Place of publication:
For well known locations, use the city name only (e.g. Melbourne, London).
For less well known locations, use the city/suburb name and abbreviated version of the state (e.g. Collingwood, VIC).
Where more than one location is provided, use the first location listed.
Format |
Author AA (Year of publication) 'Title of book.' (Publisher: Place of publication) |
Example |
Romanowski N (2013) 'Living waters: ecology of animals in swamps, rivers, lakes and dams.' (CSIRO publishing: Collingwood, VIC) |
Format |
Author AA, Author BB (Year of publication) 'Title of book.' (Publisher: Place of publication) |
Example |
Ranker TA, Haufler CH (2008) 'Biology and evolution of ferns and lycophytes.' (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge) |
Note: No edition information is required for first editions.
Format |
Author AA, Author BB (Year of publication) 'Title of book.' # edn. (Publisher: Place of publication) |
Example |
Costin AB, Gray M, Totterdell CJ, Wimbush DJ (2000) 'Kosciuszko alpine flora.' 2nd edn. (CSIRO publishing: Melbourne) |
Where there is an editor instead of an author, follow the author rules, but also include the abbreviation ‘Ed.’ or ‘Eds’ in parentheses following the editor names: e.g. Editor AA, Editor BB (Eds).
Note: full stop after "Ed.", but not after "Eds" .
Format |
Editor AA, Editor BB (Eds) (Year of publication) 'Title of book.' (Publisher: Place of publication) |
Example |
Bamert R, Dillon J (Eds) (2007) 'Promoting teamwork in community care.' (Oxford University Press: Oxford) |
Format |
Author AA, Author BB (Year of publication) Title of chapter. In 'Title of book.' (Eds A Editor, B Editor) pp. xxx-xxx. (Publisher: Place of publication) |
Examples |
Shiel RJ (1980) Billabongs of the Murray-Darling system. In 'An ecological basis for water resource management.' (Ed. WD Williams) pp. 376-390. (Australian National University Press: Canberra) Baskin CC, Baskin JM (2003) Classification, biogeography, and phylogenetic relationships of seed dormancy. In 'Seed conservation: turning science into practice.' (Eds R Smith, J Dickie, S Linington, H Pritchard, R Probert) pp. 518-544. (The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: London) Wolanski E, Mazda Y, Ridd P (1992) Mangrove hydrodynamics. In ´Tropical mangrove ecosystems.' (Eds AI Robertson, DM Alongi) pp. 43-62. (American Geophysical Union: Washington DC) |