Style guides
Style Guides - or how your references should look
These guides or manuals concentrate on how to present
references (citations). The aim of references is to give your
reader
sufficient information to be able to locate the article or paper to
which
you refer.
There are a number of "styles" which prescribe the content and order
of the information. It pays to check with your lecturer or
supervisor
in case they have a preferred style. Otherwise, be consistent
within
the style you choose to follow.
Many guides to report writing include a
section on presenting references.
The Harvard system developed in the USA during the
mid
20th century, especially in the physical and natural sciences. It has
become
the most common system internationally and is frequently the standard
house
style for academic journals.
A useful starting point is
An
introduction to the Author-Date (Harvard) referencing system.
Barr Smith Library 2007
Follow the guidelines for a basic introduction to using the Author-Date
system for your references.
A more comprensive coverage is given in -
Quote,
unquote:
the Harvard style of referencing published material; including
electronic
information.
A handy, easy-to-use source is -
Little book of style. 1998.
Reference collection
808.02 P985l
The Australian Government style manual, includes referencing for
electronic
sources.
The other widely used style is based on the Chicago Manual,
also referred to as APA or MLA.
Explanations
and examples are provided in -
Chicago manual of style. 14th ed. 1993.
Reference collection
808.02 U58.14
Form and style: research papers, reports, theses. 9th
ed.
1998.
Reference collection
808.02 S631f
Manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations.
6th ed. 1996.
Reference collection and
Main Collection 808.025 T929m.6
Specialised guides for citing electronic sources are
Columbia guide to online style. 1998.
Reference collection
808.027 W181c
Online updates provided.
Electronic styles: a handbook for citing electronic
information.
2nd ed. 1996.
Reference collection
808.02 L693e.2
Discipline specific guides exist in some areas, such as
ACS style guide: a manual for authors and editors. 2nd
ed 1997.
Reference collection 808.06654 D639a.2
AIChE. CEP
Reference Style Guide
AIChE. Reference
style guide for Progress Quarterlies.
ASCE. Authors'
Guide to Journals and Practice Periodicals. References.
ASME Reference format
CSE. Scientific
Style and Format Guide.
From the Council of Science Editors, the CSE was originally called
"The Council of Biology Editors" (the CBE) so this style is also known
as "The CBE Style"
GSA. Geology
guidelines.
IEEE. Information
for Authors.
OSA Styles guides
SPIE. LaTex
Style Files
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