List the book title, chapter, and verse in your parenthetical citation. Biblical citations apa style 7th edition citation guide libguides. An apa reference page listing requires different information and formatting depending on whether the entire book is written by one author or authors or is an edited anthology of chapters by different authors. When quoting or paraphrasing from a particular section of scripture, add the book, chapter, and verse to your citation rather the page number. How to reference books and book chapters in an apa reference list. Authors last name of chapter, year, page number references. For classical works, apa requires no citation in the reference list. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that. Abbreviations are customary for citing book and chapter with specific verses. The equivalent resource for the older apa 6 style can be found here. Apa citation style citation information for citing a book chapter. How to cite a book, chapter, and title in apa format pen. For example, the title of a book is in italics, but the title of a chapter in a book is in regular type. Create customised interactive examples of apa references and intext citations with this online tool.
Start by typing the title of the book of the bible, then type the chapter and verse. Do not include the bible as a resource in your reference list unless your teacher instructs you to. The 7th edition of apa does not differentiate between the format of the books, print or electronic. After that, simply list the chapter and verse unless youre quoting from a different version. These elements are enough to guide the readers in locating specific information from the bible since its sections are standardized for all editions. How to reference a religious text in apa style cite this. This page reflects the latest version of the apa publication manual i. When citing chapter or chapter and verse, abbreviate books of the bible unless. Citing the bible citing in apa format 6th edition libguides at. Bible passages only need to be cited in the text of your paper. Apa style citing the bible and other biblical resources henry. When quoting or paraphrasing specific excerpts from the text, include the relevant names andor numbers of chaptersverseslines in your.
Citing a chapter in an edited book in apa format youtube. If you have an openaccess ebook, you may provide the url at the end, provided it directly takes you to the full text without logging in. For a complete list of how to cite print sources, please refer to the 7 th edition of the apa. Easybib reference guide to chapter citation in apa format. Three, four or five authors if a work has three 3, four 4 or five 5 authors, cite all authors the first time and from then on. If you use a chapter in an edited book, cite as specifically as possible. This video looks at how to cite a book following the guidelines for apa version 6. Cite future references to biblical verses with just the book, chapter and verse s but not the bible version, unless you change the version you are citing.
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