APA Guide 6th ed.

Chapter or Article from an Edited Collection of Essays (Viewed in Print)

Format: Essay or Entry Author, A. A. (Year). Title of essay, chapter or article. In A. A. Last name (Ed.), Title of book in italics (Edition ed., pp. of essay, chapter or article). City, State: Publisher.

Example: Lwanga, S. (2013). Daybreak. in B. Butake (Ed.), Cameroon anthology of poetry (pp. 97-98). Cameroon, Central Africa: Langaa.

Article or Entry from a Reference Book (Viewed in Print)

Format: Entry Author, A. A. (Year). Title of entry. In A. A. Last name (Ed.), Title of book in italics (Edition ed., Vol. number, pp. numbers). City of publication, state: Publisher.

Example: Niiniluoto, I. (2015). Finnish philosophy. In R. Audi (Ed.), The Cambridge dictionary of philosophy (3rd. ed., pp. 361-362). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Chapter or Article from an Edited Collection of Essays (Database or Website)

Format: Essay Author, A. A. (Year). Title of essay, chapter or article. In A. A. Last name (Ed.), Title of book in italics (Edition ed., pp. of essay, chapter or article). Retrieved from http://url_of_publisher_home_page

Example: Newton, L. H. (2015). In defense of the traditional nurse. In H. Kuhse, U. Schüklenk, & P. Singer (Ed.),  Bioethics: An anthology (3rd ed., pp. 700-707). Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ju-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4042986

Article or Entry from a Reference Book (Database or Website)

Format: Entry Author, A. A. (Year). Title of entry. In Editor’s A. A. Last name (Ed.), Title of book in italics (Edition ed., Vol. number, pp. number’s). Retrieved from http://url_of_publisher_home_page

Example: Archer, K. (2006). Central Florida, Disneyfictation of. In R. Pillsbury, J. G. Thomas, & A. J. Abadie, (Ed.), The new encyclopedia of southern culture (vol. 2, pp. 66-69). Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ju-ebooks/detail.action?docID=880005

Author / Editor:

• If no author given, move the title to author position and alphabetize entry by title.

Publisher:

• Omit unessential words such as Publishers, Co., or Inc. Keep the words Books and Press; if name of the state or province is included in the name of University publisher, do not also include it in location information.

Date:

• If no date is given, use (n.d.).

Location:

• Include city and state. For cities outside the US, include the city and country.

Page Numbers:

• Precede page numbers with p. or pp. (depending on whether it's one page or multiple pages).

Formatting:

• Double space entries. If an entry runs more than one line, use a hanging indent to indent any additional lines beyond the first.
• Capitalize proper nouns and the first words of title and subtitle.
• If what you are citing is not listed in APA manual, choose the example in the manual most like your source.