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IEEE standards for citing books in your research.
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If publication originates in the US: Author(s) First name or initials. Surname, or name of organisation, Title of book (in italics) followed by fullstop if no edition statement, or comma if there is an edition statement, ed., Edition (except the first). Place of publication City: Publisher, Year of Publication.
In addition, to the above citation details, provide page numbers if you have quoted specific facts or materials e.g. pp. 28-30. (Differences are highlighted.) |
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Examples Book published in the US |
Note: this example omits Country as the book was published in America. It has page numbers included as the authors of the article that cited this book particularly used pages five to eight and not the rest of the publication.
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| Book originating from a well known City outside the US |
Note: The country is not needed in the place of publication, if the City is well known, for example: Paris, New York, or Rome. |
Sections / chapters of books
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Author(s) First name or initials. Surname, “Title of chapter in the book,” in Title of The Book in italics and title case, Editor(s) First name or initials. Surname, [Ed., or Eds.,] xth ed. [edition] City of Publisher, Country of Pubisher if not published in US: Name of Publisher, Year of publication, ch. x, [chapter number] sec. x, [section number] pp.xxx–xxx [page range] |
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Examples Authored book chapter
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Edited book chapter |
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Chapter of book that is part of a series
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Author(s) First name or initials. Surname, “Title of chapter in the book,” in Title of The Book in italics and title case, vol. xxx, [volume number of series] Title of Book Series in Title Case, Editor(s) First name or initials. Surname, xth ed. [edition] City of Publisher, Country of Publisher if not published in US: Name of Publisher, Year of publication, ch. x, [chapter number] sec. x, [section number] pp.xxx–xxx [page range] |
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Book chapter, where book is part of a series |
This example has a volume number and series title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. |
What is a DOI? A DOI (digital object identifier) is a unique alphanumeric string assigned by a registration agency (the International DOI Foundation) to identify content and provide a persistent link to its location on the internet.
NOTE: It is regarded as the most important part of the citation because it will accurately direct users to the specific article.
Think of it as a "digital fingerprint" or an article's DNA!
Correct:
Incorrect:
(Above information from The APA blog on DOI. This is APA's official blog and their staff provides excellent examples on APA formatting/citations.)
Quick tutorial video put together by APA.
Electronic books with a DOI
This is the preferred method for referencing an online book, but you can only use this method if you have a DOI.
The citation elements are the same as a print version of the book, with doi:xxxxxx added to the end of the citation.
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Author(s) First name or initials. Surname, or name of organisation, Title of book (in italics) followed by fullstop if no edition statement, or comma if there is an edition statement, ed., Edition (except the first). Place of publication City, Place of publication Country unless the City is considered "well known": Publisher, Year of Publication. doi: xxxxxxxxx Note: exclude Country if work orginates in the US, or if the city is considered "well known". |
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Examples E-book with DOI |
Where you have both a URL and a DOI, use the DOI. "The basic guideline for citing online sources is to follow the standard citation for the source given previously and add the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) at the end of the citation, or add the DOI in place of page numbers if the source is not paginated." See p.3 IEEE Citation Guidelines. |
Electronic books with a URL and no DOI
Only use this method for referencing an online book if you have a URL but no DOI.
Note: the elements, formatting and order of elements are different to the other formats for books on this page!
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Author(s) First name or initials. Surname. (date of publication year, month day). Title (in italics). (ed. edition except the first) [Type of medium]. Available: site/path/file |
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Examples E-book with a URL and no DOI |
The style for an ebook with URL does not require publisher details. Only use this style if your ebook does not have a DOI. |
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E-book with a URL from a ebook database |
The above title's full URL is http://www.crcnetbase.com.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/ISBN/9780203499986. In most instances it would be reasonable to shorten the URL to www.whatever.com which will usually be the provider of the e-book. In this case the URL would be http://www.crcnetbase.com. Alternatively, if it is a reasonable length URL remove the "ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au" portion from the URL. |