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For books previously published elsewhere, use the standard National Library of Medicine method of citing a book. For example: Varki A, Cummings R, Esko J, Freeze H, Hart G, Marth J, editors. Essentials of glycobiology. 1st ed. Cold Spring Harbor (NY): Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 1999. To cite "The NCBI Handbook" in its entirety: McEntyre J, editor. The NCBI handbook [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US), National Center for Biotechnology Information; 2002 Oct. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books To cite a particular chapter of the Handbook (for example, Chapter 9): Beck J, Sequeira E. PubMed Central (PMC): an archive for literature from life sciences journals. In: McEntyre J, editor. The NCBI handbook [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US), National Center for Biotechnology Information; 2002 Oct. Available from: http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books To cite books available only on the Bookshelf, follow this format and fill in the blanks: (author's surname) (initial(s)), (author's surname) (initial(s)). (title of book). Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US), National Center for Biotechnology Information; (year of publication) (month of publication). Available from: http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books
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