Reference List entry for an article or a chapter written by one author in an edited book with more than three editors.
Essential Information to include:
- Author(s) - Family name, Initials of first name(s)
- Year of publication
- ‘Title of article or chapter’ – in ‘single’ inverted commas
- Editor(s) of the book - list names of all editors
- Title of book – written in italics
- Edition - include if book is a second or subsequent edition. Do not include if the book is the first edition
- Publisher
- Place - if the place is not well known, add the state or country
Slater, D 1997, ‘Consumer culture and the politics of needs’, in M Nava, A Blake, I MacRury & B Richards (eds), 1997, Buy this book: Studies in advertising and consumption, pp. 51-63, Routledge, London.
Note:
- If the article/chapter has multiple authors and multiple editors, you must name ALL writers and editors in the reference list
- The initials of the editor goes in front of the family name
- Abbreviation for editors (eds)
Reference list entry using an article or a chapter written by one author from an edited book with more than three editors.
Referencing information for a book needs to be written in this order:
Author
Year of publication
‘Title of article/chapter’
Editors
Title of book
Edition
Publisher
Place
Page number(s)
(a) The following example contains all the information needed for the reference list entry, but it is not written in the correct order or format required by your lecturers.
| Book editors: | Mica Niva, Andrew Blake, Iain MacRury, and Barry Richards |
|---|---|
| Book title: | Buy this book: Studies in advertising and consumption |
| Author: | Don Slater |
| Chapter title: | John Benjamins Publishing Company 2000 |
| Edition: | Vol. 3 |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| Location: | London UK. |
| Page number(s) | 51 - 63 |
From the information given above, write the reference list entry in the text area below:
(b) From the examples below, click the correct reference list entry: