CSE Style Guide, for 7th Edition

Introduction

Bibliographic citations for books typically require some or all of the following elements.

1. Author (last name first/middle initials). Separate additional authors with a comma
   
   
2. Publication year (preceded with 'c' if e-book).
   
   
3. Book chapter referenced (if exists, and followed by In:)
   
   
4. Title of the book (capitalizing only the first word of the title and subtitle, as well as any proper nouns) followed [Internet] (if e-book).
   
   
5. Edition of the book.
   
   
6. Place of publication (followed by a colon)
   
   
7. Publisher (followed by semi-colon)
   
   
8. number of pages (followed by p.) (only if physical book)
   
   
9. [cited (year abbreviated month day)] (if e-book)
   
   
10. Available from: URL (if e-book).
    
    
11. DOI number.
    

Basic Layout

Author Lastname, Initials. cYear. Chapter of book. In: Title of Book [Internet]. nth ed. Place of Publication: Publisher; Page numbers. [cited date]. Available from: URL. DOI.

Examples

One Author

Shields, D. 2008. The thing about life is that one day you’ll be dead. New York: Alfred A. Knopf; 225 p.

Samples J. 2006. The origins of modern campaign finance law. In: The fallacy of campaign finance reform. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 375 p.

Two to Four Authors

Levitt SD, Dubner SJ. 2005. Freakonomics: A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything. New York: William Morrow; 320 p.

Editions

Harper-Dorton KV, Herbert M. 2002. Working with children, adolescents, and their families. 3rd ed. Chicago: Lyceum Books; 338 p.

E-book

Griffiths AJF, Miller JH, Suzuki DT, Lewontin RC, Gelbart WM. c2000. Introduction to genetic analysis [Internet]. 7th ed. New York (NY): W. H. Freeman & Co.;  [cited 2005 May 31]. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=iga.