Specialty encyclopedias, or encyclopedias that cover a specific subject, frequentlylist the author of each article. Authors of articles in general encyclopedias, or encyclopedias that cover all subject areas (such as theEncyclopediaBritannica), are not always listed.
There are few situations in which you wouldlist an entire encyclopedia in your references; you will need to list the individual article(s) that you consulted.
ENCYCLOPEDIA FROM A DATABASE - HAS AUTHOR
Last Name, First Initial(s). (Year). Title of encyclopedia entry. In editor's First Initial(s) Last Name if available (Ed.),Title of Encyclopedia.Publisher if available. URL of entry
Padian, K. (1997). Origin of dinosaurs. InP. J. Currie&K.Padian (Eds.),Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. Elsevier Science & Technology. http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/estdino/ origin_of_dinosaurs/0
Ulak, J. T. (n.d.). Japanese art. InBritannica Academic. http://academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/399716
ENCYCLOPEDIA FROM A DATABASE - NO AUTHOR
Title of encyclopedia entry. (Year). In editor's First Initial(s) Last Name if available (Ed.),Title of Encyclopedia. Publisher if available. URL of entry
Art history. (2016). In Britannica Academic. http://academic.eb.com.butlerlib.butlercc.edu/levels/collegiate/article/9662
Donatello. (2001). In N. J. Wilson (Ed.),World Eras(Vol. 1, p. 91).http://go.galegroup.com.butlerlib.butlercc.edu/ps/start.do?prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=klnb_bucc
WIKIPEDIA
Title of Wikipedia entry. (archived date). InWikipedia. URL of Wikipedia entry
Television. (2020, March 11). InWikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television
Wikipedia articles are almost always inappropriate as sources for a research paper; however, there might still be an instance when you need to cite one. The APA 7th ed. Manual states that you cite the archived version of the page which is available in "View history" and then the time and date of the version you used. If a wiki does not provide a permanent link use the URL for the entry and the retrieval date.
