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Book Review From Library Database (No Title)
Author of Review's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). [Review of the book Title of Book: Subtitle if Any , by Book Author's First Initial. Second Initial if Given Last Name]. Name of Journal , Volume Number (Issue Number), first page number-last page number. https://doi.org/DOI-number (if given)
| Works Cited List Example | McKinley, A. (2018). [Review of the book , by D. K. Rossmo]. , (1), 82-84. |
| In-Text Citation Example | (Author's Last Name, Year of Publication, Page Number) Example: (McKinley, 2018, p. 83) |
For more information on how to cite Book Reviews in APA 7, refer to pages 334-335 of the Publication Manual of the APA located at the circulation desk.
Book Review from a Website (with Title)
Author of Review's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Title of Review. [Review of the book Title of Book: Subtitle if Any , by Book Author's First Initial. Second Initial if Given Last Name]. Title of Website , URL
| Works Cited List Example | Bell, M. S. (2006, December 31). Are you my mother? [Review of the book , by V. Vida]. , |
| In-Text Citation Example | (Author's Last Name, Year of Publication) Example: (Bell, 2018) |
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All citations should be double spaced and have a hanging indent in a Reference List.
A "hanging indent" means that each subsequent line after the first line of your citation should be indented by 0.5 inches.
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Both blue underlined (live) hyperlinks and black without underlining are both acceptable.
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Do not put a period after DOIs or hyperlinks.
Author of Review's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). [Review of the book Title of Book: Subtitle if Any , by Book Author's First Initial. Second Initial if Given Last Name]. Name of Journal , Volume Number (Issue Number), first page number-last page number. https://doi number if given
| Works Cited List Example | McKinley, A. (2018). [Review of the book , by D. K. Rossmo]. , (1), 82-84. |
| In-Text Citation Example | (Author's Last Name, Year of Publication, Page Number) Example: (McKinley, 2018, p. 83) |
For more information on how to cite Book Reviews in APA 7, refer to pages 334-335 of the Publication Manual of the APA located at the circulation desk.
Author of Review's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Title of Review. [Review of the book Title of Book: Subtitle if Any , by Book Author's First Initial. Second Initial if Given Last Name]. Title of Website , URL
| Works Cited List Example | Bell, M. S. (2006, December 31). Are you my mother? [Review of the book , by V. Vida]. , https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/books/review/Bell.t.html?ref-review |
| In-Text Citation Example | (Author's Last Name, Year of Publication) Example: (Bell, 2018) |
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Book review from library database (no title).
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Hanging Indents:
All citations should be double-spaced and have a hanging indent in a Reference list.
A "hanging indent" means that each subsequent line after the first line of your citation should be indented by 0.5 inches.
Hyperlinks:
Both blue underlined (live) hyperlinks and black without underlining are both acceptable.
All hyperlinks must include https://
Do not put a period after DOIs or hyperlinks.
Author of Review's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). [Review of the book Title of Book: Subtitle if Any , by Book Author's First Initial. Second Initial if Given Last Name]. Name of Journal , Volume Number (Issue Number), first page number-last page number. DOI Number if Given
| Works Cited List Example | McKinley, A. (2018). [Review of the book , by D. K. Rossmo]. , (1), 82-84. |
| In-Text Citation Example | (Author's Last Name, Year of Publication, Page Number) Example: (McKinley, 2018, p. 83) |
For more information on how to cite Book Reviews in APA 7, refer to pages 334-335 of the Publication Manual of the APA.
Book Review from a Website (with Title)
Author of Review's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Title of Review. [Review of the book Title of Book: Subtitle if Any , by Book Author's First Initial. Second Initial if Given Last Name]. Title of Website , URL
| Works Cited List Example | Bell, M. S. (2006, December 31). Are you my mother? [Review of the book , by V. Vida]. , https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/books/review/Bell.t.html?ref-review |
| In-Text Citation Example | (Author's Last Name, Year of Publication) Example: (Bell, 2018) |
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Citing a Book in APA Style (6th Edition) | Format & Examples
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A book citation in APA Style always includes the author’s name, the publication year, the book title, and the publisher.
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The APA in-text citation for a book includes the author’s last name, the year, and (if relevant) a page number.
In the reference list , start with the author’s last name and initials, followed by the year. The book title is written in sentence case (only capitalize the first word and any proper nouns). Include other contributors (e.g. editors and translators) and the edition if specified.
| Format | Last name, Initials. (Year). . (Contributor initials, last name, role.) (Edition). City, State/Country: Publisher. |
| Example | Anderson, B. (1983). . London, UK: Verso. |
| In-text citation | (Anderson, 1983, p. 23) |
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To cite a book you accessed online, replace information about the publisher with information about the book’s format and location online.
