Referencing Guide

Book and Book Chapter examples.

• No edition  information is required for first editions.
• Capitalise only the first word of the title and proper nouns.
• If the book has been read on an e-reader, include this information in square brackets, after the title, e.g. [Kindle version].
• Put the title of the book in italics.
• For an electronic book, include the DOI in place of the publisher details.  If the electronic book doesn't have a DOI, use the URL, preceded by the words "Retrieved from"
• Publication information : Give the city, and if the city is not well know for publishing or could be confused with another location the state or province or country

Print Book Examples

Single Author Works

Harris, I. A. (2016). Surgery, the ultimate placebo: a surgeon cuts through the evidence. Sydney: New South Wales

Multiple Author Works

Harris, J. L., Roussel, L., Dearman, C.., & Thomas, P. L. (Eds.). (2015). Project Planning & Management: A Guide for Nurses and Interprofessional Teams. (3rd edition) Burlington, MA. Jones & Bartlett Learning.

If the work is published by an editor instead of authors, please use the term  (Editor) of (Eds) in parentheses

More than 6 authors

Organisation as Author

American Psychiatric Association & American Psychiatric Association. DSM-5 Task Force & American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 (Fifth edition). American Psychiatric Association, Arlington, VA

Electronic or eBook Publication

The structure of a book is consistent, see APA Format Style for a book , for an eBook add the DOI or URL after the publisher information.

Example

Clark, M. & Phelan, J. (2020). Debating rhetorical narratology: On the synthetic, mimetic, and thematic aspects of narrative. The Ohio University Press. https://doi.org/10.26818/9780814214282