18 Reference: Edited Book Chapter

Step 1: Find the 4 Ws

The 4 Ws for edited book chapter

Step 2: Arrange the 4 Ws in the correct order and with the correct formatting.

The citation for the edited book chapter (click image to see it bigger)

The example above is an edited book chapter from an Open Textbook with no DOI.

• Author: is the book’s individual author.
  • As always, use only initials for all given names.
• Date: the copyright date of the book, found on the copyright page (©2011).
  • This is the guideline for all books and eBooks. The release date of a book is not used.
• Book Chapter Title: is in sentence-case
  • If a title has a subtitle, it is separated by a colon (:) with the first word of the subtitle in upper-case.
• Editor: 
  • include “In” and the initial first and last name of the editor with (Ed.) in parentheses, for two editors use (Eds.).
• Book Title: in sentence case and Italic
• Source location: is the book’s publisher (and for eBooks also the DOI or URL if available)