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( ) V. References:

1. References should be cited in the text by giving the last name of the author(s) and the year of publication of the reference such as The work (Morris and Horward, 1971) or Morris and Horward (1971) had . 2. For three or more names, use the form Huang et al. (1995) in the text. When two or more references have the same text identification, please distinguish them by appending a, b, etc, to the year of publication. 3. References should be listed in alphabetical order, according to the last name of first author, at the end of the paper.4. References should include the complete title(s), number of volume and page(s) of the information cited.

Note: To facilitate your preparation, some sample references are listed on the back side of this page.

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Samples for listing your references1. BookCutler, T., Williams, K., and Williams, J., 1986. Keynes, Beveridge and beyond. London:

Routledge.Four or more authorsPearce, I.F., et al., 1976. A model of output, employment, wages and prices in the UK.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Edited bookChester, D.N., ed., 1951. Lessons of the British war economy. Westport, CT: Greenwood

Press.Corporate authorName of issuing body, Year. Title of publication. Place: Publisher, Report Number (where

relevant).ChapterAuthor, A., 2006. Chapter title. In: B.B. Editor and C.C. Editor, eds. Title of book. Place:

Publisher, page numbers.Place of publicationGive the city. If more than one city is listed, give the first one or the location of the

publishers head office. If the city is not well known, add a country, region or state.

States should be denoted by a two-letter code, e.g. Hillsdale, NJ.Publishers nameOmit superfluous terms such as Publishers, Co, Inc., but retain the words Books or

Press. Where the publisher is a university and the place or location is included in the

name of the university, do not repeat the place of publication.2. British standards.British Standards Institution, 1989. BS 1629: 1989. Recommendations for references to

published material.3. CD-ROM or DVD.Hawking, S.W., 1994. A brief history of time: an interactive adventure. [CD-ROM]. Crunch

media.Bibliographic databaseDatabase [CD-ROM]. (dates). Place: Publisher4. Conference proceedings.Author, A.A., Year. Title of contribution. In: B.B. Editor, ed. (if applicable) Title of conference

proceedings including date and place of conference. Place: Publisher, page numbers.5. Dissertation or thesis.Agutter, A.J., 1995. The linguistic significance of current British slang. Thesis (PhD).

Edinburgh University.6. Encyclopedia.Reference by the title.7. Film, video, TV.FilmMacbeth, 1948. Film. Directed by Orson Welles. USA: Republic Pictures.TV broadcastYes, Prime Minister, 1986. Episode 1, The Ministerial Broadcast. TV, BBC2. Jan 16.8. Government document.School Curriculum and Assessment Authority, 1997. Guide to national tests. London: The

Stationery Office.9. Illustration.

Sandby, P, 1746. A bandit with a halbert. Pen and ink. At: London: British Museum

Department of Prints and Drawings. Register number 1880-9-11-1773.10. Internet.

Web page, website, e-bookHolland, M., 2004. Guide to citing Internet sources [online]. Poole, Bournemouth University.

Available from:

http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/using/guide_to_citing_internet_sourc.html [Accessed 4

November 2004].If no author, reference by title.Mailbase, listserv, email list

It should be noted that items may only be kept on discussion group servers for a short

time and hence may not be suitable for referencing. A local copy could be kept by the

author, with a note to this effect.Brack, E.V., 2 May 2004. Re: Computing short courses. Lis-link [online]. Available from:

jiscmail@jiscmail.ac.uk [Accessed 17 Jun 2004].Email

Author, B. (email address), 4 Jan 2006. RE: Harvard references. email to C. Author (email

address).11. Journal article.

Evans, W.A., 1994. Approaches to intelligent information retrieval. Information processing and

management, 7 (2), 147168.Online journal

Korb, K.B., 1995. Persons and things: book review of Bringsjord on Robot-Consciousness.

Psycoloquy [online], 6 (15). Available from:

http://psycprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/archive/00000462/ [Accessed 20 May 2004].Volume and issue details can be omitted if you cant find them, and pages are often

not given for electronic journals. Give the paragraph number if available.12. Legal reference.

Act of Parliament

Include the chapter number if possible.Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13).

Parliamentary Bill

For House of Commons Bills use square brackets for the serial number, and for House

of Lords Bills use no brackets.

Education (Student Loans) Bill HC Bill (198990) [66].Statutory Instrument

Include short title, SI, year of publication, number.Law report

Include abbreviation of law report series, the year that the case was reported, the

volume number if appropriate, and the starting page number.

[1989] I WLR 675.13. Map.

Authors surname, first name or initials (may be cartographer, surveyor, compiler, engraver,

etc.) year of publication. Title, Scale. Place: Publisher.14. Music.

Stravinsky, I., 1920. Three pieces for clarinet solo. London: Chester.15. Newspaper.

Author, P. (or paper title), Year. Title of article. Newspaper, day month, page and column.16. Official publication.

Command paper

Royal Commission on Local Government, 19661969 (Cmnd. 4040, 1969).European Union publication

Proposal for a Council directive establishing a European Fund to promote cinema production,

COM (95)546, final.Hansard

HC Deb (199091) 195 col. 311.

Official journal

OJ No. C311, 17.11.93, p. 6.

Parliamentary paper

1st Report of the Select Committee of The House of Lords on Televising the Proceedings of

the House HL (213) (198485).

Standing Committee

Stg Co Deb (198081) Co E Finance Bill col. 46.17. Patent.

Originator, (name of applicant) Year of publication. Title of patent. Series designation.18. Personal communication.

As these do not provide recoverable data, they should not be included in the reference

list. Cite personal communications in the text only. Give initials as well as the

surname of the communicator and provide as exact a date as possible.

According to J. Green (personal communication, 19 Jan 2007).Corrections to be made for references in your paper due to the following incomplete information: All names of authors _________________ ___

Year of publication of reference(s) _________ ___

Titles of the reference cited __________________

Publication information _____________________

Volume number ___________________________

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