Use this format for print books.
1NOTE: For APA citations that have multiple authors, cite all authors in your citation if there are 20 authors or less. For 21 or more authors, cite the first 19 authors, include an ellipses, and the final author's name.
2NOTE: For Turabian citations that have more than three authors, cite using First Author Last Name, First Author First Name et al. in the author portion of the citation.
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ONE AUTHOR |
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| APA (7th) General Format | Author Last Name, Author Initials. (Year). Title of book: Subtitle of book. Publisher. |
| APA (7th) Example | Zusak, M. (2006). The book thief. Knopf. |
| MLA (9th) General Format | Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Publisher, year. |
| MLA (9th) Example | Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. Knopf, 2006. |
| Turabian (9th) Notes-Bibliography Style General Format | Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. |
| Turabian (9th) Notes-Bibliography Style Example | Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. New York: Knopf, 2006. |
| Turabian (9th) Author-Date Style General Format | Author Last Name, Author First Name. Year. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher. |
| Turabian (9th) Author-Date Style Example | Zusak, Markus. 2006. The Book Thief. New York: Knopf. |
| ACM Style General Format | [Note#] Author First Name Author Last Name. Year. Title of Book. Publisher, Place of Publication. |
| ACM Style Example | [1] Markus Zusak. 2006. The Book Thief. Knopf, New York, NY. |
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BOOK BY TWO AUTHORS |
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| APA (7th) General Format | First Author Last Name, First Author Initials, & Second Author Last Name, Second Author Initials. (Year). Title of book: Subtitle of book. Publisher. |
| APA (7th) Example | Mazur, D., & Danner, A. (2014) Comics: A global history, 1968 to the present. Thames & Hudson |
| MLA (9th) General Format | First Author Last Name, First Author First Name, and Second Author First Name Last Name. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Publisher, Year. |
| MLA (9th) Example | Mazur, Dan, and Alexander Danner. Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present. Thames & Hudson, 2014. |
| Turabian (9th) Notes-Bibliography Style General Format | First Author Last Name, First Author First Name, and Second Author First Name Last Name. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. |
| Turabian (9th) Notes-Bibliography Style Example | Mazur, Dan, and Alexander Danner. Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson, 2009. |
| Turabian (9th) Author-Date Style General Format | First Author Last Name, First Author First Name, and Second Author First Name Last Name. Year. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher. |
| Turabian (9th) Author-Date Style Example | Mazur, Dan, and Alexander Danner. 2009. Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present. London: Thames & Hudson, 2009. |
| ACM Style General Format | [Note#] First Author First Name Last Name and Second Author First Name Last Name. Year. Title of Book. Publisher, Place of Publication. |
| ACM Style Example | [1] Dan Mazur and Alexander Danner. 2009. Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present. Thames & Hudson, London. |
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BOOK BY MULTIPLE AUTHORS (more than two) |
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| APA (7th) General Format1 | First Author Last Name, First Author Initials, Second Author Last Name, Second Author Initials, Third Author Last Name, Third Author Initials, & Fourth Author Last Name, Fourth Author Initials. (Year). Title of Book. Publisher. |
| APA (7th) Example1 | Bell, I. McGrane, B., Gunderson, J., & Anderson, T. L. (2011). This book is not required: An emotional and intellectual survival manual for students. Sage. |
| MLA (9th) General Format | First Author Last Name, First Author First Name, et al. Title of Book. Publisher, Year. |
| MLA (9th) Example | Bell, Inge, et al. This Book is Not Required: An Emotional and Intellectual Survival Manual for Students. 4th ed. Sage, 2011. |
| Turabian (9th) Notes-Bibliography Style General Format2 | First Author Last Name, First Author First Name, Second Author First Name Last Name, and Third Author First Name Last Name.Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. |
| Turabian (9th) Notes-Bibliography Style Example2 | Bell, Inge, Bernard McGrane, John Gunderson, and Terri L. Anderson. This Book is Not Required: An Emotional and Intellectual Survival Manual for Students. 4th ed. Los Angeles: Sage, 2011. |
| Turabian (9th) Author-Date Style General Format2 | First Author Last Name, First Author First Name, Second Author First Name Last Name, and Third Author First Name Last Name. Year. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher. |
| Turabian (9th) Author-Date Style Example2 | Bell, Inge, Bernard McGrane, John Gunderson, and Terri L. Anderson. 2011. This Book is Not Required: An Emotional and Intellectual Survival Manual for Students. 4th ed. Los Angeles: Sage. |
| ACM Style General Format | [Note#] First Author First Name Last Name, Second Author First Name Last Name, and Third Author First Name Last Name. Year. Title of Book. Publisher, Place of Publication. |
| ACM Style Example | [1] Inge Bell, Bernard McGrane, John Gunderson, and Teri L. Anderson. 2011. This Book Is Not Required: An Emotional and Intellectual Survival Manual for Students (4th ed.). Sage, Los Angeles, CA. |
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EDITED BOOK - Complete Work |
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| APA (7th) General Format | Editor Last Name, Editor Initials (Ed.) (Year). Title of book: Subtitle of book. Publisher. |
| APA (7th) Example | Dawidowicz, L. S. (Ed.). (1976). A Holocaust reader. Behrman House. |
| MLA (9th) General Format | Editor Last Name, Editor First Name, editor. Title of Book. Publisher, year. |
| MLA (9th) Example | Dawidowicz, Lucy S., editor. A Holocaust Reader. Behrman House, 1976. |
| Turabian (9th) Notes-Bibliography Style General Format | Editor Last Name, Editor First Name, ed. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. |
| Turabian (9th) Notes-Bibliography Style Example | Dawidowicz, Lucy S., ed. A Holocaust Reader. New York: Behrman House, 1976. |
| Turabian (9th) Author-Date Style General Format | Editor Last Name, Editor First Name, ed. Year. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher. |
| Turabian (9th) Author-Date Style Example | Dawidowicz, Lucy S., ed. 1976. A Holocaust Reader. New York: Behrman House. |
| ACM Style General Format | [Note#] Editor First Name Last Name (Ed.). Year. Title of book. Publisher. Place of publication. |
| ACM Style Example | [1] Lucy S. Dawidowicz (Ed.). 1976. A Holocaust reader. Behrman House, New York, NY. |
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