Books accessed on e-readers
A citation of an ebook (i.e. a book accessed on an e-reader) includes the ebook format in square brackets. Add a DOI where available, and otherwise link to the page where the ebook can be purchased or accessed.
Since ebooks sometimes do not include page numbers, APA recommends using other methods of identifying a specific passage in your in-text citations – for example, a chapter or section title or a paragraph number.
| Format | Last name, Initials. (Year). [ebook format information]. Retrieved from URL or https://doi.org/xxxxxx |
| Example | Burns, A. (2018). [Kindle version]. Retrieved from https://amzn.to/2ObKrVf |
| In-text citation | (Burns, 2018, para. 15) |
Books accessed online
A book accessed through a web browser (for example, in PDF form or on Google Books) follows a slightly different format:
| Format | Last name, Initials. (Year). . Retrieved from URL or https://doi.org/xxxxxxxx |
| Example | Brück, M. (2009). . https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2473-2 |
| In-text citation | (Brück, 2009, p. 15) |
When citing a particular chapter from a book containing texts by various authors (e.g. a collection of essays), begin the citation with the author of the chapter and mention the book’s editor(s) later in the reference. A page range identifies the chapter’s location in the book:
| Format | Last name, Initials. (Year). Title of chapter. In Initials. Last name (Ed. or Eds.), (pp. page range). Publisher. DOI if available |
| Example | Belsey, C. (2006). Poststructuralism. In S. Malpas & P. Wake (Eds.), (pp. 51–61). New York, NY: Routledge. |
| In-text citation | (Belsey, 2006, p. 55). |
Citing a single volume
When citing from one volume of a multivolume book, the format varies slightly depending on whether each volume has a title or just a number.
If the volume has a specific title, this should simply be written as part of the title in your reference list entry:
Eliot, T. S. (2015). The poems of T. S. Eliot: Vol. 1. Collected and uncollected poems (Ricks, C., & McCue, J., Eds.). London, England: Faber & Faber.
If the volume is only numbered, not titled, the volume number is not italicized and appears in parentheses after the title:
Dylan, B. (2005). Chronicles (Vol. 1) . New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
Citing a multivolume book as a whole
If you refer to the book in general, you may wish to cite the whole thing rather than a specific volume. In this case, individual volume titles are not included even if they do exist:
Eliot, T. S. (2015). The poems of T. S. Eliot (Vols. 1–2) (Ricks, C., & McCue, J., Eds.). London, England: Faber & Faber.
All the information you need to cite a book can usually be found on the title page and the copyright page:
The APA reference list entry for the book above would look like this:
Butler, C. (2002). Postmodernism: A very short introduction . Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
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Consists of a searchable database of reviews issued in the print magazine Choice (Chicago, Ill.) since Sept. 1988.
Below are some of the major multidisciplinary databases that tend to be the easiest to find book reviews in, usually by allowing you to limit your search to book reviews in the advanced search form. But almost all article databases include book reviews, so you may also want to check some of the article databases specific to your subject . For literary criticism, check the Literature subject guide.
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Full text access to international, scholarly literature in the arts, humanities and social sciences journals from the first issue to 2005 or ceased date that indexed are in the Periodicals Index Online . This is a static collection, and there may be some missing issues/gaps for specific titles.
A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of most disciplines. Indexes major journals with all cited references captured. Combines the following citation databases: Science Citation Index Expanded; Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI); Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI); Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
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Reference List & Sample Writing; Annotated Bibliography; Book Review From Library Database (No Title) Author of Review's Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). ... For more information on how to cite Book Reviews in APA 7, refer to pages 334-335 of the Publication Manual of the APA located at the circulation desk. Book Review from a ...
Identify the type of medium being reviewed in brackets (book, motion picture, television program, etc.). If the reviewed item is a book, include the author names after the title of the book, separated by a comma. If the reviewed item is a film, DVD, or other media, include the year of release after the title of the work, separated by a comma.
McKinley, A. (2018). [Review of the book Criminal investigative failures, by D. K. Rossmo]. Salus Journal, 6 (1), 82-84. In-Text Citation Example. (Author's Last Name, Year of Publication, Page Number) Example: (McKinley, 2018, p. 83) For more information on how to cite Book Reviews in APA 7, refer to pages 334-335 of the Publication Manual of ...
Reference list entries for reviews follow the same format as the content within a particular source, with the addition of a description within square brackets. For example, a book review in a journal follows the same format as an article in a journal, except that it also includes information about the book being reviewed.
