How to Cite a Book Chapter in MLA 9th edition

Individual chapters from edited books or collections.

Example in 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)

What MLA 9th edition includes

These are the details of the example above that the style prints, so they are the ones to collect for your own source.

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

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.

The formatting comes from the style's own file, so check the finer points against your guide. What to check by hand in MLA 9th edition.

A Book Chapter in other styles

APA 7th edition Chicago 18th edition (notes and bibliography) Harvard (Cite Them Right 12th edition) IEEE Vancouver

Other sources in MLA 9th edition

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