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Chapter in a book - Contribution

Entry in Reference List

Author(s) of chapter. "Title of chapter". Title of Book. Editor. Place of publication: Publisher, Year. Page numbers. Print.

For example - Reference List

Daniels, PJ.Author(s) of chapter (with author initials following the family name) "Australia's foreign debt: searching for the benefits".Title of chapter (within double quotation marks) Macroeconomics: Contempory Australian Readings.Title of book (italicized) Eds. Maxwell, P. A. and Sandra Hopkins.Editor(s) of book (with editor initials preceding the family name) 2nd Ed.Edition Pymble, N.S.W.:Place of publication Harper Educational,Publisher 1993.Year of publication 45-60.Pages of chapter Print.Print

For example - In text citation

(Daniels 45) argues that…

Style Notes

Use quotation marks for the titles of the chapters in a book
Provide the following elements:
- Author(s)
- Title of Chapter in quotation marks
- Title of Book (italicised)
- Name of the editor, translator, or compiler of the book being cited. (use Trans., Ed., or Comp.)
- City of publication - if several cities are listed, give only the first
- Publisher's name
- Year of publication
- Page numbers
- Medium of publication

MLA general style notes...

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