Legal material 73 House of Commons and House of Lords Papers 73 Hansard 74 Legislation from UK devolved Assemblies 74 More legal material 75 Government and EU 77 European Union publications 77 Government publications 77 Departmental publications 78 Communications 78 Conferences 78 Public communications 80 Advertisements and PR 81 Further referencing help 84-89 Sample reference list 84 Sample bibliography 85 Hints and tips 86 FAQs 87-88 Further information and useful websites 89 Any questions? 89 Glossary 90-91 Index 92-93 Note: Some of the examples used within this guide have been invented by Library Services staff members. Don’t be too alarmed if you click on a URL and it does not take you to the correct website!
Chapter in an edited book In-text citation: The view proposed by Franklin (2012, p. 88)… Reference list: Franklin, A.W. (2012) ‘Management of the problem’, in Smith, S.M. (ed.) The maltreatment of children. Lancaster: MTP, pp. 83-95. Author of the chapter/section Year of publication (in round brackets) Title of chapter/section ‘in’ plus author/editor of book Place of publication: publisher Page reference
Title of presentation (in single quotation marks) [PowerPoint presentation] Module code: module title (in italics) Available at: URL of VLE (Accessed: date) Tutors’ lecture notes in VLEs In-text citation: The tutor’s work (Whittingham, 2015)… Reference list: Whittingham, D. (2015) ‘Zulu warriors’. L252: War Studies. Available at: (Accessed: 21 June 2015). Author or tutor Year of publication (in round brackets) Title of item (in single quotation marks) Module code: module title (in italics) Available at: URL of VLE (Accessed: date) MEDIA AND ART Newspaper articles In-text citation: “Businesses and organisations around York are showing their support” (Lewis, 2015, p. 6). Reference list:
Reference list: Barclays Bank plc (no date) Mortgages. [Leaflet obtained in York branch], 8 June 2015. Author (individual or corporate) Date (if available) Title (in italics) [Leaflet obtained ... ] Date obtained In-text citation: The library staff committee (2014) suggested… Reference list: Library staff committee (2014) ‘Item 4.2: Developing technology’. Minutes of library staff committee meeting 24 January 2014, Main Library, University of Birmingham. Author (individual or group if identified) Year of meeting (in round brackets) Item being referenced (in single quotation marks) Title and date of meeting (in italics) Organisation Location of meeting Personal communications In-text citation: This was disputed by Smith (2012). Reference list: Smith, D. (2012) Conversation with Steven Jones, 13 August. Smith, D. (2012) Letter to Steven Jones, 23 January. Smith, D. (2012) Email to Steven Jones, 14 August. Smith, D. (2012) Telephone conversation with Steven Jones, 25 December. Smith, D. (2012) Skype conversation with Steven Jones, 21 June. Smith, D. (2012) Text message to Steven Jones, 14 June. Smith, D. (2012) Fax to Steven Jones, 17 December. Sender/speaker/author Year of communication (in round brackets) Medium of communication
Index 81 Ancient texts 19 Anthologies 20 20 21 Bible 18 22 Bills from the House of Commons of House of Lords 75 Birth, marriage and death certificates 67 Blogs 30 43 Book reviews 58 Books in digital repositories 37 22 71 Cartoons 44 CD-ROM 38 Censuses 68 Chapter in an edited book 16 Clip art 52 Cochrane Library Review 29 Collected works 18 Comics 44 75 Company annual reports 64 Computer games 39 Computer programs 40 Concerts 42 Conference papers in digital repositories 37 Confidential information 61 82 Drama reviews 58 DVD-ROM 39 E-book 17 80 European Union publications 77 Exhibitions 46 Facebook 31 Film reviews 59 Financial reports from online databases 65 Full conference proceedings 78 Geological Survey maps 48 Graffiti 46 69 Hansard 74 23 House of Commons and House of Lords Papers 73 Individual conference papers 79 Installations 45 Internal reports 62 Internet interview 61 Interviews with film directors 57 Journal articles 27 Journal articles accessed via VLE 28 76