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Book with one author

Entry in Reference List

Author. (Year of publication). Title of book (Edition). Place of publication: Publisher.

For example - Reference List

Castells, M.Author (2000)Year of publication. End of millenniumTitle of book (italicized) (2nd ed.). Malden, MA:Place of publication Blackwell.Publisher

Hassan, R.Author (2004)Year of publication. Media, politics and the network societyTitle of book (italicized). Maidenhead, England:Place of publication Open University Press.Publisher

For example - In text citation

Hassan (2004) has argued that…
OR
In a major study (Hassan, 2004), it was found that…

Style Notes

Book titles are italicized.
Capitalization -Capitalize only the first word of the title and of the subtitle, if any, and any proper nouns.
Details about edition, volume number or chapter page range are placed in parentheses directly after the title, with the period after the parentheses, e.g., (2nd ed.). or (Rev. ed.). or (Vol. xvi).
In the in-text citation, if pages are being directly referenced, include the page number/s after the year.

APA general style notes...

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