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Citing Book Chapters or Essays

1. Save the full book into Zotero.

2. Make a copy of the book record by right clicking on the book, then choose "duplicate."

Duplicate book

3. Change the Item Type from "Book" to "Book Section." Click "ok" for the information that will be lost.

Select Book Section for Item Type

4. Add the title of the chapter under "Title."

Add the title of the chapter

5. Click the down arrow by the author(s) of the book and change them to be "editor."

Change book author to editor

6. Add the author of the chapter by clicking the + sign to the right of the author's name. Make sure it is set to "author."

Add the author

7. Add the page numbers for the chapter.

Add page numbers