Referencing

Author of the chapter

Please note that the date of publication of the e-book version may differ from the print publication date. Ensure you use the correct date depending on the version of the book you have read and are citing in your work.

Author/editor (if it is an editor always put (ed.) after the name)

(Year of publication)

Title (this should be in italics)

[E-reader version]

Edition (if not the first edition)

Place of publication (where available)

Publisher

Powrie, W. (2007) Soil mechanics: concepts and applications. [Kindle version] 2nd ed. London, Taylor and Francis.

In-text citation: (Powrie, 2007)

Or

Feynman, R. P. & Davies, P. (2007) The character of physical law. [Sony Reader eBook version]. ePenguin.

In-text citation: (Feynman & Davies, 2007)

Author of the chapter

(Year of publication)

Title of chapter followed by, In:

Editor (always put (ed.) after the name)

Title (this should be in italics)

Series title and number (if part of a series)

Edition (if not the first edition)

Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first named)

Publisher

Page numbers (use ‘p.' before a single page number and ‘pp.' where there are multiple pages)

Partridge, H. & Hallam, G. (2007) Evidence-based practice and information literacy. In: Lipu, S., Williamson, K. & Lloyd, A. (eds.) Exploring methods in information literacy research. Wagga Wagga, Australia, Centre for Information Studies, pp. 149-170.

In-text citation: (Partridge & Hallam, 2007) 

Example of a chapter in an edited book which is not a first edition:

Beecher, H.K. (2016) Ethics and clinical research. In: Kuhse, H., Schuklenk, U. & Singer, P. (eds.) Bioethics: An anthology. (3rd ed.) Malden, MA, USA, Blackwell Publishing, pp. 451-458.

In-text citation: In a theory proposed by Beecher (2016, p. 459)...

Author/Editor (if it is an editor always put (ed.) after the name)

(Year of publication)

Title (this should be in italics)

[Title in original language] (this should be in italics)

Series title and number (if part of a series)

Edition (if not the first edition)

Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first named)

Publisher

García Sánchez, J. J. (2007) Toponymic atlas of Spain. [Atlas toponímico de España]. Madrid, Arco/Libros.

In-text citation: (García Sánchez, 2007)

Author/Editor (if it is an editor always put (ed.) after the name)

(Year of publication)

Title (this should be in italics)

Edition (if not the first edition)

Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first named)

Publisher

Available from: URL

[Date of access]

Simons, N. E., Menzies, B. & Matthews, M. (2001) A Short Course in Soil and Rock Slope Engineering. London, Thomas Telford Publishing. Available from: http://www.myilibrary.com?ID=93941 [Accessed 18th June 2015].

In-text citation: (Simons, Menzies & Matthews, 2001)

Author/Editor (if it is an editor always put (ed.) after the name)

(Year of publication)

Title (this should be in italics)

Series title and number (if part of a series)

Edition (if not the first edition)

Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first named)

Publisher

Simons, N. E., Menzies, B. & Matthews, M. (2001) A Short Course in Soil and Rock Slope Engineering. London, Thomas Telford Publishing.

In-text citation: (Simons, Menzies & Matthews, 2001)

Author/Editor (if it is an editor always put (ed.) after the name)

(Year of publication)

Title (this should be in italics)

Trans. followed by the name of the translator

Series title and number (if part of a series)

Edition (if not the first edition)

Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first named)

Publisher

Aristotle. (1999) Physics. Trans. Graham, D. W. Oxford, Clarendon.

In-text citation: (Aristotle, 1999)

Most online articles will have a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) and you should use this in your reference. The DOI is a permanent identifier provided by publishers so that the article can always be found. If the article has a DOI you will not usually be required to add a date of access.

If there is no DOI then you should use the URL and include date of access. Some lecturers will ask you to reference and online journal article as a print article, so always check your coursework guidance.

To find the DOI, when you read an article online, check the article details as you will usually find it at the start of the article. For more help, contact your librarian.

If you read the article in a full-text database service, such as Factiva or EBSCO, and do not have a DOI or direct URL to the article you should use the database URL.

Author

(Year of publication)

Title of journal article

Title of journal (this should be in italics)

Volume number

Issue number

Page numbers of the article (do not use ‘p'. before the page numbers)

Available from: URL [Date of access] or DOI

Errami, M. & Garner, H. (2008) A tale of two citations. Nature. 451 (7177), 397-399. Available from: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7177/full/451397a.html [Accessed 20th January 2015].

or

Wang, F., Maidment, G., Missenden, J. & Tozer, R. (2007) The novel use of phase change materials in refrigeration plant. Part 1: Experimental investigation. Applied Thermal Engineering. 27 (17-18), 2893-2901. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2005.06.011 

or

Read, B. (2008) Anti-cheating crusader vexes some professors. Chronicle of Higher Education. 54 (25). Available from: http://global.factiva.com/ [Accessed 18th June 2015].