 This video will show you how to cite books in APA 7 and tell you where to get help if you have more questions. First, gather your information. You'll need authors or editors' names, publication year, book title, edition if applicable, publisher, a DOI or digital object identifier if available. This mostly applies to ebooks and we'll talk about this more later. If you're not sure where to find this information, the video citing a book on the BC Library YouTube channel can help. Once you have these pieces, you just need to arrange them into APA shape. First, add the authors or editors' names. Last name, comma, first initial period, second initial period. If the person is an editor, add a capital E-D period in parentheses after the name with another period at the end. Editors gather and select content for books that they do not write themselves. If there are multiple authors or editors, list them in the order they appear on the book. Do not alphabetize them or change the order in any other way. For two authors, add a comma and an ampersand symbol in the last name of the second author, comma, initials, ending with a period. For three to twenty authors, list all author names in that same format with the last names first, putting the ampersand before the last author name begins. After the authors, add the publication year in parentheses and then place a period. Add the title of the book in italics and then a period. Capitalize only the first word of the book, any proper nouns, and the first word after a colon. If you ever use the citation suggested by databases, this is one thing you always want to be sure to double-check. If there's an addition number, put this in parentheses after the title. Use the numeral for second, third, and so on, followed by ed and a period to abbreviate the word addition. Add a period after the parentheses as well. Next, give the name of the publisher, followed by a period. Finish with a DOI if this is available. If you are reading an e-book and a database, look for the DOI on the record page. That's the basic format. For more complex book citation questions, such as citing a chapter out of a book or citing a translated book, visit our citation guide at belviewcollege.libguides.com slash apa7 or get in touch with the librarian.