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Book chapter (in an edited book)

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.