APA 7
APA 7th Edition is the most commonly used referencing style here at the University of Portsmouth. Below you will find general guidance on how to reference and cite using APA 7th Edition, as well as examples for the specific sources you are likely to use in your assignments.
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For reviews which have a distinct title, use this followed by details of the book being reviewed in square brackets. Where there is no title, omit this and use only the details of the book being reviewed in square brackets.
If the book being reviewed has editors rather than authors, use (Ed.) or (Eds.) to signify this after their names in the reference.
Reference
Author, Initials. (Year of Publication). Title of article [Review of the book Title, by Initials, Author]. Title of Journal, Volume number(Issue number), start and end page numbers. https://doi.org/ or URL
Reynolds, J. (2022). Good travelers: Following the many career paths of ADR [Review of the book Evolution of a field: Personal histories in conflict resolution by H. Gadlin & N. A. Welsh (Eds.)]. Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, 37(1), 99-112. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edshol&AN=edshol.hein.journals.ohjdpr37.7&site=eds-live
Buchanan, R. J. (2023). [Review of the book Punk revolution!: An oral history of punk rock politics and activism, by J. Malkin]. Library Journal, 148(6), 116-117. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=163904058&site=eds-live
Weimar, J. (2020). [Review of the book The myth awakens: Canon, conservatism, and fan reception of Star Wars, by K. Derry & J. C. Lyden (Eds.)]. Journal for Religion, Film and Media, 6(2), 114–118. https://doi.org/10.25364/05.6:2020.2.11
In-text Citation
Reynolds (2022) describes the book as...
...this can be argued to be one of the strengths of this work (Weimar, 2020)