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Formatting Entries for Authored Books

This section describes reference list entries for authored books. In authored books, all of the chapters are written by the same author or authors. Therefore, the reference list entry describes the entire book, not specific pages or chapters.

 
     
 

Typical entries for AUTHORED BOOKS in a reference list look like this:


 

  
     
 

 

Author and Year
Title of book
 Publisher Information


Specific Parts of Authored Book Entry

  


 

 

 

Author and Year

 

  
 

 

 

    
 

Title of book

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 
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