Examples of the types of reference

(add “, et al.” if the article has more than six authors)

CITATION OF A BOOK/MONOGRAPH

Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-113.

ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (article, book, software)

Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: the ANA acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs [Internet]. 2002 Jun [cited 2002 Aug 12];102(6):[about 1 p.]. Available from: https://ovidsp.tx.ovid.com/ Subscription required.

Foley KM, Gelband H, editors. Improving palliative care for cancer [Internet]. Washington: National Academy Press; 2001 [cited 2002 Jul 9]. Available from: https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10149/improving-palliative-care-for-cancer.

Golda TG, Hough PD, Gay G. APPSPACK (Asynchronous Parallel Pattern Search). Version 5.0.1 [software]. Sandia National Laboratories. 2007 Feb 16 [cited 2016 Apr 4; downloaded 2010 Jan 5]. Available from: https://dakota.sandia.gov/packages/hopspack

A detailed description of the citation norms and references is available here:

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html#books

The full description of the citation norm is available here:

https://www.niso.org/publications/ansiniso-z3929-2005-r2010

Important note - DOI

If the source is in the DOI system, it is necessary to add the DOI information to the reference. Usually it is appended to the reference in format such as "DOI: 10.1002/jso.20028"