The Coventry University Guide to Referencing in Harvard Style

HOW TO REFERENCE A BOOK CHAPTER OR AN ESSAY IN AN EDITED COLLECTION

 

In-text citation

 

If your source is just one chapter within a collection of essays by various different authors, give an in-text citation for the author of the chapter you want to cite, and the date of the edited book; add a page number if applicable.

 

Examples:

Recent developments in the field of pedagogical research have revolutionised teaching practice (Taylor 2006: 47).

 

Taylor (2006:47) claims that recent developments in the field of pedagogical research have revolutionised teaching practice.

 

Reference

 

Write the surname and initials of the author of the chapter you want to reference, then the year the book was published in brackets. Put the title of this chapter within single quotation marks, followed by a full stop. Write ‘in’ and give the title of the book in italics followed by a full stop. Write ‘ed. by’ and give the surname and initials of the editor. Finally, give the place of publication followed by a colon then the publisher, and the pages in between which the article is found after a comma.

 

Example:

Aggarwal, B. (2005) ‘The Declining British Bird Population’. in A Guide to Contemporary Ornithology.        ed. by Adams, G. London: Palgrave, 66-99

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

 

• How should I reference a whole book or collection with  an editor or editors?

 

If there is only one editor, give the editor’s name and write ‘ed.’ in brackets. if there are two or more editors, give their surnames followed by a comma and their initials in the order they are listed in the book and write ‘eds.’ in brackets. Then give the date in brackets and the title in italics followed by a full stop. Finally, write the place of publication followed by a colon then the publisher.

 

Example:

Edwards, J. P. (ed.) (2006) Translation Theory Since 1945. Oxford: Oxford University Press

 

• What do I do if I have both an editor and an author?

 

If a source has both an author and an editor (which is more rare), give the author’s surname and initials as usual and the date in brackets, followed by the title in italics then a full stop, then write ‘ed. by’ and give the editor’s surname and initials. Finally, give the place of publication followed by a colon then the publisher.

 

Example:

Dickinson, E. (1999) The Poems of Emily Dickinson. ed. by Franklin, R. W. Cambridge: Belknap Press