Writing book titles in apa

Use title case when writing book titles in the text

In title case in APA format, capitalize the following: The first word after a colon, em dash, or other end punctuation in a heading Italicize book titles

Capitalize the second word in a compound hyphenated term in a title: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Finish the APA-format textbook citation with the publisher’s name

Below are examples of how to cite textbooks with multiple authors in APA format as a parenthetical citation and a narrative citation

For two authors, use the last names of both authors, separated by an ampersand

Then follow the names with a comma and the publication date

The title page is the first page of an APA Style paper

There are different guidelines for student and professional papers

Both versions include the paper title and author’s name and affiliation

The student version includes the course number and name, instructor name, and due date of the assignment