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models for citing a chapter or other part of a book

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Footnote

     1 Firstname Lastname, “Title of Chapter,” in Title of Book, ed. Firstname Lastname (Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication), page number.

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Bibliography

Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Chapter." In Title of Book. Edited by Firstname Lastname. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.  

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Note

When citing a chapter or similar part of an edited book, include the chapter author; the chapter title, in quotation marks; and the editor. Precede the title of the book with “in.”

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examples of a chapter or other part of a book

 

Footnote

     1 Peter Chilson, “The Border,” in The Best American Travel Writing 2008, ed. Anthony Bourdain (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008), 46.

     2 Chilson, “The Border,” 46.

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Bibliography

Chilson, Peter. “The Border.” In The Best American Travel Writing 2008. Edited by Anthony 
     Bourdain. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.

 

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