How to cite an excerpt from a book in another book. Lastly include the location of the publisher and the publishers name. To cite an excerpt from an anthology follow the mla format template. Id be grateful for any advice you could offer.
You will likely list a description in place of a title. When making reference to the spoken words of someone other than the author recorded in a text cite the name of the person and the name of the author date and page reference of the work in which the quote or reference appears. I am writing a book and have referred to another book as an example.
Excerpt from confessions of an english opium eater. A passage quoted in the textbook. Go to 7th edition guidelines.
Author last name chapter or essay title shortened if necessary page cited. Since they are in the book compiled and written by another author it seems that i should cite that book. Use secondary sources sparingly for instance when the original work is out of print unavailable through usual sources or not available in english.
Author last name first m. Sometimes a textbook will quote an excerpt of another book or novel that you would like to reference in your paper. Last name page range.
Write the title of the textbook next and underline it followed by the edition number and pages referenced in parenthesis. For example there are several quotes from albert einstein i want to use. Write in followed by the editors first initial and last name and ed in parenthesis.
Last name chapter or essay title in book title ed. I am wondering if i need to do anything else to reference this book. For example if allports work is cited in nicholson and you did not read allports work list the nicholson reference in the reference list.
Citing unwritten sources quoted in another source. If you are quoting a passage of text that the textbook editors quote diana hackers research and documentation online specifies the following. Give the secondary source in the reference list.
Mla style outlines specific guidelines for citing a source within a source but when possible it is better to locate and cite the original source. Chapter or essay title in book title edited by first m. In text name the original work and give a citation for the secondary source.
At the moment i have written. Last name place of publication. An example of this is written by richard beard in his book the day that went missing 2017 where he writes about the death of his brother in the seventies.
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