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Author Last Name, Author initials. (Year). Book title in italics: Capitalize first word in title and subtitle. Publisher.
Bauldoff, G., Gubrud-Howe, P. M., Carno, M., & LeMone, P. (2020). LeMone & Burke's medical-surgical nursing: Clinical reasoning in patient care. Pearson Education.
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(Author Last Name, Year, p. #).
Most eBooks area available through a variety of databases, so it's not necessary to name the database where you found the eBook.
Include information about the database only if it's necessary for readers to retrieve the eBook from the exact database, or if the work has a limited circulation.
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Author Last Name, Author initials. (Year). Title of book in italics. Publisher.
Balgopal, P. R. (2000). Social work practice with immigrants and refugees. Columbia University Press.
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(Author Last Name, Year, p. #).
Include an originally published date only if the book has been previously published.
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Author Last Name, Author initials. (Year). Book title in italics: Capitalize first word in title and subtitle. Publisher name. Hyperlinked URL (Originally published date, if applicable)
Doyle, A.C. (2015). Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Harper & Brothers. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1661 (Originally published in 1892)
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(Author Last Name, Year, p. #).
Include edition information for books that are editions other than the first. For first editions, no edition information is necessary.
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Author Last Name, Author initials. (Year). Title of book in italics: Capitalize first word in title and subtitle (Edition ordinal number ed.). Publisher name.
Ferguson, C. R., & Kirkpatrick, A. (2016). Internal combustion engines: Applied thermosciences (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons.
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(Author Last Name, Year, p. #).
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Author Last Name, Author initials. (Ed.). (Year). Book title in italics: Capitalize first word in title and subtitle. Publisher.
Hay, M.C. (Ed.). (2016). Methods that matter: Integrating mixed methods for more effective social science research. The University of Chicago Press.
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(Author Last Name, Year, p. #).
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Author (of the chapter) Last Name, Author initials. (Year). Title of the chapter. In book editor(s) initials, Last Name (Ed(s).), Book title in italics: Capitalize first word in title and subtitle (range of pages in the chapter). Publisher.
Penne, K. L. (2014). Diagnosis of cancer. In G. W. Davidson, J. L. Lester, & M. Routt (Eds.), Surgical oncology nursing (pp. 13-24). Oncology Nursing Society.
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(Author Last Name, Year, p. #).
Works that have been published elsewhere before being published in the anthology must include the original year of publication. This information can usually be found on the first or last page of the work in the anthology.
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Author(s) (of the work) Last Name, Author initials. (Year). Title of the work. In book editor(s) initials, Last Name (Ed(s).), Book title in italics: Capitalize first word in title and subtitle (page range of chapter). Publisher. (Original work published year)
Brown, M. W. (1998). Goodnight moon. In J. Schulman (Ed.), The 20th century children's book treasury (pp. 34-41). Alfred A. Knopf. (Original work published 1947)
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Note: When online reference works are continuously updated and no archived version is provided, enter “n.d.” for the year and provide a retrieval date.
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Institution or organization name. (Year). Title of entry. In Title of reference work: Subtitle. Retrieved from Month Day, Year, from hyperlinked URL
Encyclopedia.com. (n.d.). Human trafficking. In Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved April 30, 2020, from https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/human-trafficking
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(Institution or organization name, Year, para. #).
When online reference works are continuously updated and no archived version is provided, enter “n.d.” for the year and provide a retrieval date.
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Last Name, F. M. (n.d.). Title of entry. In F. M. Last Name (ed.), Title of reference work (edition). Publisher. Retrieved from Month Day, Year, from hyperlinked URL
Wooditch, A. C., & Steverson, L.A. (n.d.). Human trafficking. In Encyclopedia britannica. Retrieved April 30, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/human-trafficking
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(Author Last Name, Year, para. #).
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Last Name, F. M. (Year). Title of entry. In F. M. Last Name (ed.), Title of reference work (edition, page numbers). Publisher.
Rippe, J. M. (2012). Atherosclerosis. In J. M. Rippe (Ed.), Encyclopedia of lifestyle medicine & health (Vol. 1, pp. 87-89). SAGE Publications, Inc.
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(Author Last Name, Year, p. #).
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Last Name, F. M. (Year). Title of entry. In F. M. Last Name (Ed(s).), Title of reference work (edition, page numbers). Publisher.
Bowman, J. P. (2005). Methylococcales. In D. J. Brenner, N. R. Krieg, J. R. Staley, and G. Garrity (Eds.), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology: Volume 2: The proteobacteria, part B: The gammaproteobacteria (pp. 248-252). Springer.
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Include the publication date for the original work at the end of the reference. In-text citations should include both publication dates.
For translated works, include the initials and last name of the translator, followed by the abbreviation Trans. in parentheses following the book title.
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Original Author Last Name, Initials. (Publication year for the translation). Title of book in italics: Capitalize first word in title and subtitle (Translator initials. Translator Last Name, Trans.). Publisher name. (Original work published Year)
Freud, S. (1967). Group psychology and the analysis of the ego (J. Strachey, Trans.). Liveright Publishing Corporation. (Original work published 1921)
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(Original Author Last Name, Translation Year/Original Publication Year, p. #).
Include the publication date for the original work at the end of the reference, if different than the audiobook publication date. In-text citations should include both publication dates.
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Original Author Last Name, Initials. (Publication year for the audiobook). Title of book in italics: Capitalize first word in title and subtitle (Narrator initials. Narrator Last Name, Narr.). [Audiobook]. Publisher name. (Original work published Year, if different than the text version of the book)
Fitzgerald, F. S. (n.d.). The great Gatsby (M. Shannon, Narr.). [Audiobook]. The Copyright Group. (Original work published 1925)
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(Original Author Last Name, Translation Year/Original Publication Year, p. #).
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