Example bibliography of hairdressing resources
Ford, G. (2011) An introduction to the hair and beauty sector : entry 3 and level 1. London: Heinemann.
Green, M. (2014) Begin hairdressing and barbering level 1. 3rd edn. London: Cengage Learning.
Hairdressing Training (2016) Long graduation cut. Available at: http://hairdressing.jisc.ac.uk/resources/longgraduation/
Worthington, C. (2011) The complete book of hairstyling. London: Carlton
'5 Styling steps for great hair' (2010) Good Housekeeping, 250, (2), p. 81. Available at: http://eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=22&sid=aa53d52a-da80-45eb-828e-a902da7810e8%40sessionmgr103&hid=114&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=48488146&db=afh ( Accessed 28 September 2016)
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
(Cottrell, 2015) for the whole text
"Problem solving is highly valued by employers" (Cottrell, 2015, p.105). When referring to a specific page.
Reference list
Cottrell, S. (2015) Skills for success: personal development and employability. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
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| Author (surname, initials), as written on the title page of the book |
| Year of publication in round brackets |
| Title (and subtitle if applicable) in italics, followed by a full stop if it's the first edition or a comma if it is a subsequent edition |
| Edition (only if NOT the first edition) followed by a full stop |
| Place of publication, followed by a colon |
| Publisher, followed by a full stop |
"Use the contents or index pages to identify the type of source you need to reference" (Pears and Sheilds, 2013, p. xiv).
Reference list
Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2013) Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. 9th edn. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
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| Author (surname, initials), as written on the title page of the book |
| Year of publication in round brackets |
| Title (and subtitle if applicable) in italics, followed by a full stop if it's the first edition or a comma if it is a subsequent edition |
| Edition (only if NOT the first edition) followed by a full stop |
| Place of publication, follwed by a colon |
| Publisher, followed by a full stop |
"Most of the animals on earth are invertebrates, animals without backbones" (Breedlove, Watson and Rosenzweig, 201, p. 159).
Reference list
Breedlove, S.M., Watson, N.V. and Rosenzweig, M.R. (2010) Biological psychology: introduction to behavioral, cognitive, and clinical neuroscience. 6th edn. Sunderland, MA.:Sinauer Associates.
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| Author (surname, initials), as written on the title page of the book |
| Year of publication in round brackets |
| Title (and subtitle if applicable) in italics, followed by a full stop if it's the first edition or a comma if it is a subsequent edition |
| Edition (only if NOT the first edition) followed by a full stop |
| Place of publication, followed by a colon |
| Publisher, followed by a full stop |
"Cognitive psychology has been defined as the psychology of mental processes" (Groome et al., 2006, p. 15).
Reference list
Groome, D., Brace, N., Dewart, H., Edgar, G., Edgar, H., Esgate, A., Kemp, R., Pike G. and Stafford, T. (2006) An introduction to cognitive psychology: processes and disorders. 2nd edn. Hove: Psychology Press.
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| Author (surname, initials), as written on the title page of the book |
| Year of publication in round brackets |
| Title (and subtitle if applicable) in italics, followed by a full stop if it's the first edition or a comma if it is a subsequent edition |
| Edition (only if NOT the first edition) followed by a full stop |
| Place of publication, followed by a colon |
| Publisher, followed by a full stop |
(Sociology introductory readings, 2010) for the whole book
(Sociology Introductory readings, 2010, p. 27) when referring to a single page
(Sociology Introductory readings, 2010, p. 27-40) when referring to a range of pages
Reference list
Sociology: introductory readings. 3rd edn. (2010) Cambridge: Polity.
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| Title(and subtitle if applicable) in italics, followed by a full stop if it is the first edition or a comma if it is a subsequent edition |
| Edition (only if NOT the first edition) followed by a full stop |
| Year of publication in round brackets |
| Place of publication, followed by a colon |
| Publisher, followed by a full stop |
"The book is designed as a standalone text for introductory level sociology" (Giddens and Sutton, 2010, p.1).
Reference list
Giddens, A. and Sutton, P. W. (eds.) (2010) Sociology: introductory readings. 3rd edn. Cambridge: Polity
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| Editor (surname, intials) |
| In round brackets put ed. (or eds. if more than one editor) |
| Year of publication in round brackets |
| Title (and subtitle if applicable) in italics, followed by a full stop if it is the first edition or a comma if it is a subsequent edition |
| Edition (only if NOT the first edition) followed by a full stop |
| Place of publication, follwed by a colon |
| Publisher, followed by a full stop |
"Taking a comprehensive history form a woman relies on the midwife having excellent communication skills" (Abbott, 2008, p. 31).
