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Cite Sources

To cite a book, there are a couple of different patterns you can follow, depending on how you've chosen to do your in-text citations:

If your in-text citations follow the superscript numeral system, you can cite books like this:

Author, AA. Title. [Edition if any.] Place of publication (two-letter abbreviation for state or country - see this table for country codes): Publisher; Year.

Henderson, DS. Death and donation: rethinking brain death as a means for procuring transplantable organs. Eugene (OR): Pickwick Publications; 2011.

Askin E, Moore N. The health care handbook: a clear and concise guide to the United States health care system. St. Louis (MO): Washington University in St. Louis; 2012.

Sutton AL, editor. Breast cancer sourcebook. 4th ed. Detroit (MI): Omnigraphics; 2012.

If your in-text citations follow the name-year system, you can cite books like this:

Author, AA. Year. Title. [Edition if any.] Place of publication (two-letter abbreviation for state or country - see this table for country codes): Publisher.

Henderson, DS. 2011. Death and donation: rethinking brain death as a means for procuring transplantable organs. Eugene (OR): Pickwick Publications.

Askin E, Moore N. 2012. The health care handbook: a clear and concise guide to the United States health care system. St. Louis (MO): Washington University in St. Louis.

Sutton AL, editor. 2012. Breast cancer sourcebook. 4th ed. Detroit (MI): Omnigraphics.

To cite an e-book, just include information about where and when you read it. Added elements are underlined in this example:

Becker A. Orthodontic treatment of impacted teeth [Internet]. 3rd ed. Chichester, West Sussex (GB): Wiley-Blackwell; 2012 [cited 2013 July 5]. Available from: http://0-site.ebrary.com.libcat.uafs.edu/lib/uafs/docDetail.action?docID=10538671