Publication manual of the american psychological association 6th ed. Avondale college of higher education apa guide updated january 2015 page 1 apa referencing style guide books books reference list intext citation endnote 1. Use italics and sentencestyle capitalization for book titles. Information taken from publication manual of the american. Each entry in the reference list has a hanging indent, so.
Scan your paper for grammar mistakes and catch unintentional plagiarism. See apa referencing style guide books for definitive examples of apa compliant references books and book chapters common issues. The footnotes from a study bible are generally written by the person who composes the introduction to the book. Apa does not require other formatting for the title of your reference page like bold or underlined, but check with your lecturer. More than 100 reference examples and their corresponding intext citations are presented in the seventh edition publication manual. Database examples citing the bible and other biblical. Use the first few words of the title, or the complete title if short, as listed in your reference list, and the date.
For author format, title format, or source publication information, see pages 285289, pages 291293, and pages 293301 respectively in the apa manual, 7th edition. Date published october 11, 2019 by raimo streefkerk. For guidelines for citing the bible following apa 6th ed. When quoting or paraphrasing specific excerpts from the text, include the relevant names andor numbers of chaptersverseslines in your intext citation lee, 2009.
The apa reference page is a separate page at the end of your paper where all sources you cited in the main text are listed. In october 2019, the american psychological association apa introduced the 7th edition of the apa publication manual, which replaces the 6th edition published in 2009 in that time a lot of things have changed. However, you do need to include an intext citation that states the book, chapter and verse from the bible you are referring to in your assignment. Publication manual of the american psychological association, 6th ed.
Provide the full title of the bible in italics as listed on the title page. For a complete list of how to cite print sources, please refer to the 7 th edition of the apa. Apa documentation in apa, the bible and other major works are not required in the reference page. Below are some examples of the hard copy references versus online references of. Publication manual of the american psychological association 7th ed. Information on citing and several of the examples were drawn from the publication manual of the american psychological association 7th ed. However, if you use a different version indicate the new version in the text citation.
A written work or composition found in print, or digitally as an e book. The american psychological association apa established writing and reference guidelines in 1929, so readers could easily understand the major points and findings in social sciences research apa, 2010. A colon is used to separate the chapter and verse instead of a period. Intext citation is usually written in a parenthesis with the last name of the author and year separated by a comma. For websites in particular, looking at their about us page or mission statement can help you evaluate purpose. Place a colon after the title and include the name of the version as a subtitle after the title. Throughout his life, david learned to trust god as his refuge and strength, an everpresent help in trouble ps.
Dcu library apa referencing style guide 7 page quoting the bible and classical works when you make a reference to the bible, or other classical religious works including ancient greek and roman works, provide the book, chapter and verse. This page reflects the latest version of the apa publication manual i. Date published february 11, 2019 by courtney gahan. Refer to the publication manual of the american psychological association 6th ed. Reference list apa 7th edition referencing guide beta. This guide will help users cite the bible, and bible dictionaries, encyclopedias, commentaries, and atlases. For works with more than 20 authors, list the first 19, insert an.
List the book, chapter and verse for the portion you quote or paraphrase with a colon between the chapter and verse. In the opposite direction, apa now requires listing up to 20 authors for a source in the references list. Cite the reference in parentheses at the end of the sentence. Subsequent citations of the same bible version do not need to be included after citing the first time. According to the apa 6th edition publication manual, classical works such as the bible or ancient sources should not be included in your reference list.
Citing religious sources brigham young universityidaho. Bible and the book of mormon, the guidelines provided apply generally to. If the last name of the author is included in the text, write only the year inside the parenthesis. Generate american psychological association 6th edition. Citing the bible citing in apa format 6th edition libguides at. The equivalent resource for the older apa 6 style can be found here.
More information on reference variations not shown here e. This handout gives basic information on citing scripture according to the mla. Individual who created a work such as a book, digital image, article, blog, comic, podcast, play, poem, script, etc. Bible reference sources in mla style northwestern college. A guide to apa referencing 6th edition 7 the following guide provides some general rules and examples using the 6th ed. Typically, every sentence does not need a citation see examples on p.
