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Cody Chun, Kieran O’Neil, Kylie Young, Julie Nelson Christoph

Subsection 8.3.4 Citing a Chapter in an Edited Book

This diagram shows the cover of a book on the left and the copyright page on the right, with labels pointing to elements that will go in a citation. At the top of the cover in large text are the words "Literacy, Economy, and Power: Writing and Research after Literacy in American Lives" with a red label that reads "Title." Smaller text below reads, "Edited by: John Duffy, Julie Nelson Christoph, Eli Goldblatt, Nelson Graff, Rebecca S. Nowacek, Bryan Trabold" with a black label that reads "Editors." Small text at the bottom of the cover reads "Southern Illinois University Press," with a purple label that reads "Publisher." Next to it is the word "Carbondale," with the dark red label "City of Publication." In the top row of the copyright page, the year 2014, which follows the copyright symbol, has a green label reading "date."

Subsubsection APA

Author Last Name, Initials. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In Editors’ first Initials Last Names (Eds.), Title of anthology (pp. Page range). Publisher.

Christoph, J. N. (2014). Sponsoring education for all: Revisiting the sacred/secular divide in twenty-first-century Zanzibar. In J. Duffy, J. N. Christoph, E. Goldblatt, N. Graff, R. Nowacek, & B. Trabold (Eds.), Literacy, economy, and power: Writing and research after Literacy in American Lives (pp. 79–96).Southern Illinois University Press.

In-text: (Christoph, 2014)

Subsubsection Chicago

Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Chapter.” In Title of Anthology, edited by Editors’ First Names Last Names, Page range. City of publication: Publisher, Year of publication.

Christoph, Julie Nelson. “Sponsoring Education for All: Revisiting the Sacred/Secular Divide in Twenty-First-Century Zanzibar.” In Literacy, Economy, and Power: Writing and Research after Literacy in American Lives, edited by John Duffy, Julie Nelson Christoph, Eli Goldblatt, Nelson Graff, Rebecca S. Nowacek, and Bryan Trabold, 79–96. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2014.

Subsubsection MLA

Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Chapter.” Title of Anthology, Translated by or Edited by* First Name Last Name (if applicable), vol. number (if applicable), Number edition ed. City of publication**, Publisher, Year of publication.

*Here list any other contributors to the work with the method of their contribution noted (e.g., “Translated by Emily Wilson”).
**include only if work was published before 1900, has different versions in different countries or is a rare book.

Christoph, Julie Nelson. “Sponsoring Education for All: Revisiting the Sacred/Secular Divide in Twenty-First-Century Zanzibar.” Literacy, Economy, and Power: Writing and Research after Literacy in American Lives, Edited by John Duffy et al., Southern Illinois University Press, 2014.

In-text: (Christoph 79)
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