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Chapter in a book

Entry in Bibliography

Author of chapter, ‘Title of Chapter’ in Author(s) of Book, Title of Book (Publisher, Year)

For example

Russell, Meg,Author(s) of chapter 'Reform of the House of Lords: Lessons for Bicameralism' Title of chapter (within double quotation marks) in Nicholas Aroney, Scott Prasser and J R Nethercots (eds) Editor(s) of book (with editor initials preceding the family name) Restraining Elective Dictatorship: The Upper House Solution? Title of book (italicized) (University of Western Australia Press, Publisher 2008)Year of publication

Entry in Footnote

Author of chapter, 'Title of Chapter' in Author(s) of Book
Title of Book (Publisher, Year) Page Reference.

For example

Meg Russell, ‘Reform of the House of Lords: Lessons for Bicameralism’ in Nicholas Aroney, Scott Prasser and J R Nethercots (eds) Restraining Elective Dictatorship: The Upper House Solution? (University of Western Australia Press, 2008) 119.

Style Notes

Chapter title should be enclosed in single inverted commas
Book titles are Italicised
Capitalisation – capitalise all words of the title, except articles (the, a, an), conjunctions (and, but) and prepositions (on, with, before)
Edition numbers are placed after the publisher details, within the brackets, before the year

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Chapter in a book

Entry in Bibliography

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Entry in Footnote

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Style Notes