Referencing other sources
Reference styles do vary. The examples on this page may not match the preference of your School or Department - please check the guidelines from your School or Department to ensure you are following the preferred style.
Conferences
Required information:
- Conference editor or organisation
- (Year of publication)
- Title of the conference paper
- Title of the conference
- Place where the conference took place
- Date the conference was held
- Publisher
Example:
Partlow, R.B. and Moore, H.T. eds. (1980) D. H. Lawrence, the man who lived. D. H. Lawrence conference, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, April 1979. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.
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Standards
Required information:
- Name of authorising organisation
- (Year of publication)
- Number and title of standard
- Place of publication
- Publisher
Example:
Briitsh Standards Institution. (2009) BS EN ISO 9001:2009 Quality management systems. Requirements. London: BSI
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Patents
Required information:
- Applicant
- Title
- Inventor(s)
- Title
- Patent application number
- Publication date
Example:
Control Devices, Incorporated. Ball valve. Inventors: Joseph L. Krechel, Michael J. Purvis. US patent application US 05/621,956. 1975-10-14.
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Theses and dissertations
Required information:
- Author
- (Year)
- Title
- Designation
- (Level, e.g. MSc, PhD.)
- Institution
Example:
Beesley, D. (2011) Making sense of reasons: prospects for an interpretivist account of practical reasons. Thesis (PhD), University of Nottingham.
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