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Leeds Harvard: cite a edited-book chapter
A source-specific Leeds Harvard example, the details to collect and the checks needed for a edited-book chapter.
Choose the actual source form
The example is a separately authored chapter in an edited book. Keep the chapter author attached to the chapter title and the editor attached to the containing book. That distinction lets the reference lead a reader to both the contribution and its location.
Use the named convention
Harvard is a family of author-date conventions. This guide explicitly uses the University of Leeds version and its published source-type guidance. Check that your institution requires this variant before copying the punctuation or element order.
- This guide explicitly uses Leeds Harvard.
- The chapter author and containing-book editor remain separate.
Gather the source details
- Confirm that the chapter has its own author.
- Record the chapter title and containing book title separately.
- Record the book editor and publisher.
- Check the chapter’s published page range and any required edition details.
- Author
- Maya Stone
- Title as supplied
- A sample chapter
- Publication year
- 2024
- Containing work or site
- Collected Sample Studies
- Editor
- Leo Rowan
- Publisher
- Example Press
- Published pages
- 12-18
- Publication place
- London
An independently written example
This is an invented publication used to demonstrate the reference structure. The text below is a plain-text example; use the typography notes above for the required italics or quotation marks.
Stone, M. 2024. A sample chapter. In: Rowan, L. ed. Collected Sample Studies. London: Example Press, pp.12-18.
Review the part that is easy to miss
Do not move an editor into the chapter-author position. If one author wrote the whole book, consult the selected style’s authored-book instructions rather than automatically treating every chapter as a separately authored contribution.
The workbench does not provide a Leeds Harvard template; follow the linked Leeds guidance for this example.
Follow the Leeds guidance directly
The workbench does not provide a Leeds Harvard template; follow the linked Leeds guidance for this example.
Keep the source record with you
Use Citelle to keep bibliographic details and prepare reference drafts on your phone. Compare the final entry with the actual work and the convention required by your instructor or publisher before submitting it.