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Citation Styles Playbook

The purpose of this playbook is to help you cite the sources used in your academic research.

Books

ASM Citation Style for Books:
One author

Author's last name Author's first initial(s). Year published. Title of book, edition (if relevant). Publisher, Location of publication.

(Note: Unlike MLA and APA, there is no comma between the author's last name and first initial.)

Sambrook J. 1989. Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual, 2nd ed. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Multiple authors

First author's last name First author's first initial(s), Second author's last name Second author's first initial(s). Year published. Title of book, edition (if relevant). Publisher, Location of publication.

(Note: When listing multiple authors, or authors with multiple initials, do not place a period <.> after each initial. Only use a period at the end of the author portion of the citation.)

Elder BL, Sharp SE. 2003. Cumitech 39: competency assessment in the clinical laboratory. ASM Press, Washington, DC.
Chapter or essay in a book

Author's last name Author's first initial(s). Year published. Title of chapter, page numbers. In Editor's last name Editor's first initial(s) (ed), Title of work, edition (if relevant), volume number (if relevant). Publisher, Location of publication.

Forman MS, Valsamakis A. 2011. Specimen collection, transport, and procession: virology, p 1276-1288. In Versalovic J, Carroll KC, Jorgensen JH, Funke G, Landry ML, Warnock DW (ed), Manual of clinical microbiology, 10th ed, vol 2. ASM Press, Washington, DC.

Book published online

Author's last name Author's first initial(s). Date published (DMY), posting date. Chapter number, Chapter title. In Editor's last name Editor's first initial(s) (ed), Title of Work. Publisher, Location of publication. doi (if applicable).

(Note: Individual chapters may have unique posting dates)

Gregory ST. 2 September 2009, posting date. Chapter 2.5.4, Structural basis for the decoding mechanism. In Bock A (ed), EcoSal--Escherichia coli and Salmonella: cellular and molecular biology. ASM Press, Washington, DC. doi: 10.1128/ecosal.2.5.4.