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APA Referencing Style: A. One Author or Editor

This guide will help you cite sources in APA Citation Style 6th Edition.

Book with one Author or Editor

The general format below refers to a book with one author. 
 
If you are dealing with one editor instead of one author, you would simply insert the editor's name in the place where the author's name is now, followed by "(Ed.)" without the quotation marks.  The rest of the format would remain the same.
 
General Format 
 
      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (Author Surname, Year)
     
      In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Author Surname, Year, page number)
 
      References:
      Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year). Book title: Subtitle.
            Place of Publication: Publisher.
  
Example
 
       In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (Franks, 2005)
 
       In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Franks, 2005, p. 148)
 
      References:
      Franks, A. (2005). Margaret Sanger's eugenic legacy: The control of
             female fertility.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company.