Cite using APA

Book chapters

Reference list entry

Template 

Author of chapter’s Surname, X. (Year). Title of chapter. In X. Editor’s Surname (Ed.), Book Title (edition, p. xx-xx). Publisher. DOI/URL

Example

Hunt, K., Ray, J., & Jeter, J. (2014). Hereditary risk for cancer. In D. Alberts & L.M. Hess (Eds.), Fundamentals of cancer prevention (3 ed. pp. 123-150). Springer. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-38983-2_5 

 

In-text citation

Template

... (Author of chapter’s Surname, Year).

Example
Parenthetical citations 

... the greater the risk (Hunt & Jeter, 2014).

Narrative citations (when the author is mentioned in the text)

According to Hunt and Jeter (2014) the main...

 

Comments

  • You use the same format for book chapters in both printed and e-books. However, for e-books you include a DOI or URL if available. 
  • If the chapter has a DOI you include it in the reference list entry after the name of the publisher as a link accordingly: https://doi.org/xxxxx.If there is no DOI but a stable URL that will resolve for readers  you include the URL instead.
  • Include information about edition (other than first) in the same parenthesis as the page range, separated with a comma.
  • For multiple pages you use the abbreviation "pp.". For a single page you use the abbreviation "p.".