UMGC Library: APA 7th Edition Citation Examples: Encyclopedia Articles (2024)

Format:

Author last name, first initial. (Year). Article title. In Editor first initial. Last name (Ed.),Encyclopediatitle(pp. page numbers). Publisher Name. DOI

Elements:

• Author:List the last name, followed by the first initial (and second initial).SeeAuthorsfor more information.
• Year:List the publication yearbetween parentheses, followed by a period.
• Article title:Capitalize the first word of the title, subtitle, and proper nouns, followed by a period.
• Editor:List the first initial followed by the last name. Preceded by "In" and followed by "(Ed.)"
• Encyclopediatitle:In italics. Capitalize the first word of the title, subtitle, and proper nouns
• Page number(s):List page numbers preceded with "pp." in parentheses andfollowed by a period.
• Publisher name:List publisher name, followed by a period.
• DOI:Use DOI when available.

See specific examples below.

Miura, A. (2012). Human behavior with blogs. In Z. Yan (Ed.), Encyclopedia of cyber behavior (pp. 157-163). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8

What is a DOI?
Some library databases, such as Academic Search Ultimate and APA PsycInfo, providea digital object identifier (DOI) for individual ebooks. A DOI is a unique identifier for an online work. In the database record for an ebook, you will see an element that looks like this, which you should include at the end of your APA reference, preceded by "https://doi.org/":

This link will allow a reader to link to doi.org for more information about the ebook.