Extent can include information about pagination or number of volumes and is considered optional. Notes can include information of interest to the reader, such as language of publication other than English; such notes are optional. Essential notes provide information about location, such as a URL for online works. See Chapter 29 for more information.
Author's/Editor's name. Date. Title of book: subtitle of book. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher. Extent. Notes.
Examples:
Ermann, MD, Williams, MB, Shauf, MS, editors. 1997. Computers, ethics, and society. New York (NY): Oxford University Press.
Ferrozzi F, Garlaschi G, Bova D. 2000. CT of metastases. New York (NY): Springer.
Leboffe MJ, Pierce BE. 2010. Microbiology: laboratory theory and application. Englewood (CO): Morton Publishing Company.
Wenger NK, Sivarajan Froelicher E, Smith LK, Ades PA, Berra K, Blumenthal JA, Certo CME, Dattilo AM, Davis D, DeBusk RF, et al. 1995. Cardiac rehabilitation. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (US).
[ALSG] Advanced Life Support Group. 2001. Acute medical emergencies: the practical approach. London (England): BMJ Books.
Jackson LJ. [date unknown]. AIDS within the US. 4th ed. Springhouse (PA): Springhouse.
Chapter or other part of a book, same author(s)
Author's name. Year. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher. Chapter #, Title of chapter; p.
Example:
Gawande A. 2010. The checklist manifesto: how to get things right. New York (NY): Metropolitan Books. Chapter 3, The end of the master builder; p. 48–71.
Chapter or other part of a book, different authors
Chapter's author's name. Year. Title of chapter. In: Editor's name. Title of book. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher. p.
Example:
Rapley R. 2010. Recombinant DNA and genetic analysis. In: Wilson K, Walker J, editors. Principles and techniques of biochemistry and molecular biology. 7th ed. New York (NY): Cambridge University Press. p. 195–262.
Author(s). Date of publication. Title of book. Edition. Place of publication: publisher; [date updated; date accessed]. Notes.
Example:
Brogden KA, Guthmille JM, editors. 2002. Polymicrobial diseases. Washington (DC): ASM Press; [accessed February 28, 2014]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2475/.
Note: References to websites and other online formats follow the same general principles as for printed references, with the addition of a date of update/revision (if available) along with an access date and a URL.
Author's name. Date. Title of dissertation: Subtitle [dissertation]. Degree-granting institution, City (State/country). Extent. Notes.
Example:
Bonde, AM. 2013. Paleoecology of late pleistocene megaherbivores: stable isotope reconstruction of environment, climate, and response [dissertation]. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. 214p.