How to cite using APA in the Health Sciences

Elements for a Chapter (Print Book)

Author(s) of chapter. (Year). Chapter title. In A.B. Editor, C.D. Editor, & E. Editor (Ed[s].), Book title. (nth ed. [do not indicate if 1st

edition], pp. nn-nn). Publisher.

Example 

Dillard, J. P. (2020). Currents in the study of persuasion. In M. B. Oliver, A. A. Raney, & J. Bryant (Eds.), Media effects: Advances in

theory and research (4th ed., pp. 115–129). Routledge.

Elements for a Chapter (eBook) 

Author(s) of chapter. (Year). Chapter title. In A.B. Editor & C.D. Editor (Eds.), Book title. (nth ed. [do not indicate 1st edition], pp. nn-

nn). Publisher. URL

Example

Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart, T. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their development. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C.

Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 345–359).

American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000120-01

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Chapter Reference Formatting (Print and Electronic)

• Use this formatting if each chapter has a different author.
• If the entire book was authored by the same person/people, use the Book - Whole formatting instead of chapter formatting. 
• If you are referencing a book chapter from the online version of the CPS, please use the drug database format when creating your reference.
• Author: Use the author(s) of the chapter; provide their last name and initials in the order they appear on the title page.
• Date: Use the date shown on the book’s copyright page as the year of publication in the reference, even if the copyright date is different than the release date.
• Title: Provide the chapter title in sentence case. Make sure to include the subtitle if there is one.
• Source: Provide the editors and the book title. Use the abbreviation “(Ed.)” for one editor and the abbreviation “(Eds.)” for multiple editors after the editor names, followed by a period. In the case of multiple editors, include the role once, after all the names.
• Book title should be italicized and in sentence case. Make sure to include the subtitle if there is one.
• Include any edition information in the same parentheses as the page range of the chapter, separated with a comma.
• Do not include the publisher location.
• For e-Books, if the chapter has a DOI or a stable URL, include the it in the reference after the publisher name. Do not follow with a period.

Don't leave it blank! Find out how to properly indicate that information is missing from one of your reference elements by reading more about missing information.

Information on this page was adapted from "Chapter 10: Reference List", in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.), as well as the APA webpage, "Reference Lists".