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Basic format to reference a book · Author or authors. The surname is followed by first initials. · Year. · Title (in italics). · Edition. · Publisher ... Skiptomaincontent VUHome LibraryGuides LibraryGuides LibraryLibraryGuidesHarvardReferencingBooks&e-books SearchthisGuide Search HarvardReferencing:Books&e-books HomeGettingstartedwithHarvardreferencingReferenceformats&examplesToggleDropdownBooks&e-booksJournalarticlesNewspapersInternet/websitesLecturenotesThesesLegislation/CasesConferenceproceedingsPersonalcommunicationsMulti-mediamaterialsCompanyinformationPatents&standardsEncyclopedia&DictionaryEntriesImage/Photo/Table/ArtworkDataCaseStudiesSampleIn-TextReferencesSampleReferenceListQuiz Onthispage HarvardReferencing:booksande-books(video) Basicformattoreferenceabook Referencingabook:Examples VideoTranscript Relatedlinkswithinthisguide Thein-textreference Thebasicsofusingin-textreferences inHarvard. TheReferenceList TheformatforaReferenceListinHarvard. HowtousequotesinHarvard Howtoincludeshortandlongquotesinyourwork. SecondarySources What todoifyouwanttoreferenceaquotethatsomeoneelsehasreferenced? UsefulLibraryresources HarvardReferencing:booksande-books HarvardReferencing:booksande-booksfromVictoriaUniversityLibraryonVimeo. Basicformattoreferenceabook ThebasicsofaReferenceListentryforabook: Authororauthors.Thesurnameisfollowedbyfirstinitials. Year. Title(initalics). Edition. Publisher. PlaceofPublication. Example: Hasler,E2018, Thebuiltenvironment, LiverpoolUniversityPress,Liverpool.                         Forbookswithmultipleauthors,editedbooks,e-booksandchaptersinbooksseeexamplesbelow. Donotaddeditionnumberforthefirsteditionofabook. Referencingabook:Examples MaterialType In-textexample ReferenceListExamples DirectQuote Book:SingleAuthor IndirectQuote   ‘Ihaveenclosedalakeinlips,lappeditwithcrystaltongues’(Hasler2018,p.39). OR Inherprose,EmilyHaslertalksaboutenclosingalakeinlips(2018,p.39). Paraphrasing oftenusespagenumberstolocatethesource. Hasler,E2018, Thebuiltenvironment,LiverpoolUniversityPress,Liverpool. Book:2or3Authors AccordingtoPuccio,CabraandSchwagler(2018) OR ...thisisevident(Puccio,Cabra&Schwagler2018) Puccio,GJ,Cabra,JF&Schwagler,N2018, Organizationalcreativity:apracticalguideforinnovators&entrepreneurs,Sage,ThousandOaks,CA.   Book:MoreThan3Authors Crauderetal.(2018)havefound... OR Mathematicaltoolsareimportant(Crauderetal.2018) Showonlythenameofthefirstauthororbody,followedbyetal. Crauder,B,Evans,B,Johnson,J&Noell,A2018, Quantitativeliteracy:thinkingbetweenthelines, W.H.Freeman,NewYork,NY.   Providethenamesofallauthorsinthereferencelist. Book:NoAuthor AccordingtotheStylemanualforauthors,editorsandprinters(2002,p.197)... Whenthereisnoauthor,thetitleisusedasthefirstelementinthereference(Stylemanualforauthors,editorsandprinters2002,p.197). Stylemanualforauthors,editorsandprinters2002,6thedn,AGPS,Canberra,ACT. Ifnoauthororeditor,thetitleisusedasthefirstelementofthereference. Editionnumberisplacedafterthetitle(notnecessaryforfirstedition). Book:Editor (ed.Smith2018) OR editedbySmith(2018) Smith,KL(ed.)2018, Sociologyofglobalization:cultures,economies,andpolitics,Routledge,Boulder,CO. Whenmorethanoneeditor,use(eds.). ChapterorpartofaBooktowhichanumberofauthorshavecontributed     Wang(2018,p.137)statesthat‘SpecialeconomiczonesweretheearliesttobeestablishedinChina’. OR ‘SpecialeconomiczonesweretheearliesttobeestablishedinChina’(Wang2018,p.137). Inthein-textreference,nametheauthorofthechapter. Wang,S2018,‘Fromspecialeconomiczonestospecialtechnologicalzones’,inC Hsieh &MLu (eds),ChangingChina:ageographicappraisal,Taylor&Francis,Boulder,CO,pp.137-155. Book:Translator&Author (Jablonka2018) Jablonka,I2018, Historyisacontemporaryliterature:manifestoforthesocialsciences,trans.NBracher,CornellUniversityPress,Ithaca,NY. Book:OrganisationasAuthor (BritannicaEducationalPublishing 2018) Abbreviationscanbeusedforlongorganisationalnamesbutbeconsistent. BritannicaEducationalPublishing 2018, Statisticsandprobability,BritannicaEducationalPublishing,Chicago,IL. E-book:FromaLibrarydatabase (Bowieetal.2018) OR Bowieetal.(2018)regards... Bowie,D,Buttle,F,Brookes,M&Mariussen,A2016, Hospitalitymarketing,Routledge,London.   E-booksretrievedfromaLibrarydatabasearereferencedinthesamewayasprintbooks. E-book:FromaWebsite (Fetter1904) OR Fetter(1904)stated... Fetter,FA1904,Theprinciplesofeconomics:withapplicationstopracticalproblems,Century,viewed21January2019,. Fore-booksretrievedfromawebsite,replacetheplaceofpublicationwitha'viewed'dateandtheURL. BookoneReader 'Idecidedtoopenlyfightthemachine,themanufacturersofmyth...'