In quoting a part of a work, include the name of the author, year, and page number. According to jones 1998, students often had difficulty using apa style, especially when it was their first time p. For a complete list of how to cite print sources, please refer to the 7 th edition of the apa. In a reference to a whole book, cite the edition and volume numbersseparated by a commabut do not cite a page range.
This abbreviation, however, does not appear before the page numbers in periodical. When and how to include page numbers in apa style citations. For sources such as websites and ebooks that have no page numbers, use a paragraph number. Numbers in parentheses refer to specific pages in the apa 6th. A comprehensive guide to apa citations and format overview of this guide. How to cite edition, volume, and page numbers for books. Include the page range at the end for a journal article. If the cited material does not have page numbers such as may occur with some ebooks and you need them for an intext citation, use any of the following location information instead. Intext citation apa quick citation guide library guides at penn. Included is information about referencing, various citation formats with examples for each source type, and other helpful information. Apa intext citation style uses the authors last name and the year of publication, for example. How to cite page numbers in apa format pen and the pad. For direct quotations, include the page number as well, for example. Page numbers also appear in reference entries for book chapters, journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, if available.
The apa publication manual says, on pages 171172, you should include author, year, and other identifying information for quotes when there are no page numbers. When citing a chapter, the edition number, the volume number which is different from a journals volume number, and the page range are all enclosed within the same parenthesesin that orderafter the title of the book, and they are separated by commas. This page reflects the latest version of the apa publication manual i. When writing a reference list, you only need page numbers for book chapters and articles. Hall 1999 wrote that title i historically functioned as a funding stream for general school needs p. If the cited material does not have page numbers such as may occur with some e books and you need them for an intext citation, use any of. The equivalent resource for the older apa 6 style can be found here. The following example illustrates this type of citation. When citing a book chapter or an article from a newspaper, p. Page numbers apa style guide guides at sheridan library. Cite the page number only in quotations that separate the authors name and the quotation. How to cite page numbers in apa writing a reference list find the full page range of the book chapter or article.
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