Books & e-books

Connect through to format examples which provide a review of each component that needs to be included in a reference.

Then move to the FURTHER EXAMPLES table with many examples of book and e-book format types 

Basic format to reference an electronic book

[#]    Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), Title of the E-book, xth ed. City of Publisher, (U.S. State or Country if the City is not ‘well known’): Publisher, Year of Publication, pp. xxx–xxx. Accessed: Abbreviated Month Day, Year.​ [Online]. Available: site/path/file (database or URL)

Referencing elements to cite:

• [#] Reference number (matching the in-text citation number)
• Author’s first initial. Author’s second initial, if provided. Author’s last name
• Title: Subtitle of the Book in italics. Important words of the title are capitalised, but not minor ones, such as ‘and’, ‘of’, ‘on’, etc.
• If the book is a second or subsequent edition, include the edition statement, e.g.  5th ed.
• Place of publication. Refer to Place of publication for information on the correct format of locations
• Publisher
• Year of publication
  • If the publication date of the work cannot be determined, provide the abbreviation n.d. in the place of the year in the publication details eg. [1690?] or n.d.
• Page number(s) if applicable. Refer to the Page numbers box on this guide for further information
• Accessed: Month, Day, Year. Refer to the Abbreviated month section for further information.
• [Online]
• Available: site/path/file location of an electronic book, which can be a library database provider or a full URL. 
  • If available, it is preferable to provide a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) of an e-book. Refer to DOI in IEEE for further information.
  • If a DOI of the e-book is not available, provide the Victoria University database provider. 
  • For electronic resources found on the Internet include the full URL

Examples:

[6]     W. E. Kelly, B. Luke, and R. N. Wright, Engineering for Sustainable Communities: Principles and Practices. Reston: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2017. Accessed: Apr. 2, 2018. [Online]. doi: 10.1061/9780784414811

[7]     H. Schmidt-Walter and R. Kories, Electrical Engineering. A Pocket Reference. Boston: Artech House, 2007. Accessed: Oct. 16, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com

[8]     H. H. Gaynor, Leading and Managing Engineering and Technology, Book 2: Developing Managers and Leaders. IEEE-USA, 2011. Accessed: Oct. 15, 2016. [Online]. Available: http://www.ieeeusa.org/communications/ebooks/files/sep14/n2n802/Leading-and-Managing-Engineering-and-Technology-Book-2.pdf

Chapter in an authored electronic book

[#]     Chapter Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), "Title of chapter in the book," in Title of the Published Book. City of Publisher, (U.S. State or Country if the City is not ‘well known’): Publisher, Year of Publication, ch.x [chapter number], or sec. x [section number], pp. xxx–xxx [page range]. Accessed: Month, Day, Year. [Online]. Available: site/path/file (database or URL)

Example:

[9]     G. H. Gaynor, "Dealing with the manager leader dichotomy," in Leading and Managing Engineering and Technology, Book 2, Developing Leaders and Mangers. IEEE-USA, 2011, pp. 27–28. Accessed: Jan. 23, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://www.ieeeusa.org/communications/ebooks/files/sep14/n2n802/Leading-and-Managing-Engineering-and-Technology-Book-2.pdf

Chapter in an edited electronic book

[#]     Chapter Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), "Title of chapter in the book," in Title of the Published Book, xth ed., vol. x. Editor(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), Ed. or Eds. City of Publisher, (U.S. State or Country if the City is not ‘well known’): Publisher, Year of Publication, ch. x [chapter number], or sec. x [section number], pp. xxx–xxx [page range]. Accessed: Month, Day, Year. [Online]. Available: site/path/file (database or URL)

Example:

[10]     M. Cvijetic, "Optical transport system engineering," in Wiley Encyclopedia of Telecommunications, vol. 4. J. G. Proakis, Ed. New York: John  Wiley & Sons, 2003, pp. 1840–1849. Accessed: Feb. 5, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://ebscohost.com

Basic format to reference a print book

[#]     Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), Title of the Book, xth ed. City of Publisher, (U.S. State or Country if the City is not ‘well known’): Publisher, Year of Publication, pp. xxx–xxx.

Referencing elements to cite:

• [#] Reference number (matching the in-text citation number)
• Author’s first initial. Author’s second initial, if provided. Author’s last name
• Add Ed. or Eds. after author(s) surname(s) if author(s) are also editor(s) of the book, for example, C. Baird and C. Ludlow, Eds., Design of ...
• Title: Subtitle of the Book in italics. Important words of the title are capitalised, but not minor ones, such as ‘and’, ‘of’, ‘on’, etc.
• If the book is a second or subsequent edition, include the edition statement, e.g.  5th ed.
• Place of publication. Refer to Place of publication for information on the correct format of locations
• Publisher
• Year of publication. 
  • If the publication date of the work cannot be determined, provide the abbreviation n.d. in the place of the year in the publication details eg. n.d.or [1690?]
• Page number(s) if appropriate. Page numbers are cited as p. for a single page or pp. for multiple pages. Refer to Page numbers section for more information on how to provide page number(s) for in-text citations.

Examples:

[1]     R. Merchant and S. Saxena, Engineering. Chicago, IL: Britannica Educational Publishing, 2016.

[2]     R. E. Ziemer and W. H. Tranter, Principles of Communications: Systems, Modulation, and Noise, 7th ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2015, pp. 13–17.

Chapter in an authored print book

If you wish to reference only a single chapter of a book when the author(s) of the chapter are the same as the author(s) of the book:

[#]     Chapter Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), "Title of chapter in the book," in Title of the Published Book, xth ed. City of Publisher, (U.S. State or Country if the City is not ‘well known’): Publisher, Year of Publication, ch. x [chapter number], or sec. x [section number], pp. xxx–xxx [page range].

Example:

  [3]   N. B. Vargafik, J. A. Wiebelt, and J. F. Malloy, "Radiative transfer," in Convective Heat, 2nd ed. Melbourne: Engineering Education Australia, 2011, ch. 9, pp. 379–398.

If you want to further refer to and cite another chapter of the same book, provide the details of an entire book only once in the reference list, but provide specific pages in the text of the paper along with in-text citations, for example: ‘in [2, p. 379]…’, ‘furthermore, as seen in [2, pp.395–396]’, etc.

Chapter in an edited print book

In an edited book, chapters are contributed by various authors, chosen and guided by an editor who is the authority in the relevant field, and needs to be acknowledged. When citing a chapter or similar part of an edited book, include the chapter author(s), the chapter title in quotation words, and editor(s) name(s).

[#]     Chapter Author(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), "Title of chapter in the book," in Title of the Published Book, xth ed., vol. x. Editor(s) Initial(s). Surname(s), Ed. or Eds. City of Publisher, (U.S. State or Country if the City is not ‘well known’): Publisher, Year of Publication, ch. x [chapter number], or sec. x [section number], pp. xxx–xxx [page range].

Examples:

 [4]   H. C. Hottel and R. Siegel, "Film condensation," in Handbook of Heat Transfer, 2nd ed. W. C. McAdams, Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011, ch. 9, pp. 78–99.

 [5]   W. M. Rohsenow, "Heat transmission," in Thermal Radiation Properties, vol. 3. M. W. Catton and J. P. Hartnett, Eds. New York: Macmillan, 2012, ch. 9, pp. 37–62.