APA Style 7th ed - Citation Guide for Nursing & Health Sciences

Reference List

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of work. Publisher. https://doi.org/xxxx (book with a DOI)

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of work. Publisher. https://www.xxxxxx (book on a website with URL, but no DOI)

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of work. Publisher. (print book, or an ebook from a library database with no DOI)

In-Text

(Author, year)
(Author, year, p.xx) - when quoting

Basic Format

Lastname, F. M. (YEAR). Title of work: Subtitle of work. Publisher.

Reference List

Engel, S. (2015). The hungry mind: The origins of curiosity in childhood. Harvard.

In-Text

(Engel, 2015)

(Engel, 2015, p. 89) – when quoting directly

Basic Format

Author, A.A., & Author, B.B. (YEAR). Title of work: Subtitle of work. Publisher.

Reference List

Vallerand, A.H., & Sanoski, C.A. (2025). Davis's drug guide for nurses (19th ed.). F.A. Davis.

In-Text

Parenthetical: (Vallerand & Sanoski, 2025)
Parenthetical, specific section: (Vallerand & Sanoski, 2025, pp. 58-60)

Narrative: Vallerand and Sanoski (2025)

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Author, A.A., Author, B.B., & Author, C.C. (YEAR). Title of work: Subtitle of work. Publisher.

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Jenkins, E., Slemon, A., Bilsker, D., & Goldner, E.M. (2022). A concise introduction to mental health in Canada (3rd ed.). Canadian Scholars.

In-Text

(Jenkins et al., 2022)

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American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000

When the author is the same as the publisher, omit the publisher from the reference to avoid repetition. (Publication Manual, 2020, p. 296)

In-Text

Parenthetical: (American Psychological Association [APA], 2020)
Subsequent: (APA, 2020)

Narrative: American Psychological Association [APA], 2020)
Subsequent: APA (2020)

(Publication Manual, 2020, p. 268)

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Astle, B. J., Duggleby, W., Potter, P. A., Stockert, P. A., Perry, A. G., & Hall, A. M. (Eds.). (2024). Potter and Perry's Canadian fundamentals of nursing (7th ed.). Elsevier.

Singh, M.D., Thirsk, L.M., Stahlke, S., Perumal, R.V., LoBiondo-Wood, G., & Haber, J. (Eds.). (2022). LoBiondo-Wood and Haber's nursing research in Canada: Methods, critical appraisal, and utilization (5th ed.). Elsevier.

In-Text

(Astle et al., 2024)

(LoBiondo-Wood at al., 2022)

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Auger, N., & Alix, C. (2016). Income, income distribution, and health in Canada. In D. Raphael (Ed.), Social determinants of health: Canadian perspectives (3rd ed., pp. 90-109). Canadian Scholars Press.

Taylor, C. (with Stockert, P. A.). (2024). Sleep. In B. J. Astle, W. Duggleby, P. A. Potter, P. A. Stockert, A. G. Perry, & A. M. Hall (Eds.), Potter and Perry's Canadian fundamentals of nursing (7th ed., pp. 1073-1096). Elsevier.

In-Text

(Raphael, 2016)

(Taylor, 2024)

Basic Format

Lastname, F. M., & Lastname, F. M. (YEAR). Title of work: Subtitle of work. Publisher. URL

Reference List

Anderson, R., Doyle, G., & McCutchon, J.A. (2018). Clinical procedures for safer patient care (Thompson Rivers University ed.). https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/clinicalproceduresforsaferpatientcaretrubscn/

In-Text

(Anderson et al., 2018)

Basic Format

Lastname, F. M. (YEAR). Title of article. In F. M. Lastname & F. M. Lastname (Editors), Title of encyclopedia (Edition, Volume, page range). Publisher. DOI if available, url if the work is freely available on the web

Reference List

Jaworska, A. (2017). Advance directives and substitute decision-making. In E.N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy (Summer 2017 ed.). Stanford University. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/advance-directives/

Leen, A. (2022). Graffiti. In All things ancient Rome: An encyclopedia of the Roman world (Vol. 1, pp. 259-260). Greenwood. 

Stevenson, M., Thompson, J., & Ho, T.  (2023). Big data and urban health. In D.V. McQueen (Ed.), Oxford research encyclopedia of global public health. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190632366.013.437

Tomii, K. (2019). Protein properties. In S. Ranganathan, M. Gribskov, K. Nakai, & C. Schönbach (Eds.), Encyclopedia of bioinformatics and computational biology (Vol. 2, pp. 28–33). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.20266-5

In-Text

(Jawarska, 2017)

(Leen, 2022)

(Stevenson et al., 2023)

(Tomeii, 2019)

Reference List

Oxford University Press. (2004). Hoser. In K. Barber (Ed.), Canadian Oxford dictionary (2nd ed., p. 734).

In-Text

(Oxford University Press, 2004)

If the author is the same as the publisher omit the publisher from the reference to avoid repetition. (Publication Manual, 2020, p. 296)