Are you sure you should be citing a chapter of this book, and not the whole book? Check the page on Books and book chapters.
Chapter from a print book:
| Format |
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Title of chapter: Subtitle. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book: Subtitle (pages of chapter*). City, State Abbreviation (if in US) or City, Country of publication (non-US): Publisher. *if you have a book that isn't the first edition, you will put the edition number before the page numbers in the same set of brackets. |
| Examples |
Martin, A. (2006). Literacies for the digital age. In A. Martin & D. Madigan (Eds.), Digital literacies for learning (pp. 3-25). London, England: Facet. Pagliano, P., & Gillies, R. M. (2015). Inclusive practices. In A. Ashman (Ed.), Education for inclusion and diversity (pp. 131-161). Melbourne, Australia: Pearson Australia. Dwyer, T., & Quinney, L. (2015). Oxygenation. In A. Berman, S. J. Snyder, T. Levett-Jones, T. Dwyer, M. Hales, N. Harvey, . . . D. Stanley (Eds.), Kozier and Erb’s fundamentals of nursing (3rd Australian ed., Vol. 3, pp. 1471-1515). Melbourne, Australia: Pearson. |
Chapter of an ebook:
| Format |
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Title of chapter: Subtitle. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book: Subtitle [E-reader version, if applicable] (pages of chapter*). Retrieved from URL of eBook platform OR doi:xx.xxxxx/xxxx *see note above |
| Examples |
Le Couteur, D., Kendig, H., Naganathan, V., & McLachlan, A. (2010). The ethics of prescribing medications to older people. In S. Koch, F. M. Gloth, & R. Nay (Eds.), Medication management in older adults [Springer Link version] (pp. 29-42). doi:10.1007/978-1-60327-457-9_3 Solman, A., & Wilson, V. (2016). Person-centredness in nursing strategy and policy. In B. McCormack & T. McCance (Eds.), Person-centred practice in nursing and health care [Ebook Central version] (2nd ed., pp. 77-85). Retrieved from http://ebookcentral.proquest.com |
How many authors? Remember, there are rules for how to set out a reference, depending on the number of authors.
Note:
Here are some special examples of book chapters that have been a bit tricky:
Harding, M. R. (Writer), & Cashin, A. (Adaptor). (2015). The importance of nursing. In D. Brown, H. Edwards, L. Seaton, & T. Buckley (Eds.), Lewis's medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems (4th ed., Australian and New Zealand ed., pp. 2-20). Sydney, Australia: Elsevier Australia.
In text: (Harding & Cashin, 2015).
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