How to Cite a Book Chapter in ASA

Изучите точный формат с примерами, внутритекстовыми ссылками и типичными ошибками.

Формат цитирования

Базовый шаблон

Author. Year. "Chapter Title." Pp. pages in Book Title, edited by F. M. Last. Place: Publisher.

Компоненты цитаты

Author(s)

Invert only the first author and use the full given name (Smith, John D.). Later authors appear first name first, with and before the last.

Year

The year of publication follows the author.

Title

Article and chapter titles take quotation marks with headline capitalization.

Source Details

Italicize journal and book titles. Journal locator is Volume(Issue):pages.

Реальный пример

Пример источника

author

Smith, John D.; Jones, Jane A.

year

2024

title

Environmental drivers of disease

book_title

The Handbook of Ecology

editor

Thompson, Robert D.

publication

Sage

place

Thousand Oaks

pages

145-167

Отформатированная цитата

Smith, John D., and Jane A. Jones. 2024. "Environmental Drivers of Disease." Pp. 145-167 in The Handbook of Ecology, edited by Robert D. Thompson. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Внутритекстовая ссылка

(Smith and Jones 2024)

(Author Year) or (Author Year:Page) for a direct quote

Типичные ошибки

Неверно:

Smith, John D., Jones, Jane A. 2024. "Title." American Sociological Review 89(3):211-220.

Верно:

Smith, John D., and Jane A. Jones. 2024. "Title." American Sociological Review 89(3):211-220.

Почему: Only the first author is inverted; later authors appear first name first, with and before the last.

Неверно:

Smith, J. D. 2024. "Title." American Sociological Review 89(3):211-220.

Верно:

Smith, John D. 2024. "Title." American Sociological Review 89(3):211-220.

Почему: ASA uses full given names for authors, not initials.

Неверно:

Smith, John D. 2024. Effects of Sleep. American Sociological Review 89(3):211-220.

Верно:

Smith, John D. 2024. "Effects of Sleep." American Sociological Review 89(3):211-220.

Почему: Article titles take quotation marks and the journal title is italicized.

Часто задаваемые вопросы

How do I format a book chapter in ASA style? ▼

Follow the template above: invert only the first author, give the year, then the title with the correct styling, and the source details. Entries in the References list are alphabetical by first author surname.

How do ASA in-text citations work? ▼

Use the author surname and year: (Smith 2024). Add a page number after a colon for a direct quote: (Smith 2024:15). For three or more authors use the first author followed by et al.

When does ASA use quotation marks versus italics? ▼

Article and chapter titles take quotation marks; journal and book titles are italicized. Both use headline capitalization.

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