How to Cite a Printed Book

How to Cite a Printed BookIn APA Style

Title: Throes of democracy : the American Civil War era, 1829-1877 Author: McDougall, Walter A., 1946- Publisher: Harper, Pub date: c2008. Pages: xxvi, 787 p. : ISBN: 9780060567514This is what the citation for a book looks like in the Library catalog. It needs some editing to change it into APA style.

McDougall, W. A.The first piece of the citation is the name of the author. Notice it is written with the last name first, followed by initials.

McDougall, W. A. (2008).The second part is the year the book was published.

McDougall, W. A. (2008). Throes of democracy: The American Civil War

era 1829-1877.Next come the books title and subtitle, separated by a colon, in italics.

Note that only the first word and proper names are capitalized.

Lines after the first line are indented.

McDougall, W. A. (2008). Throes of democracy: The American Civil War era 1829-1877. New York: Harper.The citation ends with the city where the book was published, and the name of the publisher.