How to Cite a Book Chapter

Individual chapters from edited books or collections.

What You'll Need

Chapter Title
Chapter Author(s)
Book Title
Book Editor(s)
Year Published
Publisher
Pages
ISBN
Edition

Record the page range where the chapter begins and ends. Distinguish the chapter author from the book editor(s), as both may need to be cited.

Example Citations

APA
Mayer, R. E. (2014). The Role of Attention in Learning. In R. K. Sawyer (Ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences (2nd ed., pp. 169-182). Cambridge University Press.
In-text (Mayer, 2014)
MLA Handbook (in-text citations)
Mayer, Richard E. “The Role of Attention in Learning”. The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences, edited by R. Keith Sawyer, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 169-82.
In-text (Mayer)
CMOS 17e with Bluebook (notes and bibliography [14.19])
Mayer, Richard E. “The Role of Attention in Learning”. In The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences, 2nd ed., edited by R. Keith Sawyer, 169-82. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Footnote Richard E. Mayer, “The Role of Attention in Learning”, in The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences, 2nd ed., ed. R. Keith Sawyer (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014), 169-82.

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