What Information Do You Need?
Locate these details on the book's title page and copyright page (usually the reverse of the title page):
- Author(s) or editor(s): full name as printed on the title page
- Book title and subtitle: exactly as printed (including subtitle after the colon)
- Edition: if not the first edition, note the edition number
- Publisher: publisher name (APA 7th no longer requires publisher location)
- Year of publication: copyright year on the copyright page
- DOI or URL: for e-books — include if available
- Page range: only needed if citing a specific chapter (for some styles)
Publisher location: APA 7th (2020) removed the requirement for publisher city. However, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, and Turabian still require the city of publication. Always include it unless you are writing in APA.
APA 7th Edition — Books
Single author
Goodfellow, I., Bengio, Y., & Courville, A. (2016). Deep learning. MIT Press.
Edited book
Brown, A. B., & Wilson, C. D. (Eds.). (2022). Advanced robotics systems (3rd ed.). Springer.
Chapter in edited book
Nguyen, T. H. (2022). Machine vision in industrial robotics. In A. B. Brown & C. D. Wilson (Eds.), Advanced robotics systems (3rd ed., pp. 145–178). Springer.
E-book with DOI
Goodfellow, I., Bengio, Y., & Courville, A. (2016). Deep learning. MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11474.001.0001
In-text — APA
(Goodfellow et al., 2016, p. 145) or Goodfellow et al. (2016) argue that…
IEEE — Books
Single or multiple authors
[1] I. Goodfellow, Y. Bengio, and A. Courville, Deep Learning. Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press, 2016.
[2] S. Haykin and B. Van Veen, Signals and Systems, 2nd ed. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley, 2003.
Chapter in edited book
[3] T. H. Nguyen, "Machine vision in industrial robotics," in Advanced Robotics Systems, 3rd ed., A. B. Brown and C. D. Wilson, Eds. London, UK: Springer, 2022, pp. 145–178.
IEEE publisher location: IEEE still requires the publisher city and country/state — unlike APA 7th. Use the two-letter state code for US cities: "Cambridge, MA, USA" not just "MIT Press."
Harvard — Books
Single author
Goodfellow, I., Bengio, Y. and Courville, A. (2016) Deep learning. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Edited book
Brown, A.B. and Wilson, C.D. (eds.) (2022) Advanced robotics systems. 3rd edn. London: Springer.
Chapter in edited book
Nguyen, T.H. (2022) 'Machine vision in industrial robotics', in Brown, A.B. and Wilson, C.D. (eds.) Advanced robotics systems. 3rd edn. London: Springer, pp. 145–178.
In-text — Harvard
(Goodfellow, Bengio and Courville, 2016, p. 145)
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Vancouver — Books
Single or multiple authors
1. Kasper DL, Fauci AS, Hauser SL, et al. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 21st ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2022.
2. Goodfellow I, Bengio Y, Courville A. Deep Learning. Cambridge (MA): MIT Press; 2016.
Chapter in edited book
3. Roberts LN, Patel H. Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. In: Thompson AR, Singh R, editors. Clinical Haematology. 4th ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell; 2021. p. 344-61.
Chicago Notes-Bibliography — Books
Footnote
¹ Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville, Deep Learning (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016), 145.
² Thi H. Nguyen, "Machine Vision in Industrial Robotics," in Advanced Robotics Systems, ed. Anna B. Brown and Carl D. Wilson (London: Springer, 2022), 148.
Bibliography
Goodfellow, Ian, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville. Deep Learning. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016.
Nguyen, Thi H. "Machine Vision in Industrial Robotics." In Advanced Robotics Systems, edited by Anna B. Brown and Carl D. Wilson, 145–178. London: Springer, 2022.
MLA 9th Edition — Books
Single author
Goodfellow, Ian, et al. Deep Learning. MIT Press, 2016.
Chapter in edited book
Nguyen, Thi H. "Machine Vision in Industrial Robotics." Advanced Robotics Systems, edited by Anna B. Brown and Carl D. Wilson, 3rd ed., Springer, 2022, pp. 145–78.
In-text — MLA
(Goodfellow et al. 145)
E-books and Online Books
If you read a book in a digital format, cite it the same as a print book. Add a DOI or URL if the e-book is freely available online. For books accessed through library platforms like ProQuest Ebook Central or EBSCO, use the publisher DOI or book URL — not the platform-specific URL.
APA — e-book with URL
Goodfellow, I., Bengio, Y., & Courville, A. (2016). Deep learning. MIT Press. https://www.deeplearningbook.org
Translated Books
APA
Piaget, J. (1952). The origins of intelligence in children (M. Cook, Trans.). W. W. Norton. (Original work published 1936)
Chicago NB — footnote
³ Jean Piaget, The Origins of Intelligence in Children, trans. Margaret Cook (New York: Norton, 1952), 45.
Quick Comparison — Book Citation Elements
| Element | APA 7th | IEEE | Harvard | Chicago | MLA |
|---|
| Publisher location | Not required | City, Country | City | City: Publisher | Not required |
| Edition | (3rd ed.) | 3rd ed. | 3rd edn. | 3rd edn | 3rd ed. |
| Author format | Last, I. | I. Last | Last, I. | First Last | Last, First |
| Book title | Italics | Italics | Italics | Italics | Italics |
Common Mistakes
- Citing the wrong year: use the copyright year from the copyright page, not a reprint date
- Omitting the edition for non-first editions: always include the edition number if it is not the first
- Including publisher city in APA 7th: APA no longer requires it — remove it if you are using APA
- Forgetting publisher city in all other styles: Chicago, Harvard, MLA, IEEE all require the publisher city
- Confusing "editor" and "author": for an edited book, use (Ed.) or (Eds.) after the name; for a chapter, the chapter author is listed first, then the editor in the "In:" clause