Book

The general format for a reference to a book, including punctuation, is as follows. 

Citation-Sequence and Citation-Name:

Template:  Author(s). Title. Edition. Place of publication: publisher; date. Extent.  Notes.

Example of a book with 2 authors:

Schott J, Priest J. Leading antenatal classes: a practical guide.  2nd ed. Boston (MA): Books for Midwives, 2002.

Name-Year:

Template: Author(s). Date. Title  Edition. Place of publication: publisher.. Extent. Notes.

Example of a book with 2 authors:

Scott J, Priest J. 2002.  Leading antenatal classes: a practical guide. 2nd ed. Boston (MA): Books for Midwives. 

Chapter or Other Part of a Book with same author:

Gawane A. 2010. The checklist manifesto: how to get things right. New York (NY): Metropolitan Books, Chapter 3, The end of the master builder; p. 48-71.

Chapter or Other Part of a Book with different authors: 

Rapley R. 2010.  Recombinant DNA and genetic analysis.  In: Wilson K, Walker J, editors.  Principles and techniques of biochemistry and molecular biology.  7th ed. New York (NY): Cambridge University Press.  p. 1935-262.

Chapter of an edited book, where each chapter has its own author:

Template: Author(s) Chapter title. In: Editors(s), editors. Title. Publisher location: Publisher, Year. Extent*.  Notes**.

Gillaspy AF, Landolo JJ. Staphylococcus. In: Schaechter M, editor. Encyclopedia of microbiology. 3rd ed. Boston (MA): Elsevier/Academic Press; 2009. Vol. 2, p. 293-303.

Tramont EC. Treponema pallidum (syphilis). In: Mandell GL, Bennet JE, Dolin R, editors. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s principles and practices of infectious diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia (PA): Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier; 2010. p. 3035-3053.

For a book with two to ten authors, all authors are named, including the tenth one.  For a book with more than ten authors, list the first ten followed by "et al" for "and others". 

Example: 

Wenger NK, Sivarajan Froelicher E, Smith LK, Ades PA, Berra K, Blumenthal JA, Certo CME, Dattilo AM, Davis D, Debusk RF, et al. Cardiac rehabilitation. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (US); 1995. 

For a book with two to ten authors, all authors are named, including the tenth one.  For a book with more than ten authors, list the first ten followed by "et al" for "and others". 

Example: 

Wenger NK, Sivarajan Froelicher E, Smith LK, Ades PA, Berra K, Blumenthal JA, Certo CME, Dattilo AM, Davis D, Debusk RF, et al. Cardiac rehabilitation. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (US); 1995.