InfoGuides: How to AMA Cite: Book Chapter format

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Book Chapter Format

3.12.1 A complete reference to a book includes the following:

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Chapter authors’ surnames and initials (the names of all authors should be given unless there are more than 6, in which case the names of the first 3 authors are used, followed by “et al”)

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Chapter title (when cited)

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Book authors’ and/or editors’ (and translator, if any) surnames and initials (the names of all authors should be given unless there are more than 6, in which case the names of the first 3 authors are used, followed by “et al”)

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Title of book and subtitle, if any

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Volume number and volume title, when there is more than 1 volume

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Edition number (do not indicate first edition)

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Name of publisher

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Year of copyright

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Page numbers, when specific pages are cited

NOTE: 11th edition manual, no longer recommends including the publisher’s location

Book Chapter Reference Examples

3.12.4 Book Chapter Reference examples .

Prince M, Glozier N, Sousa R, Dewey M. Measuring disability across physical, mental, and cognitive disorders. In: Regier DA, Narrow WE, Kuhl EA, Kupfer DJ, eds. The Conceptual Evolution of DSM-5. American Psychiatric Publishing Inc; 2011:189-227.

Boushey CJ. Application of research paradigms to nutrition practice. In: Coulston AM, Boushey CJ, Ferruzzi MG, eds. Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease. 3rd ed. Academic Press; 2013:99-105.

Note that in example 2 above, the author of the chapter is also an editor of the book. In cases like this, names are given in both places: as authors of the chapter and as editors of the book. The same policy would apply if the authors of a particular chapter and the editors of the book were identical.