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Reference list entry: Book

Book: basic form; first edition, single author, read in print

Baxter, C. (1997). Race equality in health care and education. Philadelphia, PA: Ballière Tindall.

Book: basic form, later edition, two authors, read in print

Hyde, J. S.,& Delamater, J. (2008). Human sexuality (10th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Book: editors in place of authors

Castellanos, J., Gloria, A. M., & Kamimura, M. (Eds.). (2006). The Latina/o pathway to the Ph.D.: Abriendo caminos. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Book review: basic form; 2 authors; read in print

Grabill, C. M., & Kaslow, N. J. (1999). An ounce of prevention: Improving children's mental health for the 21st century [Review of the book Handbook of prevention and treatment with children and adolescents]. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 28, 115-116.

Chapter in edited work: print

Alibali, M. W. (2005). Mechanisms of change in the development of mathematical reasoning. In R. V. Kail (Ed.), Advances in child development and behavior (pp. 79-123). New York, NY: Academic Press.

Chapter in edited work: second or later edition; print

Curtin, J. J., & Lang, A. R. (2007). Alcohol and emotion: Insights and directives from affective science. In J. Rottenberg & S. L. Johnson (Eds.), Emotion and psychopathology: Bridging affective and clinical science (pp. 191-213). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.