Book referencing should include the following fields:

• Author(s) or Editor(s) of the work -  see the author rules tab for details on how to manage multiple authors, etc.
• Year of publication.
• Title.
• Place of Publication:
• Publisher.

You may also include the following if required:

• Details of translators (given after the title in parenthesis with the abbreviation "trans." preceeding the translators name.  Translators names are given as Initial(s). Surname.
• Original publication date - where the version you have used is reprint/republication of an edition - where this is the case the date publication for the edition you are using appears, with the original date following in square brackets.

Punctuation: 

(NB: the fields below in red are optional fields)

• For multiple authors separate the second and subsequent authors with a comma, with the exception of the penulitmate and final authors who are separated by an ampersand (&).
• In the case of edited books the term "ed" or "eds" appears after the names in parenthesis.
• Year is followed by a full-stop/period
• Where you need to add an original publication date, add it after the publication date of the source you used, in square brackets before the full-stop/period.
• Title is always italicised and followed by a full-stop/period.
• If the work has a translator add "trans. Initial(s). Surname" in parenthesis after the title, and before the full-stop/period.
• Place is followed with a colon;
• Publisher is followed by a full-stop/period.

Where a referenceis longer than a single line, the second and subsequent lines should use a hanging indentation.