This is the citation pattern for books:
author(s), title, edition (if needed), place of publication, publisher, year of publication, pinpoint (if needed).
Example:
Jamie Chai Yun Liew & Donald Galloway, Immigration Law, 2nd ed (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2015).
Citation Breakdown:
A. Author's Name
- initial(s) or first name (as it appears in the book), then last name
- use an ampersand (&) to connect two authors
B. Book Title
- the title should be in italics
C. Edition Number
- include if this is not the first edition (do not superscript st, nd, rd or th following the number)
D. Place of Publication
- the city name is followed by a colon and contained in parentheses along with the publisher name and year of publication
E. Publisher
- write the name of the publisher as it appears on the title page
F. Year of Publication
- indicate the year of the current edition
G. Pinpoint
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Pinpoint to a page or section. See the following examples:
Jamie Chai Yun Liew & Donald Galloway, Immigration Law, 2nd ed (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2015) at 73.
RJ Delisle, Evidence: Principles and Problems (Toronto: Carswell, 1984) at 129.
