Life and Health Sciences Harvard Referencing Guidelines: Electronic Book

Electronic Book (eBook)

Ebooks should follow the same referencing format as a print book:

Author Surname, INITIALS. (Year) Title of book. Edition (if not the first). Place of publication: Publisher.

Reference List

Example of the full reference at the end of your assignment - 1st edition:

Bozzetti, F., Staun, M. and Gosum, A. van. eds. (2006) Home parenteral nutrition. Wallingford: Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International.

In-text citation 

Example 1 - where the author's name occurs naturally in the sentence

Bozzetti et al. (2006) believe that home parenteral nutrition is critical for patients.

The book might be published in electronic format only. If you are certain that the material you are referencing is only published in electronic format, the following guidelines should be used.

The required elements for the reference are:

Author Surname, INITIALS. (Year) Title of book. Edition (if not the first). Place of publication: Publisher. Available at: URL  [Accessed date]. Available at: http://www.instituteofhospitality.org [Accessed 5 June 2012].

Reference List

Example of the full reference at the end of your assignment - 2nd or subsequent edition:

McCabe, C. and Timmins, F. (2013) Communication skills for nursing practice. 2nd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Available at: https://www.nursing communication.org [Accessed 26 August 2021].

In-text citation

Example 1 - where the author's name does not occur naturally in the sentence

... (McCabe and Timmins 2013).

 Points to note: 

• Ebooks are referenced as print books, unless they are only available in an electronic format.
• For books published in electronic format only, we use the same format as a print book but we also provide a full url and accessed date.