Basic Format for Referencing Information From a Book Section
Details to be recorded when you reference information from a book section:
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Author. Title of section. In: Editors. Book Title. Edition. City: Publisher; Year.
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Details to be recorded when you reference information from a book section without an author (ebook example):
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Title of section. In: Editors. Book title [type of medium]. Edition. City: Publisher; Year [date of access]. Available from: Database/URL
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See below for further information about what to record in each of these elements of your reference.
Book/eBook - Section or Part of an Edited Book
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Reference List Example |
EndNote X1Using the Vancouver style downloaded from the Library Web Site |
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Section, part or contribution in an edited book - with named author(s) |
Curtis TC. The nervous system. In: Rubin R, Strayer DS. Editors. Rubin's pathology: clinicopathologic foundations of medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007. |
Reference Type: Book Section In the ‘Author’ field enter the author of the section. In the ‘Editor’ field enter details of the editor(s) of the whole book. Use the ‘Title’ field for the title of the section or part. Use the ‘Book Title’ field for the title of the whole book. Add [Internet] if it is an eBook. Add date you accessed the book to the 'Date of Access' field. In the 'Name of Database' field enter the name of the Library database. |
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If there is no author omit the author statement - eBook example |
Normal anatomy of the chest. In: Collins J, Stern EJ, editors. Chest radiology: the essentials [Internet]. 2nd ed. Philadelphia (PA): Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008 [cited 2009 Apr 6]. Available from: Books@Ovid. |
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