All statements, opinions and conclusions taken from the work of someone else must be acknowledged, whether their work or ideas are directly quoted, summarised or paraphrased. See referencing in an online publication . Authors The basic reference in the author-date system consists of the last name of an author and the year of publication of the work, in round brackets. In their study Leeder et al . Two or more references given together are separated by semicolons.
Alphabetical order is also acceptable, but adopt a consistent policy throughout the text.
Give as many details as possible in the list of references. Multiple works by author When there are several works published in the same year by the same author, they should be distinguished by using lower case letters attached to the publication date. In an interview I had with Professor Marks in August 1997, her membership of the Communist party was revealed for the first time. It is not necessary to provide further details of personal communications in the list of references. Well known acronyms or abbreviations such as that above may be used in textual references.