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Reference guide for APA 7th edition - Short version

Short version of the reference guide for APA 7th edition, a guide intended for students at the departments of Biology and Environmental Science at Lund University on how to format references according to the APA style.

Chapters in monographs

Chapters in monographs

The instructions on this page are valid for references to monographs, i.e. books where all chapters have the same author(s). When citing chapters in monographs, the chapter is indicated in the in-text reference only and not in the reference list. 

If a DOI has been assigned to the book, include this number in the reference. If no DOI has been assigned and the book was accessed online from a nondatabase website, use the URL of the webpage from which it was retrieved. If the book was accessed in print or retrieved from an academic database, no URL is included.

Template
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (YYYY). Title of book (#th ed., Vol. #). Publisher. DOI or URL

Example:

In-text reference  
(Beletsky, 1996, Chapter 3) Beletsky (1996, Chapter 3) states that...
Reference list
Beletsky, L. (1996). The red-winged blackbird: The biology of a strongly polygenous songbird. Academic press.  ​