• See Book Chapters guidance page to reference book chapters, as this page has guidance for referencing whole books.
• The authors' names are given as they appear on the publication you have used, i.e., use full first name where provided or first name initials where initials only are provided.
• Capitalisation practice should be consistent.
• Titles and subtitles of books are given maximal capitalisation (title case).
• All words other than prepositions, conjunctions, and definite and indefinite articles (a, an, the) are capitalised.
• Book titles are italicised when typed or underlined when handwritten.
• Information about places of publication should follow the guidelines for place names.
• Include the DOI for e-books in your reference, if given.
Standard format for citation
Authored work:
Author, A. A., and B. B. Author. Year. Title: Subtitle. Edition. Place of publication: Name of Publisher. |
DOI available:
Author, A., and B. Author. Date of original publication. Title of E-book: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher. https://doi.org/10.XXXX/XXXXXXXX.XX. |
No DOI available:
From the Library:
Author, A., and B. Author. Date of original publication. Title of E-book: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher. Source. |
From the Internet:
Author, A., and B. Author. Date of original publication. Title of e-book: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher. Internet address. |
Edited work:
Editor, A. A, and B. B. Editor, eds. Year. Title: Subtitle. Edition. Place of publication: Name of Publisher. |
Single author
Author full first name provided
Eckes, Thomas. 2000. The Developmental Social Psychology of Gender. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. netLibrary e-book.
Author first names' initials only provided
Nicholas, F. W. 2010. Introduction to Veterinary Genetics. 3rd ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Two authors
Author full first name provided
Rosenfeld, Andrew J., and Sharon M. Dial. 2010. Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team. Ames, IA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Three or more authors
Author full first name provided
Bass, Len, Paul Clements, and Rick Kazman. 2003. Software Architecture in Practice. 2nd ed. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley. Safari e-book.
Millon, Theodore, Roger Davis, Carrie Millon, Luis Escovar, and Sarah Meagher. 2000. Personality Disorders in Modern Life. New York: Wiley.
Edited work
Author full first name provided
Butler, J. Douglas, and David F. Walbert, eds. 1986. Abortion, Medicine and the Law. New York: Facts on File Publications.
Parpart, Jane L., M. Patricia Connelly, and V. Eudine Barriteau, eds. 2000. Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Development. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre. http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-9419-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html.
Author first names' initials only provided
Woodward, K. N., ed. 2009. Veterinary Pharmacovigilance: Adverse Reactions to Veterinary Medicinal Products. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
Later edition
Author full first name provided
Ettinger, Stephen J., and Edward C. Feldman, eds. 2010. Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine: Diseases of the Dog and the Cat. 7th ed. St Louis: Elsevier Saunders.
No date of publication
Author full first name provided
Bligh, Beatrice. n.d. Cherish the Earth. Sydney: Macmillan.
Two or more books by the same author published in the same year
Author full first name provided
Gilbert, Sandra M. 1972a. Acts of Attention: The Poems of D. H. Lawrence. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Gilbert, Sandra M. 1972b. Emily's Bread: Poems. New York: Norton.
Multivolume work
Author full first name provided
Russell, Bertrand. 1967. The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell. 3 vols. London: Allen & Unwin.
Translation
Author full first name provided
Proust, Marcel. 1970. Jean Santeuil. Translated by G. Hopkins. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Edited translation (where role of editor or translator is of chief importance)
Author first names' initials only provided
West, T. G., ed. & trans. 1980. Symbolism: An Anthology. London: Methuen.
Organisation
Ansett Transport Industries Ltd. 1984. Annual Report 1983-84. Melbourne: ATI.
Government publication
Australian Bureau of Statistics. 1985. Projections of the Population of Australia, States and Territories, 1984 to 2021, Cat. no. 3222.0. Canberra: ABS.
Government department reports
Australia. Department of Aboriginal Affairs. 1989. Programs in Action for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: Achievements. Canberra: AGPS.
Western Australia. Environmental Protection Authority. 1998. Industrial Infrastructure and Harbour Development, Jervoise Bay. Bulletin 908. Perth: EPA.
Please Note: Documents authored by government departments are cited following the jurisdiction they report to. Precede the department name with Australia., Western Australia., etc.