Chapters in Books/Ebooks

This page provides reference examples for chapters in edited books/ebooks.

For more examples and information on citing book chapters, visit the APA Style and Grammar website or consult Section 10.3 of the APA Publication Manual, 7th Edition.

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Title of chapter or entry. In A. A. Editor, & B. B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xxx-xxx). Publisher. DOI or URL

Reference Examples

Chapter or article in an edited book/ebook

Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart, T. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their development. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 345–359). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000120-016


Chapter or article in an edited book/ebook (no DOI or URL)

Dillard, J. P. (2020). Currents in the study of persuasion. In M. B. Oliver, A. A. Raney, & J. Bryant (Eds.), Media effects: Advances in theory and research (4th ed., pp. 115–129). Routledge.