Book

Family name, INITIAL(S). Year. Title. Edition (if not first edition). Place of publication: Publisher.

The name of the publisher can usually be located on the front cover or spine of the book. The place of publication is usually the main office of the publisher and can be found on the copyright page near the beginning of the book. 

Examples:

Adams, A.D. 1906. Electric transmission of water power. New York: McGraw.

Finch, E. and Fafinski, S. 2015. Legal skills. 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Book as a volume in a series

If you are referencing a book that is part of a series, you should reference as follows:

Family name, INITIAL(S). Year. Book title. Series title, Volume number. Edition (if not first edition). Place of publication: Publisher.

Example:

Bowlby, J. 1998. Separation. Attachment and loss series, Vol 3. 2nd ed. London: Routledge.

Editor(s)

If you are referencing a book with an editor rather than an author, this should be indicated in the reference.

Family name, INITIAL(S) (of editor). ed(s). Year. Title. Edition (if not first edition). Place of publication: Publisher.

Examples:

Crandell, K.A. ed. 1999. The evolution of HIV. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.

Wexler, P., van der Kolk, J., Mohapatra, A. and Agarwal, R. eds. 2012. Chemicals, environment, health: a global management perspective. Boca Raton, FL: CRC.

For an edited book with chapters written by different authors, see Book chapter (in an edited book).

Author and editor

Family name, INITIAL(S) of author. Year. Title. Edition (if not first edition). Family name, INITIAL(S) of editor. ed(s). Place of publication: Publisher.

Example:

Hobbes, T. 2012. Leviathan. Malcolm, N. ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Translated book

You should reference exactly what you read so, if you read a translation, you should reference the translated version. Include the details of the author(s) or editor(s) of the work and also the details of the translator(s). 

Family name, INITIAL(S) of author. Year. Title. Edition (if not first edition). Translated by INITIAL(S) Family name. Place of publication: Publisher.

Examples:

Kafka, F. 2007. Metamorphosis and other stories. Translated by M. Hoffman. New York: Penguin Books.

García Márquez , G. 1970. One hundred years of solitude. Translated by G. Rabassa. London: Jonathan Cape. 

The in-text citation should only include details of author’s name and year of publication in brackets and NOT the translator’s details.

Example:

(García Márquez, 1970) 

Author, editor and translator

Family name, INITIAL(S) of author(s). Year. Title. Edition (if not first edition). Family name, INITIAL(S) of editor(s). ed(s). Translated by INITIAL(S) Family name. Place of publication: Publisher.

Example:

Freud, S. 1963. Civilization and its discontents. Rev ed. Strachey, J. ed. Translated by J. Riviere. London: Hogarth Press.