Referencing Styles

A guide to the reference styles used at the University of St Andrews

Referencing a chapter:

Book chapter references include:

  • Author(s) of chapter
  • Year
  • 'Title of chapter' 
  • Title of book (italicised)
  • Editor(s) of book
  • Publisher
  • Page numbers of chapter (e.g. pp. 71-76)

Ebook references include:

  • Author(s) of chapter
  • Year
  • 'Title of chapter' 
  • Title of book (italicised)
  • Editor(s) of book
  • Place of Publication
  • Publisher
  • Page numbers of chapter (e.g. pp. 71-76)
  • Where given, a doi should be included at the end

 

General Format of in-text citation:

(Chapter Author Surname Year: page)

General Format for Bibliography:

Chapter Author Surname, First Name. Year.  'Title of Chapter', in Title of Book, ed. by Editor First name Surname of Book (Publisher), pp. xx-xx

In-text citation:

(Shaughnessy 2015: 89)

Bibliography entry:

Shaughnessy, Nicola. 2015. 'Dancing with difference: moving towards a new aesthetics' in  Applied theatre: aesthetics, ed. by Gareth White (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama), pp. 87-122

In-text citation:

(Kilgour 2014: 79)

Bibliography entry:

Kilgour, Mark. 2014 'Thinking Modes and Techniques', in The Handbook of Creativity and Innovation in Business: A Comprehensive Toolkit of Theory and Practice for Developing Creative Thinking Skills, ed. by Rouxelle de Villiers (Sage), pp. 77-89,  doi:10.1007/978-981-19-2180-3_4

In-text citation:

  • Authors Surname
  • For multiple authors follow the advice the Author Rules tab
  • Year of Publication
  • Page referring to

Bibliography

  • The first author / editor name is given as Surname, First name.
  • Second and subsequent author / editor names are given in the format of First Name Surname
  • For multiple authors follow the advice in the Author Rules tab
  • Date of Publication follows the author of the chapter
  • Chapter title is given within 'single quotation marks'
  • Title is always italicised, and given in full
  • The Editors name is given First Name Surname.
  • Page numbers are given for the chapter