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Leeds Numeric: Book chapter (in an edited book)

Reference examples

If you are referencing a book with chapters written by different authors, you need to give details of the chapter, and the book in which you read it.

Family name, INITIAL(S). Chapter title. In: Family name, INITIAL(S) (of editor). ed(s). Title of book. Edition (if not first edition). Place of publication: Publisher, year, page numbers.

Example:
Coffin, J.M. Molecular biology of HIV. In: Crandell, K.A. ed. The evolution of HIV. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1999, pp.3-40.

Online book

Family name, INITIAL(S). Chapter title. In: Family name, INITIAL(S) (of editor). ed(s). Title of book. [Online]. Edition (if not first edition). Place of publication: Publisher, year, page numbers. [Date accessed]. Available from: DOI (or URL if no DOI available)

Example:
Tilley, C.L. Children’s print culture: tradition and innovation. In: Dafna, L. ed. Children and advertising policies in the US and beyond. [Online]. London: Routledge, 2013, pp.87-94. [Accessed 24 July 2020]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203366981 

Translated book

You should reference exactly what you read so, if you read a translation, you should reference the translated version. Include the details of the author(s) and editor(s) of the work and also the details of the translator(s).

Family name, INITIAL(S). Chapter title. In: Family name, INITIAL(S) (of editor). ed(s). Title of book. Edition (if not first edition). Translated by INITIAL(S) Family name. Place of publication: Publisher, year, page numbers. 

Example:

Han, T. The night the tiger was caught (1922-1923).  In: Chen, X. ed. The Columbia anthology of modern Chinese drama. Translated by J.S. Noble. New York Chichester: Columbia University Press, 2014, pp.97-114. 

Citation examples

Standard citation

Every citation should be labelled within your text by using a number in brackets (1).
You should insert the citation number directly after a source is referred to in your text, even if this is in the middle of your sentence. It is acceptable to place a citation number at the end of a paragraph, if the entire paragraph is referring to the same source.

Examples:
Aitchison (1) suggests that language change is inevitable, but not a bad thing.
One leading expert suggests that language change is inevitable, but is not a bad thing (1).

The first item you cite is allocated number 1, the second item is allocated number 2, and so on throughout your piece of work.

Once a source has been allocated a number, this number is used again if you refer to the same source at a later point in your work.

If you use the name of the author(s) of a souce within the text and there are three or more authors for the source, then the name of the first author shoule be given, followed by the phrase "et al.".

Example:

Southgate et al. (1) emphasised that references should be presented in a consistent manner.

When to include page numbers

You should include page numbers if you quote directly from the text, paraphrase specific ideas or explanations, or use an image, diagram, table, etc. from a source.

Example:

"It was emphasised that citations in a text should be consistent" (1, p.24).

When referencing a single page, you should use p.

For a range of pages, use pp.

Example:

p.7 or pp.20-29.

If the page numbers are in Roman numerals, do not include p. before them.

Example:

(5, iv)

Common issues

When you're referencing with Leeds Numeric you may come across issues with missing details, multiple authors, edited books, references to another author's work or online items, to name a few. Here are some tips on how to deal with some common issues when using Leeds Numeric.

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