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TUS: Cite them right: Harvard Guide

Basic format for citing a Book

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.

Books

Material Type  

In-text Citation  

Reference

See Cite Them Right; 12th Edn G1.1 p. 43

Book citation order:

(Author, Date)

Citation Order

Author (If editor; use abbreviation ed after name) 
Year of publication (in round brackets)
Title (in italics)
Edition (edition number if not the first edn.)
Place of publishing: Publisher
Series and volume number (in brackets) (where relevant)

Book: One Author

 

 

(Buckroyd, 1996, p.35) or ...According to Buckroyd (1996, p.35)

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.

Book: with two or three authors

(Bretag, Crossman and Bordia, 2010, p. 407)

Bretag, T., Crossman, J. and Bordia, S. (2010) Communication skills. Sydney: McGraw-Hill.

Note:Cite authors in the order given in the source 

Book: Four authors or more (Doherty et al., 2020)

Doherty et al (2022) The psychology of being. NewYork: Penguin

Or, if your institution requires referencing of all named authors:

Doherty, J., Simons, R., Molley, A. and Maher, E. (2022) The psychology of being. NewYork: Penguin

Book:No Author

 

(Black’s Medical Dictionary, 1992) or It is stated in Black's Medical Dictionary (1992)

Note: Cite the title as the author 

Black’s Medical Dictionary (1992) 37th edn. London: A&C Black.

Book Series (Dooley, 2020)

Dooley, R. (2020). Academic writing in science. 3rd ed.
London: Elsevier (Elsevier academic writing skills, 2).