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Book

Author, A. A. (year). Title of book. Location: Publisher.

Notes

When the author and publisher are the same, you may use Author in place of a publisher name.

For books that have a volume or edition, place that information in parentheses after the title, putting the period outside of the parentheses: (Rev. ed.). or (Vol. 10).

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Author, A. A. (year). Title of book. Location: Publisher.

Pohlman, R. A., & Gardiner, G. S. (2000). Value driven management: How to create and maximize value over time for organizational success. New York, NY: AMACOM.

Electronic Only Book

Author, A. (year). Title of book. Retrieved from http://xxxxx

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Author, A. (year). Title of book. Retrieved from http://xxxxx

Mackay, C. (n.d.). Jacob’s ladder.  Retrieved from http://www.onlineoriginals.com/showitem.asp?itemID=304

Entry in a Reference Book – No Author, No Editor

Entry title. (Date). Title of reference work. Retrieved from http://xxxxx

Notes

If no date can be determined, use n.d. for “no date.”

If edition numbers are not used, include a retrieval date since the definition could be updated.

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Entry title. (Date). Title of reference work. Retrieved from http://xxxxx

Existentialism.(n.d.). Merriam-Webster dictionary. Retrieved June 19, 2012, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/existentialism

Entry in a Reference Work

Author, A. (Year). Entry title. In A. Editor (Ed.), Title of reference work (ed.). Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/xxxxx

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Use a URL if a DOI is unavailable.

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Author, A. (Year). Entry title. In A. Editor (Ed.), Title of reference work (ed.). Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/xxxxx

Azar,D. T. (2008). Refractive surgery. In D. Pavan-Langston (Ed.), Manual of ocular diagnosis and therapy (6th ed.). Retrieved from http://www.lww.com

Reference Work

Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Title of book (nth ed.). http://xxxxx

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Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Title of book (nth ed.). http://xxxxx

Wilson,D., & Hackenberry, M.  J. (2011). Wong’s clinical manual (8th ed.). http://dx.doi.org/10.24511/mosby/3949955691

Chapter in an Edited Book

Author, A. (Year). Title of chapter. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xx-xxx). http://dx.doi.org/xxxxx

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Author, A. (Year). Title of chapter. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xx-xxx). http://dx.doi.org/xxxxx

Borzi, A. (2014). Chapter 2: Optimality conditions. In V. Schulz (Ed.), Computational optimization of systems governed by partial differential equations (pp. 3-26). http://dx.doi.org/10.1137/1.9781611972054.ch2

Electronic Version of a Republished Book

Author, A. (Year). Title of the book. Retrieved from http://xxxxx (Original work published in year)

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Author, A. (Year). Title of the book. Retrieved from http://xxxxx (Original work published in year)

Blount,T. (2008). Tenures of land and customs of manors. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books (Original work published in 1679 as Fragmenta antiquitatus)

Jung, C. G. (1961). The fantasies of the unconscious. In Collected works of C. G. Jung (Bolligen Series XX, pp. 98-112). Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books (Original work published in 1912)

E-Book from an Online Library

Author, A. (Year). Title of the book. Retrieved from URL for the online library’s homepage.

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Author, A. (Year). Title of the book. Retrieved from URL for the online library’s homepage.

Ferdig,R. E. (2009). Handbook of research on effective gaming in education (Rev. ed.). Retrieved from http://www.netlibrary.com

E-book

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of book [E-reader version, if applicable]. Retrieved from http://xxxxxx

Notes

Provide information about the version in brackets.

When a book is a retrieved online, the location and publisher are not included in the citation. Use the URL for the publisher.

Do not include a period after the URL in the retrieval statement as it may be interpreted as part of the URL.

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Author, A. A. (Year). Title of book [E-reader version, if applicable]. Retrieved from http://xxxxxx

Rosellini, G., & Worden, M. (2010). Of course you’re angry:  A guide to dealing with the emotions of substance abuse (Rev. ed.) [Kindle DX version]. Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com