An edited book is a book made up of chapters written by different authors. For the book as a whole, one or more editors are responsible. If there is no author, the chapter or entry title is placed at the author's position. The,MLA,Chapter in a DOI-free edited book,from a library database. Lockhart, Charles. Political culture and political change. Matters of Culture: Essays in Honor of Aaron Wildavsky, edited by Richard J. Ellis and Michael Thompson. Routledge, 2018, pp. 91-104. In the text, when you have paraphrased an edited book chapter, cite the chapter's authors and the year the book was published, as shown in the following examples. Parenthetical citation of a paraphrase of an edited book chapter: Fountain, 2019 Narrative citation of a paraphrase of an edited book chapter: Fountain 2019, MLA Handbook, -36 4: Other contributors, Identify people whose participation is important for your research or for the identification of the work. Precede each person's name with a description of their role, such as edited by, illustrated by, translated by, and end the item with a comma. MLA Manual, -38 5: Version. Citations for a chapter of an edited book contain seven elements: the author of the chapter, the year, the title of the chapter, the name of the publisher, the title of the book, the edition if necessary, and the range of chapter pages, and the editor. If the book has a DOI or URL, you must include that as well. These elements are usually found on the title page or on the MLA Style Center, the only authorized MLA style website. If you are citing a chapter from a book of a novel or monograph, create an entry for the book as a whole and provide the book's DOI in the "Location" slot, because in MLA style, chapters of these types of works are not cited individually. edited by Joshua Miller. This guide will help you format your in-text and works cited citations in MLA, 9th edition format. Skip to main content. Edited by Harry C. Schnur, Collier, 1962. In-text: If you are focusing on a chapter or essay within a collection, you must first cite the chapter's author and chapter. See Book - Essay, short.