Use this format to cite a chapter or article in a book. An editor's name may or may not be available; if there is one, include it where noted in the General Format examples.
APA (7th) General Format | Chapter Author Last Name, Chapter Author Initials. (Year). Chapter title. In Editor Initials Editor Last Name (Ed.), Title of Book (pp. startingpage-endingpage). Publisher. |
APA (7th) Example | Minslow, S. (2017). The Diary of a Young Girl and children's literature of atrocity. In Critical Insights: The Diary of a Young Girl (pp. 60-75). Grey House. |
MLA (9th) General Format | Chapter Author Last Name, Chapter Author First Name. "Title of Chapter." Title of Book, edited by Editor First Name Editor Last Name, Publisher, year, pp. startingpage-endingpage. |
MLA (9th) Example | Minslow, Sarah. "The Diary of a Young Girl and Children's Literature of Atrocity." Critical Insights: The Diary of a Young Girl. Grey House, 2017, pp. 60-75. |
Turabian (9th) Notes-Bibliography Style General Format | Chapter Author Last Name, Chapter Author First Name. "Title of Chapter: Subtitle of Chapter." In Title of Book: Subtitle of Book, edited by Editor First Name Editor Last Name, startingpage-endingpage. Place of publication: Publisher, Year. |
Turabian (9th) Notes-Bibliography Style Example | Minslow, Sarah. "The Diary of a Young Girl and Children's Literature of Atrocity." In Critical Insights: The Diary of a Young Girl, 60-75. Ipswich, MA: Grey House, 2017. |
Turabian (9th) Author-Date Style General Format | Chapter Author Last Name, Chapter Author First Name. Year. "Title of Chapter: Subtitle of Chapter." In Title of Book: Subtitle of Book, edited by Editor First Name Editor Last Name, startingpage-endingpage. Place of publication: Publisher. |
Turabian (9th) Author-Date Style Example | Minslow, Sarah. 2017. "The Diary of a Young Girl and Children's Literature of Atrocity." In Critical Insights: The Diary of a Young Girl, 60-75. Ipswich, MA: Grey House. |
NOTE:
(1) APA only capitalizes the first word of the title and the first word of the subtitle--unless there is a proper noun.
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