Page numbers are required when quoting directly. Include the author, year, and page number of the quotation in the body of your paper.
If your material does not have page numbers (e.g., webpages, some ebooks, etc.), provide readers with another way of locating the quote.
This can be:
See other examples on the APA Blog.
See more reference examples on the library's main APA help page.
Use this format to reference any ATI books. Up to 20 authors can be listed according to APA 7th ed. Guidelines.
Author last name, first inital. (Year). Title in sentence case (edition). Publisher.
| Reference Example | Holman, H.C., Williams, D., Sommer, S., Johnson, J., Ball, B.S., & McMichael, M.G. (2019). RN mental health nursing: Review module (11.0 ed.). Assessment Technologies Institute.. |
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In-text Example Note: For a work with three or more authors, list the first author and “et al” for all citations, including the first citation |
(Holman et al, 2019, p.68) |
Holman, H. C., Williams, D., Johnson, J., Sommer, S., Ball, B. S., Morris, C., Leehy, P., & Hertel, R. (2020a). Adult medical surgical nursing. (11.0 ed.). Assessment Technologies Institute.
Holman, H. C., Williams, D., Johnson, J., Sommer, S., Ball, B. S., Morris, C., Leehy, P., & Hertel, R. (2020b). PN maternal newborn nursing. (11.0 ed.). Assessment Technologies Institute.
Use this citation if your material is a report or a entry from a government website.
| Material | Format | Reference Example | In-Text Example |
| Government Report | Government Agency. (Year). Tite of document in sentence case (Report number if known). Government department listed largest to smallest. URL. | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2003). Managing asthma: a guide for schools (NIH Publicaton No. 02-2650). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Instituties of Health. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/asth_sch.pdf | (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2003) |
An academic journal is a publication who's audience is other experts in the same field.
Use the library databases tab to find reliable academic journal articles.
| Material | Format | Reference Example | In-Text Example |
| Academic Article | Author last name, first initial. (Year). Title of article in sentence case. Title of Journal, volume(issue number), page numbers. DOI. |
Martinez, L. R., Xu, S., & Hebl, M. (2018). Utilizing education and perspective taking to remediate the stigma of taking antidepressants. Community Mental Health Journal, 54(4), 450–459. https://doi-rg.allstate.libproxy.ivytech.edu/10.1007/s10597-017-0174-z |
(Martinez et al, 2018) |
Cite entries from StatPearls like you would any other reference book. Use the "last update' date as the publication date.
Publisher locations are no longer needed for APA 7th ed.
| Material | Format | Reference Example | In-text Example |
| Entry in Reference Book | Author last name, First Initial. (Year, Month, Day).Title of entry in sentence case. In (editor), Title of work in sentence case (edition or page numbers if known). Publisher. | Singh, S., & Sandhu, S. (2023, July 17). Thyroid disease and pregnancy. In StatPearls [Internet]. StatPearls Publishing. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK538485/ | (Singh & Sandhu, 2023) |
Use this citation example if you use a Drug Handbook either an online e-book version or paper version. You will need to determine if your reference has authors or editors and use one of the examples below. This is the same format you would use for any section of an edited reference book: handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias.
Section of Edited Book:
Title of section or drug. (Year). In First initial. Last name of book editor. Title of handbook in sentence case.(edition if available, pp. xx-xx). Publisher.
Note: If you have more than one editor, used (Eds.) and separate their names with commas, adding an ampersand (&) before the final name.
| Reference Example |
Diazepam. (2021). In K.C. Comerford. (Ed.). Nursing 2021 drug handbook.(41st ed., pp.331-333). Wolters Kluwer. |
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In-Text Citation
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(Diazepam, 2021, p.332) |
Section of Authored Book:
Author last name, first inital. (Year). Section name. In Title in sentence case (Edition, page numbers). Publisher.
First initial. Last name of author.(Year). Title of section. In Title of handbook in sentence case.(edition if available, pp. xx-xx). Publisher.
Note: If you have more than one author separate their names with commas, adding an ampersand (&) before the final name.
| Reference Example |
Kizior, R. J., & Hodgson, K. (2021). Diazepam. In Saunders nursing drug handbook.(pp.331-333). Elsevier - Health Sciences Division. |
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In-Text Citation
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(Kizior & Hodgson, 2021, p.332) |
Refer to the APA Style website for more information on citing the DSM.
Individual chapters:
American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th-TR ed.). https://doi-org.allstate.libproxy.ivytech.edu/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787
In-text example:
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th-TR ed.; DSM–5; American Psychiatric Association, 2022) is the most widely accepted nomenclature used by clinicians and researchers for the classification of mental disorders.
The first time you cite the Manual, give its full title as above. After, you can use the abbreviation DSM–5.
You can use the abbreviation APA for the author, as long as you introduce the APA's full name at first reference:
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th-TR ed.; DSM–5; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2022) is the most widely accepted nomenclature used by clinicians and researchers for the classification of mental disorders. . . . The changes involving the removal of the legal problems criterion and the addition of a craving criterion were retained in the final revision of the diagnostic criteria (APA, 2022).
