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What if you have multiple chapters to cite on the reference page?

Cara Barker, MA
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Cara Barker is an Assistant Professor and Research and Instruction Librarian at Hunter Library at Western Carolina University. She received her Masters in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Washington in 2014. She has over 16 years of experience working with libraries across the United States.

Cara Barker, MA

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If each chapter has different authors (as in most edited books), you'd want to cite them individually. If it is not an edited book with multiple authors, you would simply cite the entire book if you are using multiple chapters.

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What if I have multiple editors with multiple chapter authors? I understand how to do the multiple authors, but do the same rules apply for the editors? My textbook has six editors.

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You do not mention the editor while using APA. You will only cite the author of the chapter you are using within your paper.

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Should I include the book title in in-text citations?

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Usually, no. Only include the title in in-text citations if you are citing multiple different works published by the same author(s) in the same year. Otherwise, just include the name, date and page number.

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What if the book has no author?

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If the book has no author, you can exclude the author from the citation and start with the title.

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If the authors of the chapter are the same as the editors, do I mention them as editors again? Or do I leave them out?

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If this is a book with different authors for each chapter, then yes. If every single chapter is written by these same authors, then just list them as the book authors and skip the chapter author part.

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What if it is a textbook and all chapters are written by the same author(s) but you have only referred to/used one chapter? Would you mention the author(s) twice and use the edited book format?

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No, just use the normal book chapter format and list them as the author(s).

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What if you do not have the page number on the chapter?

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Here is a really helpful trick: Enter your quote into Google, and click on the "books" tab on the top, it might be hidden by ellipses. There, the book and page number of the quote should be shown. You can also read the entire page that the quote falls on. If it doesn't work, try putting "quotes" around the quote in the google search bar. If all else fails, it is normally acceptable to omit the page number, but that does make more work for whoever is reading your article, because they may have to find it themselves.

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If you take your information from online sources,would there be intext citation or how would you cite it.

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If you take it from an online source you will do everything the same as with a book, but there will some slight differences with the works cited citation: Slat, B. (2019, April 10). Whales likely impacted by Great Pacific garbage patch. The Ocean Cleanup. URL HERE. You can follow this template from the APA website. The inline will be the same as with a book.

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