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

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About Citing

For each type of source in this guide, both the general form and an example will be provided.

The following format will be used:

In-Text Citation (Paraphrase) -entry that appears in the body of your paper when you express the ideas of a researcher or author using your own words.  For more tips on paraphrasing check out The OWL at Purdue.

In-Text Citation (Quotation) -entry that appears in the body of your paper after a direct quote.

References - entry that appears at the end of your paper.

Information on citing and several of the examples were drawn from theAPA Manual (6th ed.).

Article in a Reference Book (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.
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