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APA Citation Style, 6th Edition : Article in a Reference Book

A University of Lethbridge Library guide to APA Citation Style, 6th Edition.

(p. 202)

General Format 
 
      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (Author Surname [of Article], Year)
     
      In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Author Surname [of Article], Year, page number)
 
      References (Quotation):
      Author Surname [of Article], First Initial. Second Initial. (Year). Article title.
            In Editor First Initial. Second Initial. Surname (Ed.), Reference book title: Subtitle
            (# ed. edition, Vol. volume #, pp. page range of article). Place of Publication:
            Publisher.
  
Example
 
      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):
      (Lindgren, 1994)
 
      In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Lindgren, 1994, p.468)
 
      References:
      Lindgren, H. C. (1994). Stereotyping. In Encyclopedia of psychology (Vol. 3, pp.
            468-469). New York, NY: Wiley.
 
 
For a reference book without an author listed, use the title of the entry in its place. (p. 203)
 
Example
 
Yorkshire manor houses. (2012). In R. Crawley (Ed.), English architecture. (3rd ed., Vol 2, pp. 118-125).
     Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.