Here's an example of a book review within a newspaper and how it might look on your reference page: Review's Surname, Initials. (year, month day). Title of the review [Review of the book Title of book, by Initial. Surname]. Newspaper Title, https://doi number. Smith, J. (2019, July 5). Examining the future of malls [Review of the book The ...
Provide the title of the book in which the chapter appears. Capitalize only the first letter of the first word. For a two-part title, capitalize the first word of the second part of the title. Also capitalize proper nouns. Italicize the book title. Include the chapter page range. End with a period.
McKinley, A. (2018). [Review of the book Criminal investigative failures, by D. K. Rossmo]. Salus Journal, 6 (1), 82-84. In-Text Citation Example. (Author's Last Name, Year of Publication, Page Number) Example: (McKinley, 2018, p. 83) For more information on how to cite Book Reviews in APA 7, refer to pages 334-335 of the Publication Manual of ...
To create a reference list entry for a book review in Harvard, follow this format: Reviewer, A. (year review was published). "Title of Book Review," review of Title of Book Being Reviewed, by Author, X. Title of Journal or Newspaper Containing Review, volume number, issue number, page number (s). Let's Get Started.
McKinley, A. (2018). [Review of the book Criminal investigative failures, by D. K. Rossmo]. Salus Journal, 6 (1), 82-84. In-Text Citation Example. (Author's Last Name, Year of Publication, Page Number) Example: (McKinley, 2018, p. 83) For more information on how to cite Book Reviews in APA 7, refer to pages 334-335 of the Publication Manual of ...
Salus Journal , 6 (1), 82-84. In-Text Citation Example. (Author's Last Name, Year of Publication, Page Number) Example: (McKinley, 2018, p. 83) For more information on how to cite Book Reviews in APA 7, refer to pages 334-335 in the APA Publication Manual.
Book/Ebook References. Use the same formats for both print books and ebooks. For ebooks, the format, platform, or device (e.g., Kindle) is not included in the reference. This page contains reference examples for books, including the following: Whole authored book. Whole edited book. Republished book, with editor.
Book review. In the citation use the name of the author of the book review. When the author name is not mentioned in the text, the citation consists of the author's name and the year of publication in brackets. Example: Lette's anthology received praise for including a diverse range of authors (Smith, 2014).
This handout will help you write a book review, a report or essay that offers a critical perspective on a text. It offers a process and suggests some strategies for writing book reviews. ... Avoid excessive quotation and give a specific page reference in parentheses when you do quote. Remember that you can state many of the author's points in ...
The proper APA 7 citation format when referencing a review is as follows: Format for a Review Citation in APA. Reviewer, R. R. (Date). Title of review [Review of the media Title, by A. A. Author]. Title of complete work, xx, xxx-xxx. Include the medium, such as book or movie, inside the brackets.
In the reference list, start with the author's last name and initials, followed by the year. The book title is written in sentence case (only capitalize the first word and any proper nouns ). Include any other contributors (e.g. editors and translators) and the edition if specified (e.g. "2nd ed."). APA format. Last name, Initials.
APA Style Reference List. Each quote cited in the APA book review must correspond to a source in a reference list at the end of the article. In a book review, this usually consists of only one book. On occasion, a reviewer may cite other texts in comparison with the one being reviewed. In those cases, the references must appear alphabetically.
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Basic book citation format. The APA in-text citation for a book includes the author's last name, the year, and (if relevant) a page number.. In the reference list, start with the author's last name and initials, followed by the year.The book title is written in sentence case (only capitalize the first word and any proper nouns). Include other contributors (e.g. editors and translators) and ...
By contrast, book reviews are most often a college assignment, but they also appear in many professional works: magazines, newspapers, and academic journals. They typically range from 500-750 words, but may be longer or shorter. A book review gives readers a sneak peek at what a book is like, whether or not the reviewer enjoyed it, and details ...
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Reflecting nearly eight decades of H.W. Wilson's Book Review Digest, this Retrospective database provides excerpts from and citations to reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction. Virtually every major idea that shaped the 20th century found expression in books.
Indicate page number (unless the reference is general). General format: Author's Last Name, Shortened Title (ref. #), page #. ... About the Book Review Section. HSNS reviews are typically extended discussions of one or more books. The Book Review Editors will have agreed with you on the list of works and suggested length. Please write for an ...
Citations for a review in APA referencing are similar to those for other sources. This means you cite the reviewer's surname and year of publication: One review was especially scathing (Smith, 2001). In addition, if you quote a print source, make sure to cite a page number: Smith (2001) dismisses the argument as "puerile" (p. 16).
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This guide contains examples of common types of APA Style references. Section numbers indicate where to find the examples in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). More information on references and reference examples are in Chapters 9 and 10 of the Publication Manual as well as the Concise Guide to APA ...
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