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APA (6th ed.) referencing guide (Online): Chapter in an edited E-book

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Chapter in an edited E-book

Below you will find guidance and examples of how to set out a reference to a chapter in an e-book in the body of your work and in the reference list at the end.

In text citations

Roberts (2012) states that...
OR
…(Roberts, 2012).

Reference list

Last name, Initial(s). (Year). Chapter title. In Initial. Last name (Eds.), Book title (edition., pages of chapter).  Retrieved from URL

Note:  Reference a chapter in an e-book as you would a chapter in a printed book; replace place and publisher with URL of the e-book collection or the e-book.

Example:
Roberts, J. (2012). Motivation and the self. In D. Knights & H. Willmott (Eds.), Introducing organizational behaviour and 

                    management (2nd ed., pp. 42- 79). Retrieved from http://www.dawsonera.com