In-text referencing when using direct quotes from an article or a chapter written by one author in an edited book with more than three editors.

There are two options for in-text referencing:

  1. Adding a citation at the end of a sentence.
  2. Using the author’s name as part of your sentence.

Essential information to include:

  • The family name of the author.
  • No initials are required.
  • The year of publication.
  • Place a comma between the year and the page number.
  • Write  the page number/s as p. 95 or pp. 95- 97.
  • Leave a space between the p. and the number.
  • Use ‘single’ inverted commas, to indicate the quotation.

Note:
It is essential to write exactly what is written in the quote.

The examples below are cited from an article written by Christopher Ibbott.  It appears in:

D Coghlan, T Dromgoole, P Joynt & P Sorensen (eds), 2004, Managers learning in action, Routledge, London, pp. 24 - 42.

(a) Ibbott (2004, p. 34) states that ‘a premise is a form of reflection in which one critiques the underlying assumptions and perspectives, and is an inquiry into the unstated and often subconscious underlying assumptions that govern behaviour’.

or

(b)  ‘A premise is a form of reflection in which one critiques the underlying assumptions and perspectives, and is an inquiry into the unstated and often subconscious underlying assumptions that govern behaviour’ (Ibbott 2004, p. 34).

Note:

  • The full stop is placed after the bracket (See - Example b).
  • Cite the author(s) who wrote the article/chapter, not the editors of the book.

If the article/chapter was written by two or three writers the in-text citation will be:

Quack and Morgan (2000, p. 27) stated that ‘……’

or

‘……’(Quack & Morgan 2000, p. 27).

If the article/chapter was written by more than three writers the in-text citation will be:

Morgenstern et al. (2005, p. 24) suggest that ‘……’.

or

'......' ( Morgenstern et al. 2005, p. 24).

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In-text referencing when using direct quotes from an article or a chapter written by one author in an edited book with more than three editors

The following sentence has been taken from:
Coghlan, D 2004, 'Managers as learners and researchers', in D Coghlan, T Dromgoole, P Joynt & P Sorensen (eds), 2004, Managers learning in action, Routledge, London, pp. 183 - 190.

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