APA (6th ed.), p. 37

  3. Microsoft Word’s formatting for hanging indentations • Go to Format. • Select Paragraph. • In Indents and Spacing • Go to the Special section. • Select Hanging.

  4. Group author field Group author American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. • Period after the group author See APA (6th ed.), p. 184

  5. Year of publication field Year of publication American Psychological Association. (2010).Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. See APA manual, p. 185

  6. Book title field • Only the first word in the book title and subtitle should be capitalized as well as any proper names. Book title American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association(6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. See APA manual, p. 185

  7. Formatting book title • Only the first word in the book title and subtitle should be capitalized as well as any proper names. Book title American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association(6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. • Use (6th ed.), not (6thed.) and do not italicize. • Period goes after the edition number and page numbers, if any

  8. Publication info American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. Place and publisher • Use DC, not D.C. (U.S. postal abbreviation for states) • Use Author if the name of the publisher is the same as the author

  9. Location and Publisher Info • Use state abbreviations: • FL, TX, NY, CA, DC • All cities now includestate abbreviation: • Baltimore, MD • Boston, MA • Chicago, IL • Los Angeles, CA • New York, NY • Philadelphia, PA • San Francisco, CA • Leave off superfluous terms: • Publishers • Co. or Company • Inc. • Retain the words: • Books • Press • For example: • Erlbaum, John Wiley, University of Toronto Press,Penguin Books See APA (6th ed.), p. 187

  10. DOI number for books American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. doi:10.234/567-8910 DOI • Some books now have assigned Digital Object Identifier numbers or DOIs. If available, include the number. • Spell doi using the lower case. • There is no space before or after the colon, and no period at the end of the DOI number.

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