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

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 https://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the alignment of this reference:

It is correct

The first line should be indented 0.5"

There should be a hanging indent of 0.5"

As below:

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

Explanation

As below:

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

2. 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.

True

False

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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 https://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the author's name:

It is correct

There's a comma missing between the last name and first initial

The author's full first name should be provided

See the bolded text below:

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

Explanation

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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

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 https://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the date:

It is correct

Missing the month and day of publication

There should be a comma, not a period, after the closing parenthesis

See the bolded text below:

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

Explanation

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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

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 https://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the editor's information:

It is correct

The editor's name isn't necessary

The editor's full first name should be provided

"Editor" should be "Ed."

See the bolded text below:

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

Explanation

See the bolded text below:

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

6. 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 https://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the electronic retrieval location:

It is correct

The electronic retrieval details aren't necessary

This resource has a DOI, so that information should be provided instead of the URL

See bolded text below:

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

Explanation

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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

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 https://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the page range:

It is correct

Page range should cite the specific pages from which the author has quoted/paraphrased (e.g., pp. 635, 640, 643)

Missing "pages" (e.g., pages 633-645)

Missing "pp." (e.g., pp. 633-645)

See bolded text below:

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

Explanation

See bolded text below:

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

8. 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 https://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the title of the chapter:

It is correct

It should be in sentence case (i.e., first word, first word of subtitle, and all proper nouns capitalized)

It should be in sentence case and italicized

It should be italicized

See the bolded text below:

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

Explanation

See the bolded text below:

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

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, NT: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the publisher details:

It is correct

It is not necessary to note the publisher location

The country of publication needs to be spelled out in full (e.g., Houten, Netherlands)

It is not necessary to note the country (e.g., Houten: Springer Netherlands)

See bolded text below:

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

Explanation

See bolded text below:

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

10. 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 https://link.springer.com.ezproxy.royalroads.ca/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-6162-2_31 Regarding the book title:

It is correct

It should be in title case (i.e., all major words capitalized)

It should be italicized

It should be italicized and in title case

See bolded text below:

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

Explanation

See bolded text below:

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