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Whole Edited Book

When a book has an editor instead of an author, the editor's name is followed by "Ed." in parentheses.
 

Reference:

Robinson, D.N. (Ed.). (1992). Social discourse and moral judgment. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

In text:

Paraphrase: (Robinson, 1992)

Quotation: (Robinson, 1992, p. 72)

 

If there is more than one editor, the plural form "Eds." is used:
 

Reference:
Johnson, N. G., Roberts, M. C., & Worell, J. (Eds.). (1999). Beyond appearance: A new look at adolescent girls.

doi:10.1037/10325-000

In-text:

Paraphrase: (Johnson, Roberts, & Worell, 1992)

Quotation: (Johnson, Roberts, & Worell, 1992, p. 125)

Chapter in an Edited Book

The editor's name is given in normal order and is followed by "Ed." in parentheses. If there is more than one editor, then “Eds.” is used.

 

Reference:

Sweller, J. (2005). Implications of cognitive load theory for multimedia learning. In R. E. Mayer (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of multimedia learning (pp. 19-30). doi:10.1017/CBO9780511816819

 

In text:

Paraphrase:  (Sweller, 2005)

Quotation: (Sweller, 2005, p. 25)