Business Citation Guide: Books, E-books, Custom Textbooks, & Coursepacks

Author's last name, A. A. (Year of Publication). Title of chapter: Subtitle if given. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Tile of book: Subtitle if any (xx ed. if applicable, pp. xxx-xxx). Publisher Name often shortened. 

Example:

Fiorina, C. (2003). Restoring trust: Corporate responsibility and the CEO. In T. A. Kochan & R. L. Schmalensee (Eds.), Management: Inventing and delivering its future (pp. 25-36). MIT Press.  

Corporate Author Name. (Year of Publication). Title of book: Subtitle if given (xx ed.). Omit publisher name if same as the Corporate Author. 

Example:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2002). Governance for sustainable development: Five OECD case studies. 

1st time: (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD], 2003, p. 23)

Subsequent times: (OECD, 2003, p. 24)

1st time: (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD], 2003)

Subsequent times: (OECD, 2003)

Author's last name, A. A. & Author's last name, B. B. (Year of Publication). Title of book: Subtitle if given (xx ed.). Publisher Name often shortened. Digital Object Identifier or URL.

Example:

Heckscher, C., Maccoby, M., Ramirez, R., & Tixier, P-E. (2003). Agents of change: Crossing the post-industrial divide. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199261758.001.0001 

Note: A digital object identifier is a unique, persistent URL for a digital resource such as an e-Book or article.

(Heckscher, et al., 2003, p. 29)

Note: If there are more than 2 authors, use et al. Refer to the in-text citation section of this guide for additional examples. 

(Heckscher, et al., 2003)

Note: If there are more than 2 authors, use et al. Refer to the in-text citation section of this guide for additional examples. 

Author's last name, A. A. / Corporate Author Name. (Year of Publication). Title of book: Subtitle if given (xx ed.). Publisher Name often shortened or do not include if Publisher is the same as Corporate Author. URL.

Example:

Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics. (2014). Building a competitive First Nation investment climate. https://openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/catalogue/item/?id=0c08fdd4-1233-4b61-a1fa-516cf905520c

(Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics, 2014, p. 29) 

(Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics, 2014)

Author's last name, A. A. or Corporate Author's Name. (Year of Publication). Title of chapter. In Title of custom textbook: Subtitle if given (xx ed., pp. xxx-xxx) [Custom publication for York University]. Publisher Name often shortened.

Note: Custom textbooks have been created specifically for York University courses and may include chapters or articles from different authors. This style does not come directly from the APA style manual, but is a modified style created by York Librarians and is based on the APA style for citing a chapter within an edited book

Example:

Colquitt, J. (2013). Chapter 1: What is organizational behaviour? In AP/ADMS 2400: Introduction to organizational behaviour (pp. 1-24) [Custom publication for York University]. McGraw-Hill Ryerson.