| Material Type | In-text Citation | Reference |
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General Format: Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (YEAR). Chapter title. Title of the book (pp. #-#). Place of Publication: Publishing Company. |
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| Chapter from book with a single author | (Clason, 2008). |
Clason, G. S. (2008). The tale of seven remedies for a lean purse. The richest man in Babylon (pp. 23-25). Charleston, SC: BN Publishing. "The tale of seven remedies for a lean purse" is the chapter title. APA style uses p. for a one page item and pp. for multiple pages. |
| Chapter from an edited book with different authors for each chapter (anthology) |
(Berry, 2005).
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Berry, W. (2005). War does not maintain peace or promote freedom. In L. I. Gerdes (Ed.), War: Opposing viewpoints (pp. 71-79). Detroit, MI: Greenhaven Press. |
| Entry in a reference work (author listed for each entry) | (Straus, 1992). |
Straus, M. A. (1992). Family violence. In E. F. Borgatta & M. L. Borgatta (Eds.), Encyclopedia of sociology (Vol. 2, pp. 682-689). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Macmillan.
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| Entry in a reference work (no author listed for each entry) | ("Descendant," 2005). |
Descendant. (2005). Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (11th ed., p. 337). Springer, MA: Merriam-Webster.
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