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Books

  Format Example
Print books

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of book. # ed (edition). Location of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Total number of pages # p.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 2, section A

1. Carlson BM. Human embryology and developmental biology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier/Mosby; 2009. 541 p.

 

 

eBooks

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of book [Internet]. # ed (edition). Location of publication: Publisher; Year of publication [cited YYYY MMM DD]. Total number of pages, chapters, or other unit of extent if available. Available from: URL

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 22, section A

1. Lebowitz ER. Addressing parental accommodation when treating anxiety in children [Internet]. New York (NY): Oxford University Press; 2019 [cited 2020 Oct 1]. 13 chapters. Available from: https://academic.oup.com/book/28733
Books with organization as author

#. Organization Name. Title of book. # ed (edition). Location of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Total number of pages # p.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 2, section A, 11

 1. American Cancer Society. American Cancer Society's guide to pain control: understanding and managing cancer pain. Rev. ed. Atlanta (GA): American Cancer Society; 2004. 241 p.
Books with editor(s)

#. Editor AA, Editor BB, editors. Title of book. # ed (edition). Location of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. Total number of pages # p.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 2, section A, 9

 1. Hester DM, Schonfeld T, editors. Guidance for healthcare ethics committees. 2nd ed. New York (NY): Cambridge University Press; 2022. 196 p.  
  
 
Books with editor(s) and an author

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of book. # ed (edition). Editor AA, editor(s). Location of publication: Publisher; Year of publication.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 2, section A, 10

 1. Huppert LA. Pathophysiology and clinical pearls for internal medicine. Dyster TG, editor. New York: McGraw Hill Medical; 2021. 
Books with volumes

If the titles of volumes are the same:

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of book. # ed (edition). Vol. #, Location of publication: Publisher's Name; Year of publication. Total number of pages # p.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 2, section B, 1

If the titles of the volume are  different: 

#. Editor of volume AA, Editor of volume BB, editors. Title of volume. Location of publication: Publisher of volume; Year of publication. Total number of pages # p. (Title of Volume Set; vol. #).  

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 2, section C, 1

1. Flynn JM, Weinstein S. Lovell and Winter's pediatric orthopaedics. 8th edition. Vol 2, Philadelphia (PA): Wolters Kluwer; 2021. 41 p. 
  
2. Brukner P, Khan K. The medicine of exercise. Sydney (Australia): McGraw Hill Australia; 2019. 656 p. (Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine, vol. 2).

 

Note: 

  • If no person, organization, editor, or translators can be attributed to a book, begin the reference with the title.
  • Do not include the preceding "The" in an organization's name. e.g., The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, should appear as Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.

General Rules

  • How to format in-text citations in your document.
  • Author/editor names: Last name + First name initial + Middle name initial (if available). e.g., Armand Peter Smith = Smith AP.
  • The names of all authors and editors should be given. See Reference List General Rules for the use of "et al."
  • No authors, organization, or editors listed? Contact library@saskhealthauthority.ca to ask a librarian.
  • Titles: Capitalize only the first word of a title, proper nouns, proper adjectives, acronyms, and initialises. Do not use quotation marks or italics for titles.
  • Subtitles: Use the colon (i.e., : ) to separate the title from the subtitle. e.g., Rural healthcare: a definitive guide.
  • Dates: Whenever possible use the date format [YYYY Mon DD].
  • Proper nouns: Always capitalize the first initial of country/city, person, clinical tool, organization, and/or association names.