Citing a book

You should include the following information in your bibliography, the exact style will vary according to the citation system you are using:

1. Author(s)/editor(s), surname(s) including initials
2. Year of publication, in brackets 
3. Title of the book, underlined or in italics 
4. Edition, if not the first
5. Place of publication 
6. Name of publisher
7. Number of volumes, if more than one

Examples

Shriver, D.F. and Atkins, P.W. (1999). Inorganic chemistry. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Friedman, M. ed. (1975). Protein nutritional quality of foods and feeds. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2 vols.

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