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APA7 Guide

In text citation

  • Many books do not have a DOI as they have only been published in hard copy. In these cases, you do not have to list a DOI, simply leave it blank.
  • If the book is a digital source and you need to identify the DOI, you can do so by searching for it at crossref.org.

Paraphrase 

Template:

            (Author, Year)

            OR

            Author (Year)

For example:

Benesch (2001) describes the function of the rhetorical-grammatical process chart.

The steam-boiler model assumes a speculative evolutionary history between men and women, advocating a pre-rational sexual drive in men while positioning sexuality outside of women, until called upon, for the purpose of childrearing and motherhood (Angel 2021).

Direct quote (page number/s must be included)

Template:

            (Author, Year, p./pp. Page number/s)

            OR

            Author (Year, p./pp. Page number/s)

For example:

Benesch (2001, p. 6)) stated that English for academic purposes (EAP) was “more rhetorical in focus.”

She also proposes a feminist reconstruction of sexual autonomy as “the capability to co-determine sexual relationships” (Fischel, 2019, p. 22).

Reference list

Templates:

With DOI:

Author, A. A. (year). Title of the book. Publisher Name. http://doi.org/xxxx OR http://xxxx.

Without DOI:

Author, A. A. (year). Title of the book. Publisher Name.

For Example

With DOI:

Benesch, S. (2001). Critical English for academic purposes: Theory, politics, and practice. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410601803

Without DOI:

Sanghera, S. (2021). Empireland: How imperialism has shaped modern Britain. Penguin Random House.