How to Cite a Book Chapter

Individual chapters from edited books or collections.

What You'll Need

Chapter Title
Short title
Chapter Author(s)
Book Title
Book Editor(s)
Translator(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 7th edition
Smagorinsky, P., & Mayer, R. E. (2014). Learning to be literate. In R. K. Sawyer (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of the learning sciences (2nd ed., pp. 605–625). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519526.036
In-text (Smagorinsky & Mayer, 2014)
MLA 9th edition
Smagorinsky, Peter, and Richard E. Mayer. “Learning to Be Literate.” The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences, edited by R. Keith Sawyer, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 605-25, https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519526.036.
In-text (Smagorinsky and Mayer)
Chicago 18th edition (notes and bibliography)
Smagorinsky, Peter, and Richard E. Mayer. “Learning to Be Literate.” In The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences, 2nd ed., edited by R. Keith Sawyer. Cambridge University Press, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519526.036.
Footnote Peter Smagorinsky and Richard E. Mayer, “Learning to Be Literate,” in The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences, 2nd ed., ed. R. Keith Sawyer (Cambridge University Press, 2014), https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519526.036.
Harvard (Cite Them Right 12th edition)
Smagorinsky, P. and Mayer, R.E. (2014) ‘Learning to be literate’, in R.K. Sawyer (ed.) The Cambridge handbook of the learning sciences. 2nd edn. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, pp. 605–625. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519526.036.
In-text (Smagorinsky and Mayer, 2014)
IEEE
[1]
P. Smagorinsky and R. E. Mayer, “Learning to be literate,” in The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences, 2nd ed., R. K. Sawyer, Ed., New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 605–625. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139519526.036.
In-text [1]

Numbered by order of appearance in your document.

Vancouver
1.
Smagorinsky P, Mayer RE. Learning to be literate. In: Sawyer RK, editor. The Cambridge handbook of the learning sciences. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press; 2014. p. 605-25.
In-text (1)

Numbered by order of appearance in your document.

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