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Book Chapters

  Format Example
eBook chapters

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of book [Internet]. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher's name; Year of publication. Chapter number, Chapter title; [cited YYYY MON DD]. Page range or other unit of extent of chapter. Available from: http://Website URL

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 22, section B

 1. Lebowitz ER. Addressing parental accommodation when treating anxiety in children [Internet]. New York: Oxford University Press; 2019. Chapter 9, Obstacles to addressing accommodation [cited 2020 Oct 1]. Available from: http://www.oxfordclinicalpsych.com/view/10.1093
Print book chapters

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of book. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher's name; Year of publication. Chapter number, Chapter title; Page range.

NLM Citing Medicine chapter 2, section C

 1. Webb P, Bain C, Page A. Essential epidemiology: an introduction for students and health professionals. 3rd edition. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press; 2016. Chapter 4, Healthy research: study designs for public health; p. 104-138.
Book chapters in books with editors

#. Author AA, Author BB. Title of chapter. In: Editor AA, Editor BB, editors. Title of book [Internet] (if eBook). Edition. Place of publication: Publisher's name; Year of publication [cited YYYY MMM DD]<if eBook. Page range or other unit of extent of chapter. Available from: http://Website URL (if eBook)

1. Smith W. Introduction to geriatric care. In: Ham RJ, Sloane PD, Warshaw GA, Potter JF, Flaherty E, editors. Ham's primary care geriatrics: a case-based approach. 6th ed. London: Saunders; 2014. p. 5-20.

2. Greene P, Tatic R. Diagnosing and treating falls and injuries. In: Kane RL, editor. Essentials of clinical geriatrics [Internet]. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education; 2018 [cited 2021 Jun 15]. Chapter 6. Available from: https://accessthisbook.com/ 

General Rules

  • How to format in-text citations in your document.
  • Author/editor names: Last name + First name initial + Middle name initial (if available). e.g., Armand Peter Smith = Smith AP.
  • The names of all authors and editors should be given. See Reference List General Rules for the use of "et al."
  • No authors, organization, or editors listed? Contact library@saskhealthauthority.ca to ask a librarian.
  • Titles: Capitalize only the first word of a title, proper nouns, proper adjectives, acronyms, and initialisms. Do not use quotation marks or italics for titles.
  • Subtitles: Use the colon (i.e., : ) to separate the title from the subtitle. e.g., Rural healthcare: a definitive guide.
  • Dates: Whenever possible use the date format [YYYY Mon DD].
  • Proper nouns: Always capitalize the first initial of country/city, person, clinical tool, organization, and/or association names.