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Note: For consistency, book entries should be formatted with the initials of authors and editors first names when the References list includes journal article entries [for which the rule calls for using initials rather than the first names of authors and editors] as well.
1. Book with One or More Authors
Format:
Entry Number. Last Name and Initial(s) of First Author, [Followed by Last Name and Initial(s) of Other Authors, if Any]. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher; Year of Publication. Number of Pages.
Example:
1. Bates, B., Bargaining for life: a social history of tuberculosis.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press; 1992. 435 p.
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2. Edited Books
Format:
Entry Number. Last Name and Initial(s) of Editor, [Followed by Last Names and Initials of Other Editors, if any], editors. Title of book. Information about Edition (if applicable). Place of Publication: Publisher; Year of Publications. Number of Pages.
Example:
2. Coovadia, H.M., Benatar, S.R., editors. A century of tuberculosis: South African perspectives. Cape Town: Oxford University Press; 1991. 319 p.
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3. Books with Author, Editor, Translator and Note
Format:
Entry Number. Last Name and Initial(s) of Author. Title of book. Last Name and Initial(s) of Translator, translator; Last Name and Initial(s) of Editor, editor. New York: Publisher; Year of Publication. Number of Pages. Note.
Example:
3. Ferrand, J. A treatise on lovesickness. Beecher A, Ciavolella M, translators and editors. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press; 1990. 709 p. Translation of the 1623 edition.
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4. Microform Books
Format:
Entry Number. Last Name and Initial(s) of Author, [followed by Last Names and Initials of Other Authors, if any]. Title of book [type of microtext]. Place of Publication: Microform Publisher; Year of Publication. Number of reels. Type of Film.
Example:
4. Fortney, S. Bedrest in healthy women [microfiche]. Springfield (VA): National Technical Information Service; 1986. 2 microfiches: negative.
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5. Titled Book in Multivolume Work
Format:
Entry Number. Last Name and Initial(s) of Author, [followed by last name and initial(s) of other authors]. Title of volume. Volume Number, Title of multivolume work. Place of Publication: Publisher; Year of Publication.
Example:
5. Howard J, Strauss A. Humanizing health care. Volume 1, Health, medicine, and society. New York: Wiley; 1975.
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6. Titled Book Chapter
Format:
Entry Number. Last Name and Initial(s) of Author, [followed by last names and initials of other authors, if any). Title of book. Place of Publication: Publisher; Year of Publication. Part or chapter title; inclusive pages.
Example:
6. Lamartine de Assis, J. Miastenia grave. Sao Paulo: Sarvier; 1900. Historia da miastenia grave; p 19-20.
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7. Titled Book Chapter not Written by Book Author
Format:
Entry Number. Last Name and Initial(s) of Author of Chapter or Part, [followed by last names and initials of other authors, if any]. Title of chapter or part. In: Last Name and Initial(s) of Author or Editor of Book [followed by last names and initials of other authors or editors, if any]. Title of book. Edition information. Place of Publication: Publisher; Year of Publication. Inclusive Page Numbers.
Example:
7. Hansen, B. New York City epidemics and history for the public. In: Harden VA, Risse GB, editors. Aids and the historian. Bethesda: National Institute of Health; 1991. p 21-8.
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