Check that only the first letter of the title and subtitle are capitalised the name of a person or organisation, excepted as endnote often gets this wrong. However, you must include an intext citation anytime you reference these texts in your writing. 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. Cite your bible in american psychological association 6th edition format for free. Our comprehensive guide on apa citation generator bibme formats according to apa 6th edition, mla 8th edition, chicago 17th edition. Tips for citing the bible citing in mla intext citations. The bible is classified as a classical work together with the quran. Books and websites could have any of these or a combination of the purposes above. How to list the bible as a source in apa pen and the pad. You need to include references to more than one edition only if you read two or more editions of the same book and are using information from each one in your paper. How to reference the bible in apa format pen and the pad. So it is important to determine why the source was created and if it is appropriate for your research. According to the sixth edition of the publication manual of the american psychological association, wellknown classical and religious works such as the christian bible do not appear on the references list at the end of the paper. Wellknown books such as the bible do not need to be included on the reference page, unless a professor requires you to do so.
Examples of the most common works that writers cite are provided on this page. Refer to publication manual of the american psychological association, 6thed. After this, only include the scripture reference, unless you switch versions. For more information about book references, see page 321 of the apa manual, 7th edition.
Edition other than the first apa citation style, 7th. The first time the work is cited, identify the version used. Mla rules indicate that editors of books should be included if its the first edition of a reference book. How to cite edition, volume, and page numbers for books.
Where relevant, enter data in either the url, doi or name of database fields. Rather than including information about the bible on the references page, apa style gives more detail about the source in the parenthetical citation. Apa refer to publication manual of the american psychological association, 7th ed. For each intext citation, state the first element in that workscited list. Has the author written several articles on the topic, and do. Note that apa 7 specifies to cite bibles in book formats p.
The reference list starts on a new page, after your assignment and before any appendices. Centercolumn reference bible premium goatskin, black premier collection thomas nelson 2019 genuine leather. Indicate which version at the first use of scripture then no reference is needed unless you use another bible version. Include the name of the author, year, and page number if a part of a. Try your search again with different keywords or create your citation manually using our formatter. In a reference to a whole book, cite the edition and volume numbersseparated by a. Publication manual of the american psychological association sixth edition. Use titlecase, capitalizing all nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives. If you have an openaccess ebook, you may provide the url at the end, provided it directly takes you to the full text without logging in. For more information, see the apas publication manual, 6th edition, 6. Nkjv giant print reference bible, brown leathertouch. These elements are enough to guide the readers in locating specific information from. Citations are placed in the context of discussion using the authors. The 7th edition of apa does not differentiate between the format of the books, print or electronic.
However, in the first citation, you must identify the edition used. Bibliographic references are doublespaced and indented half an inch after the first line. Reference lists journal articles, books, reports, theses, websites, more. Bibliography cite the specific edition of the bible that you consulted in preparing your paper.
Page numbers may not remain consistent among versions, but. The notes should be cited like they come from an article written by the person in the edited volume that is the bible. Information taken from publication manual of the american psychological association, 6th ed. Apa 2019 professor of social work, university of houston 122019, page 1 apa referencing format, 7th edition october 2019 compiled by monit cheung, phd, lcsw, december 23, 2019. Complete reference information should appear in the references list at the end of the manuscript. Format your reference page start a separate page at the end of your paper and title it. The publication manual of the american psychological association apa is the official style guide of the.
Begin the first line of the citation at the left margin and use. This persons name can be found in the beginning of the book or at the front of the bible. Citing pdf files is the same as how you cite a print publication, but with the. If the name of the author occurs in the text, cite the year. For classical works, apa requires no citation in the reference list. Classical religious texts, like the bible, do not require a citation in the reference list in apa style. Books apa 6th referencing style guide library guides.
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