Citation

Berserkis

Little help if anyone can offer any.

Assignment requires really only one reading, but within this book there are several different articles. Book has been edited together by 2 people, but the articles are written by various other writers.

When quoting from this book, do i use the 2 editors or the individual who wrote the piece.

I assume the individual....but hows page number played into this with direct quote?

variant

I'm not sure of the answer but in situations like these I always try and find another source for the article (online works best) and just go with that.

Grobian

What I do is make a separate entry in the literature listing for the book and the article like this:

[1] Editor1, Editor2 (editors) "Book of various articles", date, publisher etc
[2] Author "Article on Stuff" in [1] pp. 12-48
[3] Another Author "Also an Article on Stuff" in [1] pp. 49-75

If you dislike quoting by numbers then do the [<AbbreviationOfAuthor><Year>]-thing:
[Ed08] Editor1, Editor2 (editors) "Book of various articles", date, publisher etc
[Auth08] Author "Article on Stuff" in [Ed08] pp. 12-48
[AnAuth08] Another Author "Also an Article on Stuff" in [Ed08] pp. 49-75

Kate of Lokys

What citation format have you been asked to use? Chicago, APA, MLA?

For MLA:

The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University wrote:

A Work in an Anthology, Reference, or Collection

Book parts include an essay in an edited collection or anthology, or a chapter of a book. The basic form is:

Lastname, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Pages.

Some actual examples:

Harris, Muriel. "Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers." A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One to One. Ed. Ben Rafoth. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000. 24-34.

Swanson, Gunnar. "Graphic Design Education as a Liberal Art: Design and Knowledge in the University and The 'Real World.'" The Education of a Graphic Designer. Ed. Steven Heller. New York: Allworth Press, 1998. 13-24.

Cross-referencing: If you cite more than one essay from the same edited collection, the MLA indicates that it is optional to cross-reference within your works cited list in order to avoid writing out the publishing information for each separate essay. You should consider this option if you have many references from one text. To do so, include a separate entry for the entire collection listed by the editor's name. For individual essays from that collection, simply list the author's name, the title of the essay, the editor's last name, and the page numbers. For example:

L'Eplattenier, Barbara. "Finding Ourselves in the Past: An Argument for Historical Work on WPAs." Rose and Weiser 131-40.

Peeples, Tim. "'Seeing' the WPA With/Through Postmodern Mapping." Rose and Weiser 153-167.

Rose, Shirley K, and Irwin Weiser, eds. The Writing Program Administrator as Researcher. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1999.

The in-text citations for any of the above entries would simply be (Author pagenumber). For example, "Something something blah" (L'Eplattenier 136), or "quote goes here" (Harris 28).

Source: MLA Formatting and Style Guide

For APA:

The OWL wrote:

Article or Chapter in an Edited Book

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pages of chapter). Location: Publisher.

Note: When you list the pages of the chapter or essay in parentheses after the book title, use "pp." before the numbers: (pp. 1-21). This abbreviation, however, does not appear before the page numbers in periodical references, except for newspapers.

O'Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men's and women's gender role journeys: Metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). New York: Springer.

The in-text citation in APA format would be "quote, etc" (O'Neil & Egan, 1992).

Source: APA Formatting and Style Guide

Chicago style is a pain in the ass, and unless this is a history paper, you're probably supposed to be using MLA or APA anyway, so stick with one of them.

Berserkis

yup MLA - thanks for the help guys!

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