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Books

  Format Example
eBooks

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of book [Internet]. Edition. Place ofpublication: Publisher's name; Year of publication [cited YYYY MON DD]. Total number of pages, chapters, or other unit of extent if available. Available from: http://Website URL

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 22, section A

5. 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: http://www.oxfordclinicalpsych.com/view/10.1093/med-psych/9780190869984.001.0001/med-9780190869984

6. World Health Organization. Pocket book of hospital care for children: guidelines for the management of common childhood illnesses [Internet]. 2nd ed. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2013 [cited 2022 Aug 17]. 414 p. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK154447/
Print books

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of book. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher's name; Year of publication. Total number of pages.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 2, section A

 1. Carlson BM. Human embryology and developmental biology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2009. 541 p.
Books with organization as author

#. Organization, Author BB. Title of book. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher's name; Year of publication. Total number of pages.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 2, section A, 11

 2. 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 editors

#. Editor AA, Editor BB, editors. Title of book. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher's name; Year of publication. Total number of pages.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 2, section A, 9

 3. Hester DM, Schonfeld T, editors. Guidance for healthcare ethics committees. 2nd edition. New York (NY): Cambridge University Press; 2021. 196 p.  
  
 
Books with volumes

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of book. Edition. Vol. #, Place of publication: Publisher's name; Year of publication. Total number of pages.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 2, section B, 1

 4. Weinstein, Flynn, Crawford, Weinstein, Stuart L., Flynn, John M., Crawford, Haemish A. Lovell and Winter's pediatric orthopaedics. Vol 2, Philadelphia (PA): Wolters Kluwer; 2021. 41 p. 
  
 
Books with volumes with separate title and authors/editors

#. Editor of volume AA, Editor of volume BB, editors. Title of volume. Place of publication: Publisher of volume; YYYY [year  of publication of volume]. Total number of pages p. (Editor of volume set, editor. Title of Volume Set; vol. #).  

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 2, section B, 2

 1. Urban P, Robert S, editors. Medicine : assessments and review. New York: McGraw Hill; 2018. 128 p. (Brown J, editor. Foundations of 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 initialisms. 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.