Book page contents:
Books
Sections / chapters of books
~ Authored book chapter
~ Edited book chapter
Chapter of book that is part of a series
Electronic books with DOI
Electronic books with URL and no DOI
~ E-book with a URL from a library ebook database
Check that you are using the standard abbreviations for books
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If publication originates from America: Author(s) First name or initials. Surname, or name of organisation, Title of book (in italics) followed by fullstop if no edition statement, or comma if there is an edition statement, ed., Edition (except the first). Place of publication City: Publisher, Year of Publication.
In addition, to the above citation details, provide page numbers if you have quoted specific facts or materials e.g. pp. 28-30. (Differences are highlighted.) |
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Examples Book originating from America |
Note: this example omits Country as the book was published in America. It has page numbers included as the authors of the article that cited this book particularly used pages five to eight and not the rest of the publication. |
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| Book origininating from a well known City outside USA |
Note: The country is not needed in the place of publication, if the City is well known, for example: Paris, New York, or Rome. |
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Author(s) First name or initials. Surname, “Title of chapter in the book,” in Title of The Book in italics and title case, Editor(s) First name or initials. Surname, [Ed., or Eds.,] xth ed. [edition] City of Publisher, Country of Pubisher if not published in US: Name of Publisher, Year of publication, ch. x, [chapter number] sec. x, [section number] pp.xxx–xxx [page range] |
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Authored book chapter |
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Chapter of book that is part of a series
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Author(s) First name or initials. Surname, “Title of chapter in the book,” in Title of The Book in italics and title case, vol. xxx, [volume number of series] Title of Book Series in Title Case, Editor(s) First name or initials. Surname, xth ed. [edition] City of Publisher, Country of Pubisher if not published in US: Name of Publisher, Year of publication, ch. x, [chapter number] sec. x, [section number] pp.xxx–xxx [page range] |
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Book chapter, where book is part of a series |
This example has a volume number and series title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. |
This is the preferred method for referencing an online book, but you can only use this method if you have a DOI.
The citation elements are the same as a print version of the book, with doi:xxxxxx added to the end of the citation.
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Author(s) First name or initials. Surname, or name of organisation, Title of book (in italics) followed by fullstop if no edition statement, or comma if there is an edition statement, ed., Edition (except the first). Place of publication City, Place of publication Country unless the City is considered "well known": Publisher, Year of Publication. doi: xxxxxxxxx Note: exclude Country if work orginates from US, or if City is considered "well known". |
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Examples E-book with DOI |
Where you have both a URL and a DOI, use the DOI. "The basic guideline for citing online sources is to follow the standard citation for the source given previously and add the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) at the end of the citation, or add the DOI in place of page numbers if the source is not paginated." See p.3 IEEE Citation Reference. |
Electronic books with a URL and no DOI
Only use this method for referencing an online book if you have a URL but no DOI.
Note: the elements, formating and order of elements are different to the other formats for books on this page!