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APA Citation Style, 6th Edition : Book Reviews

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

(p. 208-209)

Reviews - including books, motion pictures, or other (p. 208, Publication Manual of the APA)

Cite the information as you normally would for the work you are quoting. In brackets, write "Review of the book" (or other medium) and give the title of the reviewed work. If the review has been published online, cite as you normally would that medium.

Schatz, B. R. (2000, November 17). Learning by text or context? [Review of the book The social life of information, by J. S. Brown & P. Duguid]. Science, 290, 1304. doi:10.1126/science.290.5495.1304