APA Referencing Guide: Chapter in an Edited Book

Books - Chapter in an Edited Book

A book with an editor will typically have chapters/sections that have been written by different authors. The author's name will be shown at the start of each chapter/section.

In this example, the author of the chapter is H. Scheer. The book is edited by H. Girardet.

A reference for a chapter/section in an edited book generally requires the following elements:

• Author of the chapter/section
• Year of publication                               -    (in round brackets)
• Title of the chapter/section                   -    (in single quotation marks)
• 'in' plus the author/editor of the book
• Title of the book                                    -    (in italics)
• Place of publication: publisher
• Page reference

In-text citation

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