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Psychology Comps Seminars

Fall 2021

APA 7th Style Manual

Article or book chapter?

It's tough to spot the difference between article and book chapter citations. Here are two example citations.

Book chapter: Book chapter citations will have the word "In", (Ed.) with the editor's name, and the name of a publisher.

Stephan, W. G., & Stephan, C. W. (2000). An integrated threat theory of prejudice. In S. Oskamp (Ed.), Reducing prejudice and discrimination (pp. 23–45). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Article: Articles will have a volume and an issue, and sometimes a DOI.

Stephan, W. G., & Stephan, C. W. (2010). Intergroup anxiety. Journal of Social Issues, (41)3, 157-175. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1985.tb01134.x