How to Cite a Book Chapter in APA, MLA or Chicago
Our citation generator makes it easy to cite a specific book chapter. Simply select the style you would like to cite in and then select “Chapter/Anthology” from the source type options. Then fill out the form accordingly.
MLA 9 example:
Montrose, Louis. “Elizabeth Through the Looking Glass: Picturing the Queen’s Two Bodies.” The Body of the Queen: Gender and Rule in the Courtly World, 1500-2000, edited by Regina Schulte, Berghahn Publishers, 2006, pp. 61-87.
APA example:
Shuhua, L. (2007). The night of mid-autumn festival. In J. S. M. Lau & H. Goldblatt (Eds.), The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature (pp. 95-102). New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
Chicago/Turabian example:
Serviss, Garrett P. “A Trip of Terror.” In A Columbus of Space, 17-32. New York: Appleton, 1911.
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