What's Wrong With This Reference To A Chapter In An Edited Ebook?

10 Questions | By RRU_Library | Updated: Mar 22, 2022 | Attempts: 7208

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1.

Rogers K. (2009). Leadership Giftedness: Is It Innate or Can It Be Developed?. In Shavinina (Editor), International handbook on giftedness (633-645). Houten, NT: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the alignment of this reference:
- A.
  
  It is correct
- B.
  
  The first line should be indented 0.5"
- C.
  
  There should be a hanging indent of 0.5"
2.

Rogers K. (2009). Leadership Giftedness: Is It Innate or Can It Be Developed?. In Shavinina (Editor), International handbook on giftedness (633-645). Houten, NT: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the author's name:
- A.
  
  It is correct
- B.
  
  There's a comma missing between the last name and first initial
- C.
  
  The author's full first name should be provided
3.

Rogers, K. (2009). Leadership Giftedness: Is It Innate or Can It Be Developed?. In Shavinina (Editor), International handbook on giftedness (633-645). Houten, NT: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the date:
- A.
  
  It is correct
- B.
  
  Missing the month and day of publication
- C.
  
  There should be a comma, not a period, after the closing parenthesis
4.

Rogers K. (2009). Leadership Giftedness: Is It Innate or Can It Be Developed?. In Shavinina (Editor), International handbook on giftedness (633-645). Houten, NT: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the title of the chapter:
- A.
  
  It is correct
- B.
  
  It should be in sentence case (i.e., first word, first word of subtitle, and all proper nouns capitalized)
- C.
  
  It should be in sentence case and italicized
- D.
  
  It should be italicized
5.

Rogers, K. (2009). Leadership giftedness: Is it innate or can it be developed?. In L. Shavinina (Editor), International handbook on giftedness (633-645). Houten, NT: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the editor's information:
- A.
  
  It is correct
- B.
  
  The editor's name isn't necessary
- C.
  
  The editor's full first name should be provided
- D.
  
  "Editor" should be "Ed."
6.

Rogers, K. (2009). Leadership giftedness: Is it innate or can it be developed?. In L. Shavinina (Ed.), International handbook on giftedness (633-645). Houten, NT: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the book title:
- A.
  
  It is correct
- B.
  
  It should be in title case (i.e., all major words capitalized)
- C.
  
  It should be italicized
- D.
  
  It should be italicized and in title case
7.

Rogers, K. (2009). Leadership giftedness: Is it innate or can it be developed?. In L. Shavinina (Ed.), International handbook on giftedness (633-645). Houten, NT: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the page range:
- A.
  
  It is correct
- B.
  
  Page range should cite the specific pages from which the author has quoted/paraphrased (e.g., pp. 635, 640, 643)
- C.
  
  Missing "pages" (e.g., pages 633-645)
- D.
  
  Missing "pp." (e.g., pp. 633-645)
8.

Rogers, K. (2009). Leadership giftedness: Is it innate or can it be developed?. In L. Shavinina (Ed.), International handbook on giftedness (pp. 633-645). Houten, NT: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the publisher details:
- A.
  
  It is correct
- B.
  
  It is not necessary to note the publisher location
- C.
  
  The country of publication needs to be spelled out in full (e.g., Houten, Netherlands)
- D.
  
  It is not necessary to note the country (e.g., Houten: Springer Netherlands)
9.

Rogers, K. (2009). Leadership giftedness: Is it innate or can it be developed?. In L. Shavinina (Ed.), International handbook on giftedness (pp. 633-645). Houten, Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the electronic retrieval location:
- A.
  
  It is correct
- B.
  
  The electronic retrieval details aren't necessary
- C.
  
  This resource has a DOI, so that information should be provided instead of the URL
10.

Rogers, K. (2009). Leadership giftedness: Is it innate or can it be developed?. In L. Shavinina (Ed.), International handbook on giftedness (pp. 633-645). Houten, Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. https://www.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6162-2_31 This reference is now correct.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False