Reference list
Abbott, L. (2008) ‘The aims of antenatal care’, in Peate, I. and Hamilton, C. (eds.) Becoming a midwife in the 21st Century. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 30 – 45.
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| Chapter author (surname, initials) | |
| Year of publication in round brackets | |
| Title of chapter in single quotes | |
| in | |
| Editor(s) surname and initals | |
| In round brackets put ed. (or eds. if more than one editor) | |
| Title (and subtitle if applicable) in italics, followed by a full stop if it is the first edition or a comma if it is a subsequent edition | |
| Edition (only if NOT the first edition) followed by a full stop | |
| Place of publication, follwed by a colon | |
| Publisher, followed by a full stop | Page range, followed by a full stop |
"McLeod (2013, p. 546) observed that the practice of structuring counselling around time limits makes special demands on counsellors…"
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McLeod, J. (2013) An introduction to counselling. 5th edn. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education. Available at: http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=5&sid=a342574f-63aa-4c45-b4a4-fc8e1bad7d2e%40sessionmgr4003&hid=4103&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=641366&db=e000muk (Downloaded: 23 December 2015.)
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| Author/Editor(s)' surname, a comma, followed by their initials with a full stop after each inital or corporate author |
| If the book has an editor, put ed. or eds. (if more than one editor) in round brackets |
| Year of publication in round brackets |
| Title (and subtitle if applicable) in italics, followed by a full stop if it is the first edition or a comma if it is a subsequent edition |
| Edition (only if NOT the first edition) followed by a full stop |
| In square brackets put [Online] |
| Place of publication, follwed by a colon |
| Publisher, followed by a full stop |
| Available from, followed by the web address |
| In round brackets put (Accessed: and the date you accessed the e-book) followed by a full stop |
(Bostock and Wood, 2012) for the whole text
(Bostock and Wood, 2012, chapter 2, %, loc.) when using a direct quotation from an e-book on a reader you should refer to whatever information you have, because often there are no page numbers
Reference list
Bostock, J. and Wood. J. (2012) Teaching 14-19: a handbook. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education. Available at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-ebooks (Downloaded: 18 February 2016).
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| Author/Editor(s)' surname, a comma, followed by their initials with a full stop after each inital or corporate author |
| If the book has an editor, put ed. or eds. (if more than one editor) in round brackets |
| Year of publication in round brackets |
| Title (and subtitle if applicable) in italics, followed by a full stop if it is the first edition or a comma if it is a subsequent edition |
| Edition (only if NOT the first edition) followed by a full stop |
| Availale at: URL |
| (Downloaded: date) |
The original goal of the ‘Voices from a disused quarry’ project was for me to interview twenty ‘key’ people for a book I wanted to write (Shepherd, 2016, p. 35).
Reference list
Shepherd, A. (2016) ‘Voices from a disused quarry: change making, class dynamics and technological experimentation at the Centre for Alternative Technology’, Oral Historyi>, 43(2) pp.35-50.
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| Author (surname, initials) with a full stop after earch initial - if there is more than one author, you should name all of them in the order they are given in the article |
| Year of publication in round brackets |
| Title (and subtitle if applicable) in single quotes, followed by a comma |
| Title of the journal in italics, followed by a comma |
| Volume number |
| If there is a part/issue/month/season, put this information in round brackets |
| Page numbers, followed by a full stop |
It is generally thought that bathing a preterm or sick baby may have adverse effects and should be avoided until the child is physiologically stable (Watkins, 2016, p. 12). .
Reference list
Watkins, J. (2016) ‘Common skin complaints in neonates’, British Journal of Midwfery, 24 (1), pp. 12-16. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2016.24.1.12
You can see there is an extra bit of information included. Called the doi (digital object identifier) it is a number that is unique to that particular online article. The doi is quite often found on the abstract or citation information of an article. Sometimes it is on the article itself.
NB. if the doi isn't available please use a portion of the URL from you browser e.g. http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?
