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CSE Style Guide: Book with organization as author

Citation style tips based upon the Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Author, Editors and Publishers, 7th edition, 2006.

Books with organization as author

An organization such as a university, society, association, corporation, or governmental body may also serve as an author.

Material Type           In-text Citation              End Reference                                                        
         
Book with one  organization as author 29.3.6.1.2 (IOM c2008)

[IOM] Institute of Medicine (US). c2008. Science, evolution, and creationism. Washington (DC): National Academies Press.  

IOM is a recognizable abbreviation. Provide the 2-letter ISO country code when the nationality is not included in the name.   

(Duke . . . c2006)

Duke Center for Integrative Medicine. c2006. The Duke encyclopedia of new medicine: conventional and alternative medicine for all ages. New York (NY): Rodale Books International.

 

Book with organizational author (multiple divisions) 

 

(NCI 2000) [NCI] National Cancer Institute. 2000. SEER, surveillance, epidemiology, and end results program. Bethesda (MD): National Institutes of Health.
Book with multiple organizational authors (NASTAD 2001)

[NASTAD] National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (US); Academy for Educational Development; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US). 2001. Bright ideas 2001: innovative or promising practices in HIV prevention and HIV prevention community planning. 2nd ed. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US).

This is a publication with three different organizational authors.Use the shortened form of the first organization for the in-text citation.