Author(s) family name, initial(s) Year of publication, Title, Publisher, Place of publication.
For books with multiple authors, edited books, and chapters in books see Examples below.
Material Type |
In Text Citation |
Reference |
Book General Template |
(Author, Date, Page) |
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Book: One Author |
(Buckroyd, 1996, p.35) or ...According to Buckroyd (1996, p.35) NB: use Surname only |
Surname, Initial. (Year) Title in italics (minimum capitalization). Edition if not first. City of publishing: Name of publisher.
Buckroyd, J. (1996) Eating your heart out: understanding and overcoming eating disorders. 2nd edn. London: Vermilion. NB: Minimal capitalization for Book titles: Only capitalize the first letter of the first title word and any names or place-names in title. NB.2: Book Titles in Italics |
Book: Two Authors |
(Beardsworth and Keil, 1997, p. 107) or Beardsworth and Keil (1997, p. 107) state..
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Beardsworth, I. and Keil, T. (1997) Sociology on the menu: an invitation to the study of food and society. London: Routledge.
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Book: Three Authors or more |
Can use first author’s surname and “et al” or list all three authors (Bretag, Crossman and Bordia, 2010, p. 407). or (Bretag et al., 2010, p. 407)
Another example: Bretag et al. (2010, p. 407) explain the concept of voice in writing. |
Note: List all authors in the reference list
Bretag, T., Crossman, J. and Bordia, S. (2010) Communication skills. Sydney: McGraw-Hill. *retain order of authors given in the source
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Edited book / 4 editors |
(Cohen et al., 2000, p. 69) NB: Use first author’s surname and “et al” |
Note: List all authors in the reference list Cohen, L., Sheedy, L., Morrison, K. and Doherty, K. eds.(2000) Research techniques. London: Routledge.
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Book:No Author |
(Black’s Medical Dictionary, 1992) or It is stated in Black's Medical Dictionary (1992) Cite the title as the author |
Black’s Medical Dictionary (1992) 37th edn. London: A&C Black. |
One Author illustrating the same point - in works published in different years |
Lucey (1996;2002) or Lucey stated that ... (1996; 2002) or (Lucey, 1996;2002) |
Lucey, T (1996) Quantitative techniques. 5th edn. London: Thompson learning. Lucey, T. (2002) Costing. 6th edn. London: Continuum. NB.: List each title separately – arrange by year of publication (earliest first)– Giving full details of each title
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Contribution (article or chapter) in edited book . Template |
(Author of chapter /section, date) |
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Contribution (article or chapter) in edited book: Example |
(MacDonald, 1997, p. 58) Cite the author of article or chapter in the text Not the Editors of the Book |
MacDonald, G. (1997) Innovation diffusion and health education in schools. In: Sidell, M., Jones, L., Katz, J. and Peberdy, A. eds. Debates and dilemmas in promoting health. 2nd edn. London: Open University, pp. 55-88. Note: When referring to a work with editor/s, it is normally the case that each chapter/contribution is attributed to individual author/s. Therefore, it is the author of the chapter that you will be citing in-text. However, in the full reference, you will need to refer to the editor/s as well as the chapter author/s. In the rare event that you may want to cite the whole of an edited book, you would simply reference it as a normal book but would replace author with editor in the in-text citation and put ed.or eds. after the editor/s name/s in the full reference.
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Book quoted in another book: Example |
(Smith, 1990, cited in Buckroyd 1996, p. 543) or Buckroyd (1996, p. 543) citing Smiths view on social conditioning (1990) supports the theory that.. |
Buckroyd, J. (1996) Eating your heart out: understanding and overcoming eating disorders. 2nd edn. London: Vermilion.
*If you read a piece of work which refers to another piece of writing, only use the work you have read in your Reference Listing
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Translation | (Wolf, 1989) | Wolf, C. (1989) Accident: a day’s news. translated by Schwarzbauer, H. and Takvorian, R. London: Virago. |
Foreword or introduction in a book, written by someone other than the author. | (Amis, 1958) | Amis, K. (1958) Foreword. In: Ulanov, B. A handbook of jazz. London: Hutchinson |
Book Series | (Dooley, 2020) |
Author’s surname, Initial/s. (Year of publication). Title of book: Example |