Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Title of book (ed). Retrieved from url
Reference in text example:
(Sadie, 2000)
Reference list example:
Sadie, S. (Ed.). (2000). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians (2nd ed., Vols. 1-29). New York: Grove's Dictionaries.
Zalta, E. N. (Ed.). (2007). The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Retrieved from
Comments:
- If you retrieved the entry from a database (e.g. Gale Virtual Reference Library), add the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) at the end using the format: “doi:xxxxxxx” (Rule 6.32, p. 191).
- If there is no DOI assigned, give the URL of the publisher's home page in place of the DOI. You may need to do a quick web search to locate the home page if you found the article in a library database (e.g. Oxford Reference Online, Gale Virtual Reference Library). There is no period at the end of the URL.
- Second and subsequent lines of each entry are indented 5-7 spaces.
- Double-space between all lines of references.
General reference form - print:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year) Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (Vol.#, page range). Location published: Publisher name.
General reference form - electronic:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year) Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (Vol. #, page range). Retrieved from url
(Firdion, 2004)
(Firdion, 2004, p.169) [when quoting]
Etzkowitz, H., & Dzisah, J. (2009). University–industry relationships. In J.B. Callicott & R. Froderman (Eds.), Encyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophy (Vol.2, pp. 344-346). Retrieved from
Firdion, J. M. (2004). Foster care. In Encyclopedia of homelessness (Vol. 1, pp. 167-170). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Jaunty. (1989). Oxford English dictionary (2nd ed.). Retrieved from
- If there is no author or editor of the entry, as in the last example, place the title in the author position.
- If an online version refers to a print version, include the edition number after the title.
Source: www.lib.sfu.ca
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you never need to reference the dictionary...definitions of words are universally known
For APA, the references should be just as its general rules. Like, the spacing should be double space, the indention of the entry should be a hanging indent, list the entries alphabetically by the author's last name, if you have multiple sources by one author, order it starting with the earliest publication.
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