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

Subsection 8.3.3 Citing an Edition Other Than the First

On the left is the cover of a book and on the right is the copyright page. In large text at the top of the cover are the words "Understanding Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Theory" with a blue label that reads "title." Immediately below the title in smaller print are the words "Second Edition" with the pink label "Edition." Under that is the name Torbjörn Tännsjö, with a red label that reads "Author." At the bottom of the cover in smallish print are the words "Edinburgh University Press," with a purple label that reads "Publisher." On the copyright page, the second year after the copyright symbol has a green label that reads "date." Below it, the word "Edinburgh" is circled and has a dark red label that says "City of Publication."

Subsubsection APA

Author Last Name, Initials. (Year). Title of work (edition number ed.). Publisher.

Tannsjo, T. (2008). Understanding ethics: An introduction to moral theory (2nd ed.). University of Edinburgh Press.

In-text: (Tannsjo, 2008)

Subsubsection Chicago

Author Last Name, First Name. Title of Work. Number edition ed. (City of Publication: Publisher), year.

Tannsjo, Torbjorn. Understanding Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Theory. 2nd ed. (Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press), 2008.

Notes.

First appearance. 7  Consecutive appearances. 8  Nonconsecutive appearances. 9 
For more information about how to insert footnotes, see Subsection 12.1.2.

Subsubsection MLA

Author Last Name, First Name. “Title of Chapter or Section.” (if applicable) Title of Work. Translated by or Edited by* First Name Last Name (if applicable), Vol. Number (if applicable), Number edition ed., City of Publication**, Publisher, Year.

*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.

Tannsjo, Torbjorn. Understanding Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Theory. 2nd ed., University of Edinburgh Press, 2008.

In-text: (Tannsjo 27)
Torbjorn Tannsjo, Understanding Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Theory, 2nd ed. (Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press, 2008), 25.
Ibid., 45.
Tannsjo, Understanding Ethics, 27.
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