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An edited book is one that contains a collection of chapters by multiple authors on a particular topic. In contrast to a book by a single author, each chapter in an edited book should be referenced separately.

Paraphrase

Template

                                    (Author’s last name Year of publication)

  • The name of the author/s of the chapter is used in the in-text citation. 

Examples

Another demonstration of this is the numerous examples of tripling couplets in previously unused ways (Gray 2009).

OR

Another demonstration of this is found in Gray’s (2009) numerous examples of tripling couplets in previously unused ways.

Direct quote

Template

(Author’s last name Year of publication, p. Page number)

    • The name of the chapter author/s is used in the in-text citation. 

Examples

Gray (2009, p. 75) concludes that "Milton was one of the greatest writers of his time".

OR

“Milton was one of the greatest writers of his time” (Gray 2009, p. 75).

    • Include the specific page number/s to indicate where the words you have quoted appear in the source.
    • Use double quotation marks to show the exact words of the original source.

Reference list

Template

Author’s last name, Author’s initial/s Year of publication, ‘Chapter title’, in Editor/s initials last name (ed.), Book title, edition number edn, Publisher, Location of publication, pp. Page numbers.

  • Put the title of the chapter in 'single quotes'. 
  • Do not italicise the chapter title. 
  • In the Reference list include the editor’s name/editors' names with initials first then family name, as shown in the example below. 
  • Put (ed.), for a single editor or (eds), for multiple editors followed by a comma. 
  • The pages of the chapter are added after the publication details.
  • Referencing conventions for additional editors are the same as for additional authors (see multiple authors resource).

Examples

Gray, E 2009, ‘The hair of Milton: historicism and literary history’, in DW Davies (ed.), Romanticism, history, historicism: essays on an orthodoxy, Routledge, New York, pp. 32-42.

Heath, P 2005, ‘The Achilles Myth’, in HA Motenburg (ed.), Stoicisms in Early Greek Myth and Legend, Cambridge, United Kingdom, pp. 12-27.

Naremore, J 2004, 'Authorship', in T Miller & R Stam (eds), A companion to film theory, Blackwell Publishing, Malden, Massachusetts, pp. 9-24.