How to Cite
Encyclopedias (APA
Style)
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Type
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Format
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Example
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Book Format With
Author/Editor
Multiple Authors:List all authors up
to six. For subsequent authors
abbreviate as et. al.
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Author/Editor.
(Year of Publication).
Title of article or entry.
Encyclopedia Title. (Edition, Vol.,
Pages). City of Publication:
Publishing Company.
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Seiber, R. (2002). Visual arts of
black Africa. Encyclopedia
Americana.
(11th ed., Vol. 1,
pp. 284-288). Danbury:
CT: Grolier.
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Book Format With No Author/Editor
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Title of Article or Entry. (Year of
Publication). Encyclopedia Title.
(Edition, Vol., Pages). City
Publication: Publishing
Company.
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Visual arts of black
Africa.
(2002). Encyclopedia
Americana.
(11th ed., Vol. 1,
pp. 284-288). Danbury,
CT: Grolier.
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Online Encyclopedia from a Database
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Author/Editor. (Year of Publication).
Title of article or entry. In
Encyclopedia Title.
City of
Publication: Publisher. Date
Retrieved Information from
Name of Database.
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Hooker, R. (2004).
Early
Japanese visual arts.
In Encyclopedia Britannica
Online.
Chicago:
Britannica.
com,
Inc. Retrieved June 1,
2008, from Encyclopedia
Britannica Online database.
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Online Encyclopedia from the
Internet
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Author/Editor. (Year of Publication).
Title of article or entry. In
Encyclopedia Title. City of
Publication: Publisher. Date
Retrieved Information from
URL.
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Smith, J. (2004).
Western
painting.
In Encyclopedia
Britannica
Online. Chicago:
Britannica.com, Inc. Retrieved
June 1, 2008, from
http://www.britannica.com.
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References
Hooker, R. (2004). Early Japanese
visual arts. In Encyclopedia
Britannica.
Online. Chicago:
Britannica.com, Inc. Retrieved June 1, 2008, from
Encyclopedia Britannica
Online database.
Seiber,
R. (2002). Visual arts of black Africa. Encyclopedia Americana
(11th ed., Vol.
1, pp. 284-288). Danbury,
CT: Grolier.
Smith, J. (2004). Western
painting. In Encyclopedia Britannica
Online.
Chicago: Britannica.com, Inc. Retrieved
June 1, 2008, from
http://www.britannica.com.
Visual arts of black Africa. (2002). Encyclopedia
Americana
(11th ed.,
Vol. 1, pp. 284-288). Danbury, CT:
Grolier.
General Information:
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citation.
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Double space all of the citations on your reference page.
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Indent the second & following lines of the citation 5-7
spaces.
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Only the first word of the title is capitalized.
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