(McGowan2018,Author'snote,Loc236) Fordirectquotationsofonlinematerialwithoutpagination,namethemajorsections,chaptersection,andparagraphnumber. McGowan,R2018, Brave, eReader version,accessed18May2018fromAmazon.com. Brochure,pamphlet,orexhibitioncatalogue 'Ourservicesareculturallyappropriateanddeliveredbycaringandexperiencedmultilingualworkers'(AustralianMulticulturalCommunityServices2018,Homecarepackagesandprivatecaresection). Note: Ifnopagenumberisavailable,includethelocationofthequoteusingasectionheading.   Co-createdwithmembersofstaffofthehospitaltheseworksofferpersonalinsightsandperspectivesaboutlifeanddeath(Bell2017). BrochureorPamphlet AustralianMulticulturalCommunityServices2018,Multiculturalhomecare&othersupportservices,brochure,AustralianMulticulturalCommunityServices,Maidstone,VIC.   ExhibitionCatalogue Bell,C2017,Wedieaswelive,exhibitioncatalogue,1November-30November,StVincent'sPrivateHospitalFoyer,EastMelbourne. Note:theinclusionoftheformat'brochure','pamphlet'or 'exhibitioncatalogue'followingdirectlyafterthetitle. Multipleworkssameauthor  Perceptionsofaneventhavemoreimpactthantheeventitself,soaccurateperceptionsarekey(Fujishin 2016,2018). OR Fujishin(2016,2018)tellsusgestureiscriticaltocreatinggenuineinterpersonalconnections. Fujishin,R2016,Naturalbridges:aguidetointerpersonalcommunication,Routledge,Abbingdon,England. Fujishin,R2018,Thenaturalspeaker,9thedn,Routledge,NewYork. Note:Ordermultipleworksbythesameauthorsbyyearofpublication,earliestfirst. Multipleworkssameauthor,sameyear  TheillustrationsinBranford&Coutts(2015a,2015b)highlighthowlinedrawings addtothetextualmessage...  ​Branford,A& Coutts,L 2015a, Thepreciousring,WalkerBooksAustralia,Newtown,NSW. Branford,A& Coutts,L 2015b, Thewishingseed,WalkerBooksAustralia,Newtown,NSW. SecondarySources: Whenyouarereferringtotheideasorwordsofanauthorwhohasbeen referencedinthebookyouarereferencing  '…newformsofoversightandethicalreviewwereintegratedintogrowingbureaucraciesofbigbioscience’(Stark,citedinHurlbut2017,p.3). Providenamesofbothauthors. Hurlbut,JB2017,Experimentsindemocracy:humanembryoresearchandthepoliticsofbioethics,ColumbiaUniversityPress,NewYork,NY. Providethereferenceforthebookthatyouactuallyread. ClassicalWorks 'Remaininme,andIwillremaininyou.Nobranchcanbearfruitbyitself' (John15:4,NewInternationalVersion). Ifyouarequotingaverseorextract,youdonotneedtoprovideareferenceentry. Ifyouarereferringtoaparticulareditionforasignificantreason,referenceinthesamewayasaprintbook. WilliamShakespeare,RomeoandJuliet,act3,scene2,line74illustratestheinvolvementoffamily... YoudonotneedtoprovideaReferenceList entry.   VideoTranscript VideoTranscript:Harvard–Books&E-books Thisintroductoryvideowilldemonstratehowtoreferenceabookande-bookusingtheVictoriaUniversityHarvardReferencingstyle. Theessentialelementsyourequiretocreateabookreferenceinclude:Authororauthorsincludingsurnameandfirstinitial[Callout:includethesecondinitialifavailable];Yearofpublication,Titleofbook;Edition[Callout:thisisonlyrequiredforbooksfromthe2ndeditiononwards];Publisher;andPlaceofpublication. TheuseofcorrectPunctuationisanotherimportantelementoftheHarvardstyle. [Callout:forthepurposeofdemonstrationwehavehighlightedthepunctuationinred].Andnoticethetitleofthebookisinitalics. Thefrontcover,titlepageandtheversoofthetitlepagewillprovideyouwiththekeyinformationyourequiretocreateafullreference.Takingthiskeyinformationfromthebook,thisisthefullreferencefor‘BusinessWriting’byPatrickForsyth. Inadditiontothereferencelistentry,youarerequiredtoincludein-textreferencesinthemainbodyofyourwork.Thisisanexampleofthein-textreferencewhenparaphrased,andasadirectquote. Nowyouknowhowtoreferenceaprintbook,let’slookatcreatingareferenceforane-book.Referencingane-bookfromalibrarydatabaseisidenticaltoreferencingaprintbook,thereisnoneedtoincludeaURLorretrievalstatement. Forane-book,thereareanumberofwaystoobtainthekeyinformationyourequiretocreateareference.Thebestwayistocheckthedetailsonthee-booklandingpage.Confirmbyopeningupthee-bookandlocatingthetitlepageandversoofthetitlepage.Takingthekeyinformationfromthee-book,thisisthefullreferencefor‘Businesswritingfordummies’. Thein-textreferenceformatforane-bookisthesameasforaprintbook. Rememberallin-textreferencesshouldbelistedalphabeticallyinthereferencelistattheendofyourdocument;itshouldbepresentedonaseparatepagetitled‘References’. Forfurtherassistance,refertotheVUHarvardGuideformoreinformationandexamplesofotherreferencetypes.Contactthelibrarythrough‘AskaLibrarian’chatandemail,oraskforhelpatanyLibraryservicepoint. 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