In the reference list the information is the same as for a printed journal./
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| Author (surname, initials) with a full stop after earch initial - if there is more than one author, you should name all of them in the order they are given in the article |
| Year of publication in round brackets |
| Title (and subtitle if applicable) in single quotes, followed by a comma |
| Title of the journal in italics, followed by a comma |
| Volume number |
| If there is a part/issue/month/season, put this information in round brackets |
| Page numbers, followed by a full stop |
| doi or part of the URL |
Starting your baby on solids is an incredibly exciting time (Oliver, 2016).
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Oliver. J. (2016) Family food: all about weaning .Available at: http://www.jamieoliver.com/family - food/weaning/nutrition/#section1 (Accessed: 17 February 2016).
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| Author (surname, initials) with a full stop after each initial - if there is more than one author, you should name all of them in the order they are given in the article |
| Year of publication in round brackets. |
| Title (and subtitle if applicable) of webpage in italics, followed by a full stop. (The page from where you got the citation or general information) |
| Available at: URL |
| (Accessed: date) |
The code presents the professional standards that nurses and midwives must uphold (Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2015) .
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Nursing and Midwifery Council (2015) The code for nurses and midwives: the code and resources. Available at: https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/code/ (Accessed: 17 February 2016).
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| Company, organisation or professional body |
| Year of publication/last updated in round brackets |
| Title (and subtitle if applicable) of webpage in italics, followed by a full stop (The page from where you got the citation or general information). |
| Available at: URL |
| (Accessed: date) |
(An American in Paris, 1951).
Reference list
An American in Paris (1951) Directed by Vincente Minnelli [Film]. Culver City, Calif: Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer (MGM)
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| Title of film (in italics) |
| Year of distribution in round brackets. |
| Directed by. |
| [Film] |
| Place of distribution: distribution company |
(Jayne Eyre, 2007)
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Jayne Eyre (2007) Directed by Susanna White [DVD] London: BBC DVD..
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| Title of film (in italics) |
| Year of distribution in round brackets |
| Directed by |
| [DVD] or [Blu-ray] |
| Place of distribution: distribution company |
(The Apprentice, 2012)
Reference list
The Apprentice (2012) Directed by Susanna White [DVD] London: BBC DVD.BBC One Television, 23 June..
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| Title of series (in italics) |
| Year of airing in round brackets |
| TV Channel |
| Date of broadcast followed by a full-stop. |
('Creation', 2011)
Reference list
‘Creation’ (2011) Inside the human body , episode 1. Directed by Gideon Bradshaw, Annabel Gillings and Rob Liddell. First Broadcast 2011 [DVD]. London BBC DVD.
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| Title of episode (in single quotation marks) |
| Year of distribution |
| Title of programme/series (in italics) |
| Series and episode numbers (if known) | Director and writer (if available) | [DVD] or [Blu-ray] | Place of distribution: distribution company |
(‘Reinventing Russia’, 2016)
Reference list
‘Reinventing Russia’ (2016) Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley , Series 1, episode 1. BBC Four Television, 20 January.
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| Title of episode (in single quotation marks) |
| Year of broadcast |
| Title of programme |
| Series and episode numbers (if known) | Name of channel | Broadcast date |
(‘The great car crash con ’, 2016) .
Reference list
‘The great car crash con’ (2016) Week in week out. BBC One Television, 22 January. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06yjshw/week - in - week - out - the - great - car - crash - con (Accessed: 26 January 2016).
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| Title of episode (in single quotation marks) if known; if not, use title of programme |
| Year of broadcast in (round brackets) |
| Title of programme/series in italics, followed by a full stop. |
| Series and episode numbers (if known) |
| Name of channel |
| Broadcast date (day/month) |
| Available at: url |
| (Accessed: date you accessed the site) |
(Scott, 2016) .
Reference list
Scott, M. (2015) A global view of history. [Podcast]. 21 January. Available at: http://www.historyextra.com/podcast/global -view-history-Michael-Scott-China-Greece-India-Rome (Accessed: 25 January 2016).
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| Author/Presenter |
| Year that the site was published |
| Title of the Podcast in italics, followed by a full stop. |
| [Podcast] |
| Day and month of the posted message |
| Available at: url |
| (Accessed: date you accessed the site) |
(RyanSawyerWalker, 2014) .
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RyanSawyerWalker (2014) Human body systems and functions. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhajGKS5thQ (Accessed: 25 January 2016).
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| Name of the person posting the film/programme |
| Year of posting (in round brackets) |
| Title of the film or video (in italics) |
| Available at: url |
| (Accessed: date you accessed the site) |
(Queen Anne: myself alone, 2015)
Reference list
Queen Anne: myself alone (2015) BBC Radio 4, 11 August.
