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I am using a couple edited books in a paper I am writing. From each one, I need to cite 2-3 chapters.
MLA offers a way to "cross-reference" within a reference list when citing multiple chapters from the same anthology (see https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/ about halfway down the page).
However, my paper is in APA format. Is there any such way to do this in APA references, or do I need the full citation for each chapter I am citing?
In APA, if the whole book has been written by the same author(s), you always cite the whole book and give the page of the reference, thus:
Reference list:
Author, A. A. (1967). Title of Work. Location: Publisher.
In text:
... (Author, 1967, p. xxx) ...
If you cite a text in an anthology or a chapter in a textbook where every chapter has been written by a different author, you cite it like this:
Reference list:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (1958). Title of text. In A. Editor & B. Editor (eds.), Title of Book (pp. xxx-xxx). Location: Publisher.
In text:
... (Author & Author, 1958, p. xxx) ...
In APA you need to create a citation for every individual text. There is no "cross-referencing" of the kind allowed by MLA. You can cite the whole anthology, if the individual texts all endorse a common viewpoint and you are refering to this (e.g. a collection of texts about a new theory or methodology).
Refer to the APA Manual for more information. You find it in every university or large public library.
