Is it a Journal Article, a Book, or a Chapter in a Book? Identifying Citations: Chapters: APA, MLA, & Chicago Side-by-Side
A Chapter Citation as it Appears in the JSTOR Database
The examples below do not include any special formatting such as line spacing or indentation.
HOW TO SPOT BOOK CHAPTER CITATIONS
- They frequently have the word "in" followed by the editor's name and the title of the book
- There's always an editor's name (Ed., Eds., or edited by)
APA 7TH EDITION: REFERENCE LIST
O’Neill, J. (1996). Dinosaurs-R-Us: The (un) natural history of Jurassic Park. In J. J. Cohen (Ed.), Monster theory: Reading culture (NED-New edition, pp. 292–308). University of Minnesota Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttsq4d.17
MLA 9TH EDITION: WORKS CITED
O’Neill, John. “Dinosaurs-R-Us: The (Un) Natural History of Jurassic Park.” Monster Theory: Reading Culture, edited by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, NED-New edition, University of Minnesota Press, 1996, pp. 292–308.
CHICAGO 18TH EDITION: BIBLIOGRAPHY
O’Neill, John. “Dinosaurs-R-Us: The (Un) Natural History of Jurassic Park.” In Monster Theory: Reading Culture, edited by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, NED-New edition. University of Minnesota Press, 1996.
- ABOUT DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIERS (DOI) -
A DOI always points to one particular item which makes them an important citation element. Stable URLs serve the same purpose and may be used instead. Older resources may not have either of these. If so, simply omit this part of a citation.
In database search results, a DOI may not have https://doi.org/ in front of the number. If not, add it.
