The Reference List

Abstract

The reference list at the end of your work provides the information necessary to identify and find each source cited. You should only include items in your reference list which you have cited in your work-do not include background reading. You should arrange entries in your reference list in alphabetical order by the surname of the first author followed by the initials of the author's given name. Alphabetise letter by letter. When alphabetising surnames, remember that "nothing precedes something". Brown, J. R., comes before Browning, A. R., even though I comes before J in the alphabet. For example: Singh, Y., comes before Singh Siddhu, N. Villafuerte, S. A., comes before Villa-Lobos, J. In-text citations You should include an in-text citation for every piece of information in your assignment that you take from a published source. The purpose of the in-text citation is to show your reader which item in your reference list the specific information you've used has come from. In-text citations have two formats: parenthetical and narrative. In parenthetical citations, both the author name and date (or equivalent information) appear in brackets. A parenthetical citation can appear within or at the end of a sentence. When it appears at the end of a sentence, the full stop should be placed after the closing bracket.