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Chapter or Section of a Book 

Include the title of the chapter/section of the book first and enclose in quotation marks. In a bibliography, provide the pages for the entire section. For notes, just reference the specific page(s) you are citing.

Single-author book:

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General format: note number period author first name last name comma open quotes book section comma close quotes in in italics book title non italics open parenthesis location colon publisher comma publication year close parenthesis comma page numbers period Example description: 9 period Roxane Gay comma open quotes The Careless Language of Sexual Violence comma close quotes in in italics Bad Feminist non italics open parenthesis New York colon Harper Perennial comma 2014 close parenthesis comma 130 period

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General format: author last name comma first name period open quotes book section period close quotes in in italics book title comma non italics page numbers period location colon publisher comma publication year period Example description: Gay comma Roxane period open quotes The Careless Language of Sexual Violence period close quotes In in italics Bad Feminist comma non italics 128 hyphen 136 period New York colon Harper Perennial comma 2014 period

Edited book:

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General format: note number period chapter author first name last name comma open quotes chapter title comma close quotes in in italics book title comma non italics book editor first name last name open parenthesis location colon publisher comma publication year close parenthesis comma page numbers period Example description: 12 period Cameron Binkley comma open quotes Saving Redwoods colon Clubwomen and Conservation comma 1900-1925 comma close quotes in in italics California Women and Politics colon From the Gold Rush to the Great Depression comma non italics eds period Robert W period Cherny comma May Ann Irwin comma and Ann Marie Wilson open parenthesis Lincoln colon University of Nebraska comma 2011 close parenthesis comma 155 period

B:

General format: chapter author last name comma first name period open quotes chapter title period close quotes In in italics book title comma non italics edited by book editor first name last name comma page numbers for entire chapter period location colon publisher comma publication year period Example description: Binkley comma Cameron period open quotes Saving Redwoods colon Clubwomen and Conservation comma 1900 hyphen 1925 period close quotes In in italics California Women and Politics colon From the Gold Rush to the Great Depression comma non italics edited by Robert W period Cherney comma May Ann Irwin comma and Ann Marie Wilson comma 151 hyphen 74 period Lincoln colon University of Nebraska Press comma 2011 period

Translations/Editions

Translated Book

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General format: note number period author first name last name comma in italics book title comma trans period by translator first name last name open parenthesis location colon publisher comma publication year close parenthesis comma page numbers period Example description: ten period Pierre Goubert comma in italics Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen comma non italics trans period by Anne Carter open parenthesis New York colon Pantheon Books comma 1970 close parenthesis comma 305 hyphen 309 period.

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General format: Author last name comma first name period in italics book title period translated by translator first name last name period location colon publisher comma publication year Example description: Goubert comma Pierre period in italics Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen period Translated by Anne Carter period New York colon Pantheon Books comma 1970 period

 

Edited Book

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General format: note number period first editor first name last name comma second editor first name last name comma and third editor first name last name comma eds period comma in italics book title non italics open parenthesis location colon publisher comma publication year close parenthesis comma page numbers period Example description: 11 period Paul J period Bolt comma Damon V period Coletta comma and Collins G period Shackelford Jr period comma eds period comma in italics American Defense Policy on italics open parenthesis Baltimore colon Johns Hopkins University Press comma 2005 close parenthesis comma 157 hyphen 158 period

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General format: first editor last name comma first name comma second editor first name last name comma and third editor first name last name comm eds period in italics book title period non italics location colon publisher comma publication year period. Example description: Bolt comma Paul J period comma Damon V period Coletta comma and Collins G period Shackelford Jr period comma eds period in italics American Defense Policy period non italics Baltimore colon Johns Hopkins University Press comma 2005 period

 

New & Revised Editions

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General format: note number period author first name last name comma in italics book title comma non italics edition period open parenthesis location colon publisher comma publication year close parenthesis comma page number period Example description: 12 period Douglas E period Foley comma in italics Learning Capitalist Culture colon Deep in the Heart of Tejas comma non italics 2nd ed period open parenthesis Philadelphia colon University of Pennsylvania Press comma 2010 close parenthesis comma 210 hyphen 211 period

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General format: Author last name comma first name period in italics book title period non italics edition period location colon publisher comma publication year period Example description: Foley comma Douglas E period in italics Learning Capitalist Culture colon Deep in the Heart of Tejas period non italics 2nd ed period Philadelphia colon University of Pennsylvania Press comma 2010 period

 

Both Author & Editor

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General format: note number period author first name last name comma in italics book title comma non italics eds period first editor first name last name and second editor first name last name comma trans period translator first name last name open parenthesis location colon publisher comma publication year close parenthesis comma page numbers period Example description: 11 period Anne Frank comma in italics The Diary of a Young Girl comma non italics eds period Otto H period Frank and Mirjam Pressler comma trans period Susan Massoty open parenthesis New York colon Alfred A period Knopf comma 2010 close parenthesis comma 153 period

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General format: author last name comma first name period in italics book title period non italics edited by first editor first name last name and second editor first name last name period translated by translator first name last name period location colon publisher comma publication year period Example description: Frank comma Anne period in italics The Diary of a Young Girl period non italics Edited by Otto H period Frank and Mirjam Pressler period Translated by Susan Massoty period New York colon Alfred A period Knopf comma 2010 period

Book with Volume

Volumes with individual titles:

When citing an individual title in a multivolume work, list the title of the work as a whole, followed by the volume number and title of the specific volume.

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General format: note number period author first name last name comma in italics multi volume set title comma non italics volume comma in italics volume’s title non italics open parenthesis location colon publisher comma volumen’s publication year close parenthesis comma page numbers period Example description: 13 period Hamid Naficy comma in italics A Social History of Iranian Cinema comma non italics vol period 4 comma in italics The Globalizing Era comma 1984 hyphen 2010 non italics open parenthesis Durham comma NC colon Duke University Press comma 2012 close parenthesis comma 44 period

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General format: author last name comma first name period in italics multi volume set title period non italics volume comma in italics volume title period non italics location colon publisher comma volume publication year period Example description: Naficy comma Hamid period in italics A Social History of Iranian Cinema period non italics Vol period 4 comma in italics The Globalizing Era comma 1984 hyphen 2010 period non italics Durham comma NC colon Duke University Press comma 2012 period

Volumes without individual titles:

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General format: note number period editor first name last name comma ed period comma in italics multivolume set title non italics open parenthesis location colon publisher comma publication year close parenthesis comma volume colon pages period Example description: 14 period Muriel St period Clare Bryne comma ed period comma in italics The Lisle Letters non italics open parenthesis Chicago colon University of Chicago Press comma 1981 close parenthesis comma 4 colon 243 period

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General format: Editor last name comma first name comma ed period in italics multivolume set title period non italics list of volumes cited in notes period location colon publisher comma publication year period Example description: Byrne comma Muriel St period Clare comma ed period in italics The Lisle Letters period non italics Vols period 1 and 4 period Chicago colon University of Chicago Press comma 1981 period

Multi-volume set:

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General format: author last name comma first name period in italics multivolume set title period non italics total number of volumes in set period location colon publisher comma publication years include years for all volumes if published over time Example description: Tillich comma Paul period in italics Systematic Theology period non italics 3 vols period Chicago colon University of Chicago Press comma 1951 hyphen 63 period