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Bibliography entry for an edited book
(Using the APA style, used by the English Language Centre)

Example:

Lee, K. C. (2001). Selecting & integrating CALL software programs into the EFL classroom. In B. Morrison, D. Gardner, K. Keobke & M. Spratt. ELT perspectives on IT & multimedia (pp. 69-87). The English Language Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Instructions:
Fill in the boxes, then press the 'Create Reference' button:

1. Main author's family name: (Help) -> e.g. Wong
2. Main author's initials: (Help) e.g. W.M.
   

If there is a second author, fill in points 3. and 4. If there is only one author, go on to number 7.
3. Second author's family name: (Help) e.g. Chan
4. Second author's initials: (Help) e.g. W.M.
   

If there is a third author, fill in points 5. and 6. If there are only two authors, go on to number 7.
5. Third author's family name: (Help) e.g. Fu
6. Third author's initials: (Help) e.g. W.M.
 

If there are more authors, write up to 20 here, family name first, then initials. If there are more than 20, include the first 19 authors’ names, then insert “…” and add the last author’s name.

 e.g. Chan, K.K., Wong L.M.
7. Year of publication:

e.g.

8.

Title of the CHAPTER or ARTICLE by the above author(s).

  Small letters at the start of all words,
  except capital letters for:
  - the first letter of the first word
  - the first letter of the sub-title (after the : )
  - Names e.g. English Language Centre

e.g. Grammar in English: Verbs and nouns
9. Family name of the first editor:  
10. Initials of the first editor:  
  Your list of editors:

     
.
11. Title of the BOOK:

Small letters at the start of all words, except capital letters for:
- the first letter of the first word
- the sub-title (after the : )
    e.g. Grammar: Verbs and nouns
- Names e.g. English Language Centre

  
12. Page numbers of the words you are referring to: Single page: e.g. 27
Several pages together:

to

 

 e.g. 1-5
Separate pages: e.g. 1,6,9
13. Name of the publishing company:

e.g. Oxford University Press

 Click this button for your reference:

Click this button to empty all the boxes and start again:



Family name of the next editor:

Family name of the next editor:  
Initials of the next editor:  
No more editors..

 

Author's Family Name Help:

If you can't find an author's name, for example in a newspaper or magazine, use the title of the newspaper or magazine.

Do not use 'et al.' in bibliographies: quote the names of all the authors and/or editors.

If you don't know which name is the family name and which are the other names:

  1. Look at the pages in the front of the book for the Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. If you see the author's name with a comma after the first word, then that first word is the author's family name.
  2. Use the library catalogue to search for the title of the book, then look for the author's name.
  3. Search for the book at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble, find the book by its title, then look for the author's family name.
  4. Check the list of other names.
  5. If you can't find the information in the sources above, use all of the name.

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Author's Initials Help

The author's initials are the first letters of each of the author's other names. For example, if the author is Chan Wai Man, then the initials are W. M.

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Last updated on: Monday, February 14, 2022