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Wintec's APA Referencing Guides

The Wintec APA Guides, with tips and help!

Book with one author

Reference list

Jones, R. (2007). Nursing leadership and management: Theories, process and practice. Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis.

In-text citation

Jones (2007) notes that ... (p. 184). Or … (Jones, 2007, p. 184).

Book with two authors

Reference list

Claiborne, L., & Drewery, W. (2010). Human development: Family, place, culture. North Ryde, Australia: McGraw-Hill.

In-text citation

Claiborne and Drewery (2010) state that ... (p. 88).  Or … (Claiborne & Drewery, 2010, p. 88).

Book with three to five authors

Reference list

Hubbard, J., Thomas, C., & Varnham, S. (2010). Principles of law for New Zealand business students (4th ed.). Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson.

In-text citation

First citation - Hubbard, Thomas and Varnham (2010) state that … (p. 4). Or … (Hubbard, Thomas, & Varnham, 2010, p. 4).
Then – Hubbard et al. (2010) report that … (p. 4). Or … (Hubbard et al., 2010, p. 4).

Book with six or more authors

Reference list

Watson, S., Gunasekara, G., Gedye, M., van Roy, Y., Ross, M., Longdin, L., ... Brown, L. (2009). Law of business organisations (5th ed.). Auckland, New Zealand: Palatine Press.

In-text citation

First citation – Watson et al. (2009) explain that … (p. 58). Or … (Watson et al., 2009, p. 58).

   See also: Journal or magazine article with six or more authors

​​NB:  ​When referencing a book with 6 or 7 authors you don't need to use . . . just list all the authors.  For a book with 8+ authors you need to list the first 6 authors then . . .  and then the last author.

Book with no author (including dictionaries with no author)

Reference list

The complete encyclopaedia of garden flowers. (2003). Auckland, New Zealand: Bateman.

In-text citation

The Complete Encyclopaedia of Garden Flowers (2003) shows that … (p. 96).


   See also APA FAQs: How do I reference a resource that lists no author?

Book or report by a corporate author (e.g. an organisation, association or Government department)

Reference list

University of Otago. (1986). Today’s food, tomorrow’s health. Dunedin, New Zealand: Author.

In-text citation

The University of Otago (2011) claims that … (p. 6). Or … (University of Otago, 1986, p. 6). 

Book chapter in an edited work

Reference list

Sturgess, A. (2011). Celebrating the square peg: Twice-exceptional learners. In R. Moltzen (Ed.), Gifted and talented: New Zealand perspectives (3rd ed., pp. 379-403). Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson.

In-text citation - When citing in-text material by the author(s) of a chapter in an edited book, use the chapter author's name, the year of publication of the book, and the page number:

Sturgess (2011) reports that … (p. 389).  or … (Sturgess, 2011, p. 389).