LibGuides: APA: Edited Book

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APA Edited Book

Edited books are cited a little differently. These have information written by multiple people. Some of your textbooks are edited books. Look for Edited by or Eds. on the cover or title page of your book.

Editors. (Ed. or Eds. if more than one). (Copyright year). Book title italicized, sentence style capitalization, (Edition number if available). Publisher Name.

Lockey, P. (Ed.) (2004). Allergens and allergen immunotherapy (3rd ed). Marcel Dekker.

If you are citing part of a book, like a chapter, that has a different author, you will need the authors of the chapter you are referencing, the title of the chapter and the editor of the book. The title of the chapter will be capitalized sentence style, just like the title of the book. You might do this if you have a book of stories or articles by different authors.

In the example below, Solensky is the author of the chapter (Drug Allergy….). The word In follows the name of the chapter, telling your reader that this chapter was found in the book you will then describe. After In you will list the editor of the book (Initials, then last name), followed by (Ed.) so we know they are the editor. Then you will list the title of the book and the page numbers for the chapter. Last is the publication information.

Solensky, R. (2004). Drug allergy: Desensitization and treatment of reactions to antibiotics and aspirin. In P. Lockey (Ed.), Allergens and allergen immunotherapy (3rd ed). (pp. 585-606). Marcel Dekker.