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| Title of programme |
| Year of transmission - (in round brackets) |
| Name of channel |
| Date of transmission |
| Available at: URL |
| (Accessed: date) |
(Terror at sea: the sinking of the Concordia , 2012)
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Terror at sea: the sinking of the Concordia (2012) Channel 4 Television, 31 January, 20:00. Available at: ClickView (Accessed: 20 February, 20:00 2017).
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| Title of programme (in italics) |
| Year of broadcast (in round brackets) |
| Name of transmitting channel |
| Date and time of transmission (if available) b> |
| Available at: Name of streaming service |
| (Accessed: date) |
(Beethoven, 2016)
Reference list
Beethoven, L. (2016) Symphony no. 3 in Eb major op. 55 “Eroica”. Performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Grzegorz Nowak [Barbican, London. 25 January] .
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| Composer (surname, initials) with a full stop after each initial - if there is more than one composer, you should name all of them in the order they are given in the piece of music |
| Year of performance in round brackets |
| Title (and subtitle if applicable) in italics |
| Performed by...conducted by... |
| Location. Date seen in [Square brackets] |
(Little Mix, 2015)
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Little Mix (2015) Tour[Cardiff Arena. 13 May].
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| Group or band (in italics) |
| Year of performance in round brackets |
| Title (and subtitle if applicable) in single italics, followed by a full stop. |
| In square brackets put [location and date seen] |
(Justin Bieber,, 2015)
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Justin Bieber (2015) Purpose [CD] Santa Monica, CA.: Schoolboy Records.
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| Artist |
| Year of distribution in round brackets |
| Title of CD (in italics) |
| In square brackets put [CD] or [Vinyl] |
| IPlace of production: Record label |
One of their recent tracks (Muse, 2012)...
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Muse (2015) The handler [CD] London: Warner Brothers.
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| Artist |
| Year of distribution in round brackets |
| Title of CD (in italics) |
| In square brackets put [CD] or [Vinyl] |
| IPlace of production: Record label |
(Human Rights Act, 1998) for the whole act
(Human Rights Act,, 1998, c42) when referring to a specific sectiont
(Human Rights Act, 1998, c42(19)) for the whole act
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Human Rights Act 1998, c. 42.Available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/pdfs/ukpga_199800 42_en.pdf (Accessed: 2 February 2016)
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| Title of Act including year and chapter number (in italics) |
| Country/jurisdiction (only if referencing more than one country’s legislation) | |
| Available at: URL |
| (Accessed: date) |
Referring to The Motor Vehicles, (variation of speed limits), Regulations 2014...
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The Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits)(England and Wales) Regulations 2014, (SI 2014/3352). Available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3552/pdfs/uksi_20143552_en.pdf. (Accessed: 2 February 2016).
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| Title of Statutory Instrument including year (in italics), followed by a comma |
| (In round brackets, SI, followed by the year of enactment, a forward slash number of SI) |
| Available at: URL |
| (Accessed: date) |
According to the Asset Freezing (Compensation) Bill (2016)
Reference list
Parliament. Asset Freezing (Compensation) Bill (2016) Parliament: House of Lords. Bill no. 5. Available at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2016-2017/0005/17005.pdf. (Accessed: 16 November 2016).
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| Title (in italics) |
| Year of publication (in round brackets) |
| Parliament: House of Commons or Lords | Bill number | If in print - Place of publication: Publisher | If online - Available at: URL | (Accessed: date) |
Reference list
Parliament. House of Lords (2013) Adoption: post-legislative scrutiny report: 2nd report of session from the Select Committee on Adoption Legislation 2012-13. (HL 2012-12 (127)) London: The Stationery Office.
NB for House of Lords papers, the final number is itself in round brackets to distinguish it from identical House of Commons papers.
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| Parliament, full stop |
| House of Commons (or Lords) |
| Year of publication (in round brackets) |
| Title (in italics) | Paper number (in round brackets) | If in print - Place of publication: Publisher | If online - Available at: URL | (Accessed: date) |
”There is no doubt” (Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills, 2016)
Reference list
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills (2016) Government response to Environmental Audit Committee report “The future of the Green Investment Bank”. London: Crown Copyright. (Cm 9201).
