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Edited book

Entry in Reference List

Editor, ed. Title of Book, Place of publication: Publisher, Year. Print.

For example - Reference List

Beckman, Karen Redrobe, and Jean Ma, eds. Editors Still Moving: Between Cinema and Photography.Title of book (italicized) Durham:Place of publication Duke University Press,Publisher 2008.Year of publication Print.Print.

For example - In text citation

.. Beckman and Ma (2008) suggest that….

…this theory was disproved (Beckman & Ma, 2008).

Style Notes

Name of the editor or compiler followed by a comma and the abbreviation ed, or comp.
Title of book (italicised)
City of publication - if several cities are listed, give only the first
Publisher's name
Year of publication
Medium of publication

MLA general style notes...

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