In-text referencing when paraphrasing from an article or a chapter written by one author in an edited book with one editor.

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:

• Cite the family name of the author who wrote the article/chapter, not the editor of the book.
• No initials are required.
• The year of publication.

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The sentences below have been taken from the following reference:

Seymour, J 2005, ‘China’s environment: a bibliographic essay’, in K Day (ed.), China’s environment and the challenge of sustainable development, M.E. Sharp Inc, New York.

(a) Seymour (2005) suggests that whilst China allows discussion on environmental issues, such as energy generation, the conservative political influences are as yet not converting such debate into actual policy reforms.

or

(b) Whilst China allows discussion on environmental issues, such as energy generation, the conservative political influences are as yet not converting such debate into actual policy reforms (Seymour 2005).

Note:

• Do not add page numbers or quotation marks when paraphrasing.
• The full stop is placed after the bracket (See - Example b).

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

Quack and Morgan (2000) stated that ......

or

...... (Quack & Morgan 2000).

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

Morgenstern et al. (2005) suggest that ......

or

...... ( Morgenstern et al. 2005).

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