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Books, ebooks, chapters and dictionary entries

Entire books and ebooks

General format for reference list

  1. Author AA, Author BB. Title of Book: Subtitle. Edition if higher than the first. Publisher; Year. Accessed Month DD, YYYY. URL
  1. Editor AA, Editor BB, eds. Title of Book: Subtitle. Edition if higher than the first. Publisher; Year. Accessed Month DD, YYYY. URL

Examples

  1. Standring S, ed. Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. 40th ed. Churchill Livingstone; 2008.
  2. Wilkinson, D, Savulescu, J. Ethics, Conflict and Medical Treatment for Children. Elsevier; 2018. Accessed July 20, 2021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537987
  3. Straus SE, Glasziou P, Pattani R, Veroniki AA. Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. 5th ed. Elsevier; 2019. Accessed February 25, 2021. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bond/detail.action?docID=5434815

EndNote fields for manual entry

  • If a .RIS or. NBIB file is not available to download, create the EndNote reference manually.
  • Use the ‘Book’, ‘Electronic Book’ or ‘Edited Book’ reference types.
  • Use the table to see which EndNote fields to use for each part of the reference.
Reference element   EndNote field
Author or editor   Author or editor
Title of book: subtitle   Title
Edition of higher than the first   Edition
Publisher   Publisher
Year of publication   Year
Accessed date - Month DD, YYYY (if DOI is not available)   Date accessed (use the Electronic Article type)
URL (if DOI is not available)   URL (use the Electronic Article type)

Chapter within a book

General format for reference list

  1. Author AA, Author BB. Title of the chapter. In: Editor AA, Editor BB, eds. Title of Book: Subtitle. Edition if higher than the first. Publisher; Year:Chapter number or pages if available. Accessed Month DD, YYYY. URL

Examples

  1. Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, eds. The Genetic Basis of Human Cancer. McGraw-Hill; 2002:93-113.
  2. Naldi, L. The field and its boundaries. In: Williams HC, Bigby, M, Herxheimer, A, et al, eds. Evidence-Based Dermatology. 3rd ed. Wiley Blackwell; 2014:chap 1. Accessed December 20, 2021. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bond/reader.action?docID=1708797
  3. Landefeld K, Bart RM, Lau H, Cooper JS. Surfer's ear. In StatPearls. NCBI Bookshelf version. StatPearls Publishing; 2023. Accessed June 11, 2023. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534874/

Style notes

  • For the chapter title, capitalise the first word of the title, any proper nouns and acronyms.
  • If page numbers for an ebook are not present, include the chapter number instead, if available.

EndNote fields for manual entry

  • If a .RIS or. NBIB file is not available to download, create the EndNote reference manually.
  • Use the ‘Book Section’, or ‘Electronic Book Section’ reference types.
  • Use the table to see which EndNote fields to use for each part of the reference.
Reference element   EndNote field
Chapter author   Author
Title of chapter   Title
Book editor/s   Editor
Book title and subtitle   Book title
Edition, if higher than the first   Edition
Publisher   Publisher
Year of publication   Year
Page numbers (or chapter number if available)   Pages (or chapter)
Accessed date - Month DD, YYYY (if DOI is not available)   Date accessed (use the Electronic Article type)
URL (if DOI is not available)   URL (use the Electronic Article type)

Dictionary entry

Reference a dictionary entry as a chapter within a book, e.g.:

  1. Biliary calculus. In: O'Toole MT, ed. Mosby's Medical Dictionary. 9th ed. Elsevier Mosby; 2013:203.
  2. Norovirus. In: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2011:1291.

EndNote fields for manual entry

  • If a .RIS or. NBIB file is not available to download, create the EndNote reference manually.
  • Use the ‘Book Section’, or ‘Electronic Book Section’ reference types. See the table above for manual entry into EndNote.