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Citing Anonymous Books in APA Style
This page is a modified version of the Citing
Books in APA Style page. It pertains to anonymous
books only. The order of the elements of the References list
changes slightly, since the APA likes the publication date to be
in a specific place:
| Component |
Formatting
Details
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Ending
Punctuation |
| Title |
- Italicize or underline the
title of the book. [Example]
- Click here for notes on
capitalization.
- If you underline, underline the period
that follows, unless an edition, translator, or volume information
is included.
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Period (.) unless there
is information in the next section. |
| Edition,
Translator, and Volume Information |
- This entire section goes in parentheses
directly following the title. Stop italicizing
or underlining with the last character of the title, give
a single space, and then give parentheses which enclose
this information.
- The period that would normally follow the title goes
after these parentheses.
- There will likely be two periods given, one for "ed."
or "Trans." within the parentheses and one
outside the parentheses to end this part of the citation,
as in "(5th ed.)."
- If you include more than one of these elements, separate
them with commas.
- If the book is an edition other than the first,
give the edition first:
- Include the number of the edition followed by "ed."
or "Rev. ed." for a revised edition not numbered. [Example]
- Use a digit for the edition number, as in "5th.
ed." or "3rd. ed." or "10th ed."
- If the book is a translation, give the translator:
- Write the first initial, followed by a period, followed
by the last name of the author, followed by a comma
and "Trans." [Example]
- If the book is a multivolume work, give the
volumes used:
- Write "Vol." followed by a digit for a single
volume.
- Write "Vols." followed by the first and
last volumes used. Use digits for the volume numbers
and separate them with a hyphen (and no spaces).
[Example]
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Period (.) outside the parentheses |
| Publication
Date |
- Include the four-digit year of
publication. Enclose the date within parentheses.
(The ending period will be outside the parentheses.)
[Example]
- The publication place is usually found on the back the
title page of the book.
- If no date is available, write "n. d."
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Period (.) outside the parentheses |
| Publication
Place |
- Include the city of publication.
[Example]
- If the city is not well-known or could be confused
with another city, follow the city name with a comma, a
space, and the state. Use the postal state
abbreviations (two capital letters, no periods.)
[Example]
- The publication place is usually found on the title page
of the book.
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Colon (:) |
| Publisher |
- Include the publisher's name.
[Example]
- You may shorten the publisher's name as long as it remains
recognizable.
- The publisher is usually found on the title page of the
book.
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Period (.) |
| Original
Publication |
- If the work is a translation,
write "(Original work published yyyy),"
filling in the yyyy with the four-digit year during
which the original was printed. [Example]
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Period (.) outside the parentheses |
Read the notes on punctuation and italicization
and underlining.
Citation Examples
Jump directly to the anonymous example.
American Friends Service Committee. (1970). Who Shall Live? New York: Hill.
Blotner, J. (1976). Faulkner: A Biography (Vols. 1-2). New York: Random House.
Camus, A. (1988). The Stranger (Matthew Ward, Trans.). New York: Knopf.
(Orginial work published 1958).
Durell, L. (1959). Mountolive. New York: Dutton, 1959.
Finch, R., & Elder, J. (Eds.). (1982). The Norton Book of Nature Writing (2nd ed.).
New York: Norton.
Fogel, R. W., & Elton, G. R. (1983). Which Road to the Past: Two Views of History.
New Haven: Yale University Press.
Frampton, M. E., Kerney, E., & Schattner, R. (1968). Forgotten Children.
Boston: Sargent.
Golden, C. (Ed.). (1992). The Captive Imagination: A Casebook on "The Yellow
Wall-Paper." New York: Feminist Press.
Howard, L. (1980). Zora Neale Hurston. Boston: Twayne.
Lane, A. J. (Ed.). (1980). The Charlotte Perkins Gillman Reader: "The Yellow
Wallpaper" and Other Fiction. New York: Pantheon.
Lane, A. J. (Ed.). (1979). To "Herland" amd Beyond: The Life and Work of Charlotte
Perkins Gillman. New York: Pantheon.
Orwell, G. (1949). 1984. New York: Harcourt.
Roberts, E. M. (1982). The Time of Man. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.
Ruland, R. (Ed.). (1968). Twentieth Century Interpretations of Walden. Englewood
Cliffs, NJ: Prentice.
Selzer, R. (1976). Mortal Lessons. New York: Touchstone-Simon.
Tuchman, B. (1978). A Distant Mirror. New York: Knopf.
Which Road to the Past: Two Views of History. (1983). New Haven: Yale University
Press.
The titles and information given here
are taken from the MLA section of the
Ready Reference Handbook and changed
into APA style (Dodds, 370-371).
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