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E-book (online or via e-book reader)

e-book online

Family name, INITIAL(S). Year. Title. [Online]. Edition (if not first edition). Place of publication: Publisher. [Date accessed]. Available from: DOI (or URL if no DOI available)

Example:

Hollensen, S. 2011. Global marketing: a decision oriented approach. [Online]. 5th ed. Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall. [Accessed 4 September 2024]. Available from: https://www.vlebooks.com/Product/Index/1999706 

e-book with editor(s)

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

Family name, INITIAL(S) (of editor(s)). ed(s). Year. Title. [Online]. Edition (if not first edition). Place of publication: Publisher. [Date accessed]. Available from: DOI (or URL if no DOI available) 

Andersson Cederholm, E., Lindqvist, K., de Wit Sandström, I. and Warkander, P. eds. 2024. Creative work: conditions, contexts and practices. Oxford: Taylor & Francis. [Accessed 4 September 2024]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003402688 

e-book reader format, eg Kindle

Family name, INITIAL(S). Year. Title. Edition (if not first edition). [Name of e-book reader]. Place of publication: Publisher.

Example:

Wu, T. 2010. The master switch: the rise and fall of information empires. [Kindle DX e-book]. London: Atlantic Books.

Translated e-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). Year. Title. [Online]. Edition (if not first edition). Translated by INITIAL(S) Family name. Place of publication: Publisher. [Date accessed]. Available from: DOI (or URL if no DOI available) 

Example:

Kafka, F. 2017. The metamorphosis and other stories. [Online]. Translated by C. Moncrieff. Surrey: Alma Classics. [Accessed 03 September 2024]. Available from: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/leeds/detail.action?docID=6069065

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:

(Kafka, 2017)