Reference list online version
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills (2016) Government response to Environmental Audit Committee report “The future of the Green Investment Bank”. London: Crown Copyright. (Cm 9201). Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/497366/53927-cm_9201-print-ready.pdf (Accessed : 16 November 2016).
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| Department |
| Year of publication (in round brackets) | command Paper number (in round brackets) | Place of publication: Publisher | OR if viewed online: | Available at: URL | (Accessed: date) |
These are the guidelines on how to reference cases from a database e.g. LexisLibrary. For cases not from a database please see page 55 of Cite them Right (Pears & Shields, 2016).
The case of ’Brown v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions’, (2012).
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You should include the party names, year and information about where the case has been reported in your reference list exactly as it appears at the beginning of a Law Report
Brown v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. (2012) EWHC 3599 (Admin).LEXISLIBRARY [Online]. Available at: http://www.lexisnexis.com.login.library.ucs.ac.uk/uk/legal/results/enhdocview.do?docLinkInd=true&ersKey=23_T25068565696&format=GNBFULL&startDocNo=0&resultsUrlKey=0_T25068565697&backKey=20_T25068565698&csi=316762&docNo=3&scrollToPosition=0 (Accessed: 16 November 2016).
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| Name of parties involved in the case (in italics and single quotation marks) |
| Year (in round brackets) | Court and case no. | Databse of websites (In italics) | [Online] | Available at: URL< b> | (Accessed: date>< b> |
Experts have discovered that dog intelligence works the same way as human intelligence (Ferguson, 2016, p. 9).
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Ferguson, K. (2016) 'Who's a clever by: dog IQ link to better health', The Independent, 8 February, p. 9.
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| Author (surname, initials) with a full stop after each initial or byline |
| Year of publication in round brackets. |
| Title of article (and subtitle if applicable) of website in single quotation marks |
| Title of Newspaper (in Italics capitalise first letter of each word in the title, except for linking words such as and, of, the, for) |
| Edition if required (in round brackets) |
| Day and Month |
| Page reference |
When referencing a regional newspaper include the edition to distinguish if from others with the same title.
Highways England is suspending work on the A12...(Geater, 2015, p.26). .
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Geater, P.(2015)'Roadworks lifted for Christmas getaway on major trunk routes', East Anglian Daily Times (West Suffolk edn), 18 December, p. 26. .
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| Author/byline (if available) |
| Year of publication in round brackets |
| Title of article in single quotation marks |
| Title of newspaper (in italics) |
| Edition if required (in round brackets) |
| Day and month |
| Page reference |
NB where there is no author of an article use the following citation order
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| Title of newspaper (in italics) |
| Year of publication in round brackets |
| Title of article in single quotation marks |
| Day and month |
| Page reference |
...moments that teach us about ourselves and the world that we linve in (Contained, 2016).
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Contained by Mind the gap (2016) Directed by Alan Lyddiard [Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. 9 February]
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| Title of play (in italics) |
| By author |
| Year of performance (in round brackets) |
| Directed by |
| Location. Date seen. [in square brackets] |
'Your hand, your tongue; look like th'innocent flower,' (Shakespeare, 1.5:65 .
Reference list
Shakespeare, W. (1984) Macbeth. Edited by Muir, K. London: Routledge. 1.5:65. .
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| Author (surname followed by initials) |
| Year of publication in round brackets |
| Title (in italics) |
| Edition information |
| Place of publication: publisher |
| Act. Scene: line |
Call of duty: Advanced Warfare is a military science fiction first person shooter video game (Activision, 2014).
Reference list
Activision (2014) Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare [Computer game]. Available at: http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-pc-cd-key-steam?utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=gs_uk&utm_content=5030917147500&utm_term=call_of_duty__advanced_warfare_pc&gclid=COyRqL_e6soCFQLkwgodFEMBRw
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| Author (if given) |
| Date (if given) |
| Title of program (in italics and capitalise initial letters) brackets) |
| [Computer game] |
| Availability, this is distributor, address, order number (if available) |
My FitnessPal.com(myFitnessPal LLC, 2016) is the fastest and easiest to use calorie counter for iOS. .
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MyFitnessPal LLC. (2016)Calorie counter & diet tracker IoS edition. (Version 7.1.1) [Mobile app]. Available at: iTunes Appstore (Downloaded: 31 August 2016) .
