Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
Book: print
Author / Editor (if it is an editor always put (ed.) after the name)
(Year of publication)
Title (this should be in italics)
Series title and number (if part of a series)
Edition (if not the first edition)
Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first named)
Publisher
Simons, N. E., Menzies, B. & Matthews, M. (2001) A Short Course in Soil and Rock Slope
Engineering. London, Thomas Telford Publishing.
3. Edited Book
Book: chapter in an edited book
Author of the chapter
(Year of publication)
Title of chapter followed by In:
Editor (always put (ed.) after the name)
Title (this should be in italics)
Series title and number (if part of a series)
Edition (if not the first edition)
Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first named)
Publisher
Page numbers (use p. before a single page number and pp. where there are multiple pages)
Partridge, H. & Hallam, G. (2007) Evidence-based practice and information literacy. In: Lipu,
S., Williamson, K. & Lloyd, A. (eds.) Exploring methods in information literacy research.
Wagga Wagga, Australia, Centre for Information Studies, pp. 149170.
4. Journal Article
Journal article: print
Author
(Year of publication)
Title of journal article
Title of journal (this should be in italics)
Volume number
Issue number
Page numbers of the article (do not use p. before the page numbers)
Simons, Menzies and Matthews (2001) state that the principle of effective stress is imperfectly
known and understood by many practising engineers (p.4).
6. Newspaper Article
AUTHOR(S) (Year) Article title. Newspaper title, Day and Month (abbreviated). Pages, use p. or
pp.
e.g. ALDRICK, P. (2014) Its not just academic: universities could make a difference to Britains
exports. The Times, 9th Jan. p. 45.
Where there is no page number e.g. for an online newspaper use the source, and add
the date accessed.
GOODLEY, S. (2012) Bank of England cuts UK growth forecasts. Guardian, 8th Aug.
Available from: http://www.guardian.co.uk [Accessed 20/10/13].
Newspaper articles taken from the Internet or a database should be cited as print using
the rules above.
Only include the web address or database name if there are no page numbers and just use the
main web address, not the unique address of the individual article. e.g.
http://www.guardian.co.uk not http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/aug/08/bank-of-
england-cuts-uk-growth-forecasts.
7. Internet Source
Web pages
Electronic references should contain the following elements:
AUTHOR(S) (Year) Title of document. [Type of resource] Organisation responsible (optional).
Available from: web address [Accessed date].
8. Map
Author (usually the organisation responsible for publishing the map)
(Year of publication)
Title (this should be in italics)
Scale
Series title and number (if part of a series)
Place of publication
Publisher
British Geological Survey. (1998) South London. 270, 1:50 000. London, British Geological Survey
9. Citing a picture
You should provide an in-text citation for any images, illustrations, photographs, diagrams,
tables or figures that you reproduce in your work, and provide a full reference as with any other
type of work.
They should be treated as direct quotes in that the author(s) should be acknowledged and page
numbers shown; both in your text where the diagram is discussed or introduced, and in the
caption you write for it.
In-text citation:
Table illustrating checklist of information for common sources (Pears and Shields, 2008:p.22).
or
Geological map of the easternmost region of So Nicolau (Ramalho et al., 2010:p.532).
Where the image or diagram cited from a book is not the work of the author, additional
reference to the work should be made, as follows:
Image:
ARTIST (Year) Title of the work. [Material type]. At or In: (where found, for example in a book or
museum). AUTHOR(S)/EDITOR(S) of book (Year) Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher,
Page number
e.g. MASOLINO, T. (1427) The Temptation of Adam and Eve. [Painting] In: BRUCE-MITFORD, M.
(1996) The illustrated book of signs and symbols. London: Dorling Kindersley, p. 63.
Title. (Year) [Type of media] ORIGINATOR (e.g. director). Place of production: Production
company.
The culture show. (2013) [TV] BBC2. 13th March, 2200 hrs.
BROWN, G. (2008) Interview. In: Today Programme. [Radio] BBC RADIO 4.
15th May, 0810 hrs.