Book with editor

In-text citations
In the reference list

Editor. (Ed.). (year). Title in italics. Publisher.

Example:

Adams, T. E., Jones, S. H., & Ellis, C. (Eds.). (2022). Handbook of Autoetnography (2nd ed.). Routledge.

Note: More than one editor: (Eds.)

Note: When a book is published in more editions, give the edition number in the literature list, but NOT the 1st edition. List the book you have used as source.

EndNote

Add as Edited book.

Fill in the fields: Editor, Year, Title, Edition*, Publisher.

Note: *Not when 1st edition.

Zotero

Add as Book.

Fill in the fields: Title, Editor, Edition*, Publisher, Date.

Note: *Not when 1st edition.

Checklist:


Make sure that you include all editors of the book. Remember that if, for example, four names are given on the cover or title page, all of them are usually editors, even if (ed.) or (eds.) appears after only one of the names.

 

Have you managed to distinguish between an edition and a print run? A new edition (ed.) is issued when content changes have been made. If a book is otherwise identical and only has been reprinted, we call it a print run. You include this information in the reference list, whereas you must include which edition of a book you are using unless it’s the 1st edition.

Test yourself!

The book you’re using has four authors, but there’s only one (ed.) behind the last author’s name. How would you cite this book?
You’re correct! Although only one of the names has the (ed.) or (red.) mentioned behind their name, all names mentioned are editors.
Try again, this is wrong.