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| Producer (if given) |
| Year of release/update in round brackets |
| Title of App (in italics and capitalise initial letters) |
| Edition (if given) |
| Version number - if given (in round brackets) |
| [Mobile app] |
| Available at: app store name |
| (Downloaded: date) |
(Pettitt, 2015)
Reference list
Pettitt, B. (2015) Email to David Brown, 3rd December.
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| Sender/speaker/author(s) surname, a comma, followed by their initials with a full stop after each initial |
| Date Year the email was sent in round brackets |
| Medium of communication |
| Receiver of communication |
| Day/month of communication |
(Queen Victoria, 1859) .
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Queen Victoria (1859) Letter to the Duchess of Kent. 17 August. London: The British Monarchy. London: The Royal Archive. Available at: http://www.royal.gov.uk/The%20Royal%20Collection%20and%20other%20collections/TheRoyalArchives/QueenVictoriaeducationproject/QueenVictoriaslettertohermother1859.aspx (Accessed: 7 January 2016).
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| Sender/speaker/author(s) surname, a comma, followed by their initials with a full stop after each initial |
| Year of communication (in round brackets) |
| Medium of communication |
| Receiver of communication |
| Day/month of communication |
(EcoPure Water, 2015, p. 29)
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EcoPure Waters (2015) Smarter than bought-in bottled water [Advertisement, The Caterer]. 11-17 December, p. 29.
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| Advertisers name |
| Year of publication in round brackets |
| Title of the advertisement, or a short description if more appropriate, in |
| In Square brackets put advertisement, a comma, then the title of the publication |
| Day/month of publication, followed by a comma |
| Page number(s), followed by a full stop |
Amazon Prime (2015) .
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Amazon Prime (2015) Fire tv stick. [Advertisement on ITV1 Television]. 16 December, 21:15.
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| Advertisers name |
| Year of broadcast (in round brackets) |
| Title of the advertisement, or a short description if more appropriate, in italics , followed by a full stop. |
| \in square brackets put advertisement and broadcast channel, followed by a full stop. |
| Day/month of broadcast, using the 24 hour clock, followed by a full stop |
(Unilever, 2015, p. 29)
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Unilever (2015) Persil: learning for tomorrow. [Online advertisement] Available at: https://www.persil.co.uk/learning-for-tomorrow/ (Accessed on: 17 December 2015).
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(Auerbach, 2010)
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Auerbach, F. (2010) Hampsted Road, high summer. [Oil on canvas].Tate Modern: London.
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(Sothebys, 1997, p. 63)) .
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Sothebys (1997) Contemporary art: from the collection of Boston children's Hart Foundation Children's Hospital. New York: Southeby, p. 63, painting
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(Deviant Art, 2014)
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Deviant Art (2014) Mickey Mouse trace. Available at: http://deeepfry3.deviantart.com/art/Mickey-Mouse-trace-299795543 (Accessed: 10 Dec. 2014).
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Installing the correct wiring is extremely important (British Standards Institution, 2011).
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British Standards Institution (2011) BS7671: 2008 requirements for electrical installations: IET wiring regulations 17th ed., incorporating amendment 1: 2011. London: British Standards Insitution.
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The patent is "a coupling device for communication between operating systems in a cluster has a number of FIFO queues" (Reinhard, et al, 2011).
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Reinhard, B., Michael, H., Holger, D. and Volker, S. (2011) Fifo queue coupling device for communication between systems using Posix pipe semantics. UK Intellectual Property Office Patent number GB2472060 http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=worldwide.espacenet.com&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20110126&CC=GB&NR=2472060A&KC=A (Accessed: 11 February 2016).
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Fast paced and funny...(Conservatoire East, 2016)
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Conservatoire East (2016)[Facebook] 5 January. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/conservatoireE/?fref=nf (Accessed: 9 February 2016).
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Margaret Busby (West Suffolk College Library, 2020) .
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West Suffolk College Library (2020)’Margaret Busby’. 19 October. [Instagram] 6 October. Available at: https://www.instagram.com/p/CF_yIq5gVwE/ (Accessed: 19 October 2020
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Fry, S. (2016) [Twitter] 30 January. Available at: https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/693540025938644995 (Accessed: 9 February 2016)
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A deal still needs to be found at the February Summit (Raoul Ruparel, 2016).
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Raoul Ruparel (2016) 'Open Europe responds to proposed EU Reform package', Open Europe Blog, 8 February. Available at: http://openeurope.org.uk/today/blog/open-Europe-responds-to-proposed-eu-reform-package/ (Accessed: 8 February 2016).
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