Cite secondary sources sparingly – for instance, when the original work is out of print, unavailable or only available in a language you don’t understand.
- See Secondary Sources in the APA Style website for more information.
- In a long or complex work (e.g., a book), you may help a reader locate the part you used by citing the part of the work in the in-text citation (e.g., “p. 176” in the examples above).