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ASA (7th ed.) Citation Style Guide: Books

Books Template

Author or Editor

Date Title Location Publisher Information DOI or URL (if ebook)
Author Last Name, First Name. 2020. Title of Book.

City, State/Province

OR 

City

OR

Country (if foreign publisher)

Publisher Name. https://doi.org/xxxx
Name of Group.   Title of Book. (2nd ed., Vol. 4). See above First Publisher Name; Second Publisher Name. https://xxxxx
Editor Last Name, First Name (Ed.).   Title of Book [Audiobook]. See above    
Editor Last Name, First Name, and Editor First Name Last Name (Eds.).   Title of Book (E. E. Editor, Ed.). See above    
    Title of book (T. Translator, Trans.; N. Narrator, Narr.). See above    

See American Sociological Association Style Guide, 7th ed., 2022:59 for more information.

Book, Single Author

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. Title of Book. Location: Publisher. 

Klosterman, Chuck. 2022. The Nineties. New York: Penguin.

In Text

(Klosterman 2022)

Book, Two or More Authors

Author Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. Year. Title of Book. Location: Publisher.

Ingall, Marjorie, and Susan McCarthy. 2023. Sorry, Sorry, Sorry: The Case for Good Apologies. New York, NY: Gallery Books.

In Text

(Ingall and McCarthy 2023)

Book, Multiple Authors

Bouma, Gary. D., G.B.J. Atkinson, and Beverly R. Dixon. 1995. A handbook of social science research (2nd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

In Text

(Bouma et al. 1995)

Book, Organization as Author

American Sociological Association style guide (Seventh ed.). 2022. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.

In Text

(American Sociological Association 2022)

Edited Book

Editor Last Name, First Name, ed. Year. Title of Book. Location: Publisher. 

McGibbon, Elizabeth, ed. 2021. Oppression: A Social Determinant of Health (2nd edition). Halifax, NS: Fernwood Publishing.

In Text

(McGibbon 2021)

Book, Two or More Editors

Editor Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name, eds. Year. Title of Book. Location: Publisher. 

Sherman, Benjamin R., and Stacey Goguen, eds. 2019.Overcoming Epistemic Injustice: Social and Psychological Perspectives. New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield International.

In Text

(Sherman and Goguen 2019)

Authored eBook with a DOI

Andrew, Dudley. 2023. French Cinema: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198718611.001.0001

In Text

(Andrew 2023)

eBook, without a DOI, with a Nondatabase URL

Little, William. (2016). Introduction to Sociology (2nd Canadian Edition). BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology2ndedition/

In Text

(Little 2016)

Authored eBook without a DOI, from an Academic Database

Price, Jammie, Roger A. Straus, and Jeffrey R. Breese. 2009. Doing Sociology: Case Studies in Sociological Practice. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,sso&db=cat08661a&AN=dcc.EBC467309&site=eds-live&scope=site.

In Text

(Price et al. 2009)

Book, Translated Work

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. Title of Book. Translated by A.A. Translator. Location: Publisher. 

Flyvbjerg, Bent. (2001). Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it Can Succeed Again, translated by S.Sampson. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

In Text

(Flyvbjerg 2001)

Volumes of Books

Author Last Name, First Name. Year. "Title of entry." Pp ## in Title of book. Vol. number, Title of volume. Location of publisher: Publisher's name.

Darity Jr., William. A., ed. 2008.  International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Volume 2, Cohabitation - Ethics. Detroit, MI: Thomson Gale.

In Text

(Darity 2008)

Book, No Author

Title of Book. Year. Ed. (if applicable). City, Province/State: Publisher. 

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (50th anniversary ed.). 1994. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.

In Text

(The Merriam-Webster